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"moyo" wrote ...
He struck my boat 3 more times doing about 2000 total damage
before motoring away.

Weird story... Don't you carry a gun with you in your boat? If someone
attacked me with their boat, I would defend myself... I would just have to
figure that he wanted a burial at sea... We don't have those things happen
around here... Must be because this is Texas and actions like that could get
you killed...

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 04:26:22 GMT, "Grumman-581"
wrote:

Don't you carry a gun with you in your boat?

Stainless steel is a nice material in a 'salty' environment, no?

--
Q

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

I feel the same way, but not all boats slow down when the operator lets go
of the controls. Now...if you could hit a gas tank, that's another story.
But that would require a larger handgun and a heavier load than most people
are proficient with.

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
. ..
"moyo" wrote ...
He struck my boat 3 more times doing about 2000 total damage
before motoring away.

Weird story... Don't you carry a gun with you in your boat? If someone
attacked me with their boat, I would defend myself... I would just have to
figure that he wanted a burial at sea... We don't have those things happen
around here... Must be because this is Texas and actions like that could
get
you killed...

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

The owner is still liable for the damage. an acquaintance had his car
stolen years ago in Florida. The SC cops find the car and while trying to
stop it, blow a lot of holes in the car and it crashes and takes out the
chains along side the highway. His insurance company paid for those chains
and posts.
Bill

"Jim Woodard" wrote in message
...
It's the same in Texas....but I don't know how they can blame the
owner if the boat was stolen.

Woodchuck wrote:

true but in our state(Pennsylvania) the boat's owner is responsible for
anyone who drives the boat! Also, here the Fish Commission oversee the
waters and boats!

"Keith" wrote in message
...
If they're state numbers, e.g., TX 9999 SD, you can contact your
state's
parks and wildlife or whatever department issues the registrations.

I hate to say it, but if he was acting like that, the boat may be
stolen,
or
the guy that owns it wasn't driving it. Good luck and happy hunting!

--


Keith
__
If you're too open minded, you're brains will fall out.
"moyo" wrote in message
...
Last night while fishing under Russell bridge a nutcase came roaring
thru a clearly marked "no wake " zone. When several other boaters
yelled at him to "slow down" he gunned his engines and created
larger
wakes. Then he started doing larger circles yelling "You want wake,
how much wake and so forth" It was dark so we could not see the boat
numbers but after he left things quieted down. About 1/2 hour later
I
noticed a boat coming right at us I first thought it was DNR but
this
boat was too big and then it struck my boat. It was the same nutcase
from earlier and this time was ranting "you don't tell me no wake" I
warned him off many times and cited the 2 kids in our boat but to no
avail. He struck my boat 3 more times doing about 2000 total damage
before motoring away. When DNR arrived after we called 911 they took
a
report and got the boat registraion numbers that I were able to see
when the guy was ranting at us.

OK, I have this guy's registration #. How can I find who the owner
of
the boat is...?

Moyo

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

"Wwj2110" wrote in message
...
I had a similar incident on lake ontario a few years ago. It turns out
that
i couldnt press charges unless I could identify the driver of the boat.
My
attacker was a 32 ' power cruiser with about 15 people aboard.
i was able to get boat #s and tell the cops which bar they docked up at .
After the cops interviewed them, I left the port only to find them
waiting for
me at the end of the breakwater.

Well they did not kill you, and if they hit you or even threatened you after
the cop' s interview, seems like they could all be in the greybar hotel.
bill

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

Where on Lake Ontario was this? NY side or Canada? If NY, which police
department was involved?

"Wwj2110" wrote in message
...
I had a similar incident on lake ontario a few years ago. It turns out
that
i couldnt press charges unless I could identify the driver of the boat.
My
attacker was a 32 ' power cruiser with about 15 people aboard.
i was able to get boat #s and tell the cops which bar they docked up at .
After the cops interviewed them, I left the port only to find them
waiting for
me at the end of the breakwater.

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

Where on Lake Ontario was this? NY side or Canada? If NY, which police
department was involved?

It happened at olcott about 7 years ago. I called coast guard & they summoned
sheriff dept. Sheriff showed up an hour after I hailed coast guard.

struck by maniac last night, what to do
 

Well, if that ever happens again and you get the same unsatisfying results,
call the state police. Sometimes you need the gestapo, not the boy scouts.

In most states the state cops are just "speeder maids". You usually get the
criminal cases from the county or the city.

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"Michael Sutton" wrote ...
My first thoughts are 12-gauge shotgun to carry in the boat.

Winchester makes a stainless steel "Defender" model... Something like 8
shots of 000 buck should mess up his fiberglass somewhat... If you're lucky,
you might hit a gas can and cause it to leak... Follow up with a flare
gun... Personally, I carry my .45 with me whenever I'm boating... I keep it
in a dry box so that it will be protected from the sal****er... I would
think that 11 rounds of .45 should be enough to deter someone in most
situations...