I just read this and couldn't help but to thing what bad boating is.

Take two 14 ft aluminum boats tie them together out somewhere in the lake
and put 12 people in them.

Isn't that just wrong to start with, no matter what the other dangers are?

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=968332188492

"Chris" wrote in message
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I just read this and couldn't help but to thing what bad boating is.

Take two 14 ft aluminum boats tie them together out somewhere in the lake
and put 12 people in them.

Isn't that just wrong to start with, no matter what the other dangers are?

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=968332188492


Bad idea to have six people in a 14 foot boat.

Bad idea to be fishing with more than 3 people, at least in my boat,
although maybe some people like crowds, and hooks in their arms.

Bad idea to be in a boat with or without a vest if you can't swim. The
article said the first guy "entered the water" with a life jacket on, which
makes it sound like he was conscious. If so, why couldn't he paddle back to
the boat? Drunk? Morbidly obese? Both?

Bad idea to take anyone in your boat who is the dullest crayon in the box.
Too many weird things can happen, and everyone needs to be able to think
fast and do smart things.

So...yeah. Bad boating.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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If so, why couldn't he paddle back to the boat?
Morbidly obese?

I would thing that morbibly obese folks
would float well, no ? Maybe had to
climb back into the boat, but they would't
sink would they ?

"Argyle" argyle@nospam wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:18:01 -0700, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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If so, why couldn't he paddle back to the boat?
Morbidly obese?

I would thing that morbibly obese folks
would float well, no ? Maybe had to
climb back into the boat, but they would't
sink would they ?


My brother in law's ex wife was morbidly obese. She floated like a cork in
fresh water. But you're right, getting back into the boat put quite a
strain
on the swim platform and ladder.

Hehe, actually I didn't think about the platform/ladder,
but yeah, I hear ya. The issue for me would be, as the
boat owner/operator, how would you get said guest
"back" in the boat if they needed assistance ? Worse
case I suspose you can get the inner tube underneath
of them and tow them back to shore without making
them feel too bad/embarased about not easily getting
back into the boat. Speaking of the ladder, is there
a maximum weight rating on the ladder? I don't see
anything on my new Bayliner 175 Capi, and wondered
about that. My new bright Orange fiberglass work
ladder that I got at Home Depot has max weight
warnings all over it, and at 210 myself, I'm close to
that limit without tools/equipment etc. so I dunno.




Regards,
Argyle

Speaking of the ladder, is there
a maximum weight rating on the ladder? I don't see
anything on my new Bayliner 175 Capi, and wondered
about that. My new bright Orange fiberglass work
ladder that I got at Home Depot has max weight
warnings all over it, and at 210 myself, I'm close to
that limit without tools/equipment etc. so I dunno.

According to the dealer the ladder/platform on my SeaPro is 350
pounds. The salesman weighs 310 and says it holds him with no problem.
As to your Home Depot ladder you can bet it will hold considerably
more than its rated capacity. They rate them conservatively due to
liability suits.