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Jet Ski overheating problem
Doug,
I have never had a boating accident or filed a insurance claim on my car, home or boat insurance. I am familiar with basic physics governing boat behavior and do not believe the rules are just formalized way of justifying anyone's behavior, nor do I believe everyone else is wrong. You fail to realize that ships do have problems that can cause them to behave in unusual manner. A ship slammed into a shopping mall in the Mississippi due to a mechanical malfunction. I saw a ship slam into a lock damaging the lock, when the engine shut down unexpectedly and the ship lost the ability to reverse. The captain dropped his anchor to try to stop, but the anchor did not set before he hit the lock. Ships have had problems with one screw stops causing the ship to behave very erratically. Since you fail to see the obvious and prefer to make insults, and assume that my discussion was to justify someone doing 25 mph 15 ft from a slow moving boat, this discussion is probably useless for both of us. "DSK" wrote in message .. . Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote: Doug, Let me make a correction here. I am able to go slow enough to avoid most accidents. So, you have had at least one accident, then? ....If a large tanker suddenly decides to pull into my side of the channel it is very possible the tanker could force me out of the channel and into a shoal or rocks. If my boat was damaged by the tanker, I and my insurance company would seek restitution from the tanker. ??? When do large tankers *ever* make any "sudden" maneuvers? If a large tanker (or any big ship, commercial or naval) forces you into a damaging situation, it's your fault for not seeing the big ship and taking correct action long before. If a sailboat was heading towards me in a marina with very narrow channel, it is possible for that sailboat to change course as we are passing each other and hit my boat without me assuming any responsibility. That may be true, but it's not what Bill is talking about. And after reading your rambling posts displaying your miscinceptions, I'm more convinced than ever that it's hopeless to try an explain proper piloting to you (or Bill M, or most motorboaters). You have no familiarity with basic physics governing boat behavior, and seem to think that "the rules" are just a formalized way of justifying your selfish & short-sighted actions, and everybody else must be in the wrong. DSK |
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