"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:06:44 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/...missing_boater


15 miles off shore in a 17' boat. And what kind of 5 guys in a 17'er to
call it a Pleasure Boat? :)

This kind of "accident" amazes me.

I remember when I first purchased the Ranger, my brother and me went
out of Saybrook to fish Hackett's Reef - onshore wind, waves in the
two/three foot range, but around along the lee of Cornfield Point, it
was a lot calmer and we could reach the reef no problemo.

So we fished the reef for a hour or so when the wind really started up
and the wiser part of me said "bay boat - Long Island Sound - SW Wind
- long fetch - head in and fish the River".

As we were heading in, out goes a 17 foot Boston Whaler Sport with
five guys in it, all drunk on their ass, waving their fishing poles in
the air at all the inbound boats calling everybody pansies.

They no sooner cleared the Saybrook jetty when wham, up one side, boat
flips, down the other.

No PFDs either. We picked up two and another guy in an Aquasport
picked up the other three. I can't remember who towed the boat in.

Dumbasses.

Have you ever known someone who got into 4 car accidents in 18 months, and
always blamed the other drivers? I think it's the same type who goes out in
the wrong weather for their particular boat.