"Grumman-581" wrote in message

Well, it's unlikely that the PWCs will do any damage to the barges even if
they were to hit one, so it's probably not that big of a deal... Let them
have their fun over there away from the rest of us... If they screw up,
they'll be just like a gnat -- they'll be swatted...

When I bought my boat, from an established and reputable dealer on the
Willamette River, they had a big Bayliner cruiser up on blocks with a huge
hole in the side of it like a ship that's been hit by a cruise missile.

Turns out it had been sold brand new, and when you buy boats from the dealer
you get a free lesson. While the new owner was out learning to drive his
boat a waverunner slammed into the side of it. The PWC driver was not
seriously hurt because he let go before the impact, and the Bayliner didn't
sink...it returned to the ramp however with a waverunner firmly jammed
through the side of the hull.

Betcha the PWCer wasn't insured.

-c

"gatt" wrote ...
they had a big Bayliner cruiser up on blocks with a huge
hole in the side of it like a ship that's been hit by a cruise missile.

Yeah, but it's one thing to punch a hole in a fiberglass boat, it's just
another to do the same thing in a heavy steel plated barge...

"Grumman-581"
they had a big Bayliner cruiser up on blocks with a huge
hole in the side of it like a ship that's been hit by a cruise missile.

Yeah, but it's one thing to punch a hole in a fiberglass boat, it's just
another to do the same thing in a heavy steel plated barge...

True...in which case you'd be operating a torpedo. There's a shipyard on the
Willamette where they make double-hulled grain and hatchery barges. It's
cool to see the cross-sections being built. There's not a fiberglass boat
made that's going to punch through one of those.

-c