On Feb 8, 12:13 pm, "RCE" wrote:

I agree with your point of diesel vs gas although modern diesels are
increasingly reliant on electronics to run. There are, however, other
propulsion system failures or accidents that could leave you dead in the
water while doing offshore cruising and/or fishing. IMO being dead in the
water, 30 or 40 miles from land in rough seas is second only to fire in
terms of danger.

Hooking up with a decent sized mako and having it jump
into the boat is one that I've actually witnessed.

Funniest "accident" I've ever seen. The fish was
flopping around the stern and three guys hanging
onto the top of the console and the T-Top.

I know a guy who had the prop shaft supports ripped out
the bottom of his boat by a whale that came out of
nowhere - hit the stern and everything went bye-bye.

Fortunately, it didn't sink - some quick thinking bystanders
came to the guys rescue with some tarps, the CG sent
a pump and two bigger boats came alongside and limped
the owners boat in until Sea//Tow could get to it.