Ken, Your quoted description of the incident did not contain any speed for the jet ski, you simply made up the assumption that the jet ski was traveling at excessive speed (as well as adding drunk and crazy), in addition you just now added "a close or small anchorage or cove" none of which was in the original description.
The jet ski, as well as any other type of watercraft approaching the anchored sailboat, may very well have been moving at a reasonable speed for the conditions, or it might have been going too fast, that simply was not part of the description you originally quoted. Personally, I would guess that if the jet ski t-boned the sailboat at full speed the jet ski driver would not have survived. I actually saw a video several years ago of a jet ski driver die by hitting his head on the handlebars when jumping a wave. Your assertion that the jet ski was being operated in a reckless manner is unfounded by the quoted description, you appear to have simply made that up to make your viewpoint seem reasonable. You also change your version story with each telling so are what they would call a "discredited witness". BTW, how much are you selling your gooseneck reading lamps for? Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Ken James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/14/2008 10:54:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] what tha? > > Norm, you make a very good point about needing to > use a sufficiently bright anchor light. > > However, I still say anybody who would ride a jet > ski at speed in a close or small anchorage or cove > at night is just plain nuts! > > So they are both "wrong". -Ken > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
