On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Rosalie B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:12:52 -0400, you wrote: > > spring). They were really lucky IMHO because a) I don't think they should > have > been out there at night - there are plenty of places off the channel that > they > could have anchored. And b) the man couldn't have been thinking clearly if > he > ignored the radar. He was ill and was on his way back home to get medical > treatment - they had been planning to sell their boat and move ashore. All > the > more reason to stop for the night. > As much as we might abhor it... barges do get towed without lights... It seems to me that it was an act of god.. in this market selling that boat might have been hard.. Neptune stepped in and 'sold' it for them so to speak.. they both got out alive.. point in fact.. the barge was unlit.. it is negligence on the part of the tow company.. the lawyers must have had a field day with that one. It is easy playing armchair sailor in a situation you might find yourself in someday... kudo's for the couple to have the cool head to get the life raft deployed and into it in the mere 5 minutes before the boat itself sank. It could have ended much worse. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- It's not about the boat it's sails or rigging. It's about the freedom. http://www.slideshare.net/jacko91/these-are-my-credentials/ http://fisherhouse.org/ http://www.specialops.org/ "We are the gaurdians of a great faith. When we believe that freedom offers the best chance of peace and prosperity for all, and our desire for peace cannot be seperated from our believe in liberty." Harry J. Truman Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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