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Originally Posted by Mr. V
Agreed, wiki is far from authoritative.
I have to wonder about the empty beer cans found floating at the death scene, as will the jury.
Even if it can somehow be shown they were there from before, the jury will have to wonder what kind of person in this day and age is stupid enough to drink in a boat?
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Lt. Dunleavey once said (as a less-PC Sergeant) that 80% of Winnipesaukee boaters have alcohol on board. (Not me, though, I'm still trying to remember if
full beer cans will float).
I think the flaw in Newbiesaukee's findings is that alcohol is absorbed very quickly in the stomach and all the mucous membranes that alcohol passes by. If Newbiesaukee is correct, (as in the defense's putative "blood-loss" theory), the empty beer cans would
support a higher BAC when the BAC is taken later.
And speaking of the bow,
The Concord Monitor is showing a photo of the heretofore missing bow section. It shows the "shoebox" manner of Formula fiberglass manufacturing prowess.
Seen along the dark blue parts of the bow are the series of about five fractures that correspond with the concentric rows of fiberglass hull fragments embedded in that granite ledge. (Rows of fragments that can even be seen
today).
It's just as well this boat isn't made in aluminum or steel—casualties would have been even worse, and a trial made unnecessary.
Plus, it wouldn't have been just the anchor that struck the cottage that morning, but the whole boat!
