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Originally Posted by Island Lover
So it seems Woodsy goes along with this silly idea that, "if the kayaker was in the wrong, then boater MUST be in the right".
If you don't see any lights, then its pedal to the metal!
Woodsy - If you read all the posts you would know that we all agree the kayaker was in the wrong. That is not in question. The question is should a boat be operated AT ALL TIMES in a manner to prevent hitting unlit objects like kayaks, rafts and logs?
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A log is unmanned, how would it light itself? Boating at night and hitting a log is a risk that everyone takes that chooses to go boating at night. The only fault that I can put on the boat driver is that they chose to go boating that night and decided to go in the direction that they went. After that it is all the kyaker. Because the kyaker unlike the log has the ability to think and convert those thoughts into actions. The kyaker had the ability to put lights on his kyak which he chose not to. At that point he is a menace to the boating community, and was very lucky that he was not hurt. Hopefully he learned that you don't go out on a body of water that has power boats without lights at night.