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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
"...More than a few times I've heard mention of a (possible) civil suit...I find it hard to imagine they'll sue..."
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The June issue of
Soundings magazine has a sidebar on boating safety that relates to "good seamanship skills"—that stretches across three pages—and quotes this Diamond Island crash case.
(
Crash Highlights Perils of Night Boating
—
Soundings).
Of all the accounts we've seen in the local press, none contains all that appears in this two-page article in
Soundings.
These quotes (
which appear critical to a civil suit, IMO) are accredited to Edgar Beaudoin:
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"...'It was total negligence all the way', says Beaudoin..."
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and...
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"...'total negligence and a poor choice of judgement'..."
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and...
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"...'Find out how many feet of water [the boat] was in, drop the anchor, and ride it out till (sic) morning. It was 2-3 o'clock in the morning. There was a place for people to sleep'..."
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Including never-before-seen quotes by NHMP's Lt. Dunleavey, this comprehensive article hasn't appeared on the Internet (as yet—or
if ever), but
Soundings' June issue would be available "at better newstands".
(
Black's newstand, in Wolfeboro, comes to mind).