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rickstr66 · 01-05-2006, 07:20 PM

Although this article does list speed, it's not the crux of this article. This atricle is best described as being about the dangers of striking submerged objects. Yes it talks about 1 particular case where a boat was traveling at high speed but the rest of the article is about what happens when you strike a submerged object. It talks about the types of boats that are more suseptable to personal injury and which are not. It talks about "open water" not nessesarily being safe because of submerged objects. What do you think would happen if you struck that same object going your proposed 45mph?? I promise you someone would be injured or killed. Your proposed speed limit would do NOTHING for a situation like this. Even at the proposed night time limit of 25mph people would get hurt. This article is irrelevant to the topic at hand. Oh and the guy who died and his 2 co boaters..... no lifejacket (stupid) Simply wearing a lifejacket in this case COULD have saved his life.

01-05-2006, 07:20 PM	#8
rickstr66 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston, Ma Posts: 63 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice article on the danger of submerged objects Although this article does list speed, it's not the crux of this article. This atricle is best described as being about the dangers of striking submerged objects. Yes it talks about 1 particular case where a boat was traveling at high speed but the rest of the article is about what happens when you strike a submerged object. It talks about the types of boats that are more suseptable to personal injury and which are not. It talks about "open water" not nessesarily being safe because of submerged objects. What do you think would happen if you struck that same object going your proposed 45mph?? I promise you someone would be injured or killed. Your proposed speed limit would do NOTHING for a situation like this. Even at the proposed night time limit of 25mph people would get hurt. This article is irrelevant to the topic at hand. Oh and the guy who died and his 2 co boaters..... no lifejacket (stupid) Simply wearing a lifejacket in this case COULD have saved his life.