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Originally Posted by VtSteve

"IMNSHO, that accident would NOT have occurred if the restaurant in question had not so blatantly over-served the inebriated skipper..."

The inebriated skipper had enough wits about him to run from the scene of the fatality, and he wasn't alone. So how can one tell that the skipper was "blatantly over-served"?

Yup...The Solution is to blame the waitress!

Originally Posted by VtSteve

What I do know is what almost every law enforcement officer on the planet knows.

1) Most accidents occur at night, and most are alcohol-related...Feel free to add some facts that I might have omitted.

Look Again:

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ght%2C+boating

BoatTEST magazine:

After Dark Speed Limit

"The fact is, there ought to be a speed limit for operating boats at night on inland and coastal waters. As regular readers of BoatTEST know, we bridle at government imposed regulation, but when we read about the tragedies that occur at night because someone was thoughtlessly going 50 mph instead of 10 mph, we reconsider.

We urge you simply to set your own speed limit when operating your boat at night. 8 to 10 mph seems about right to us. That’s right; off plane and mushing along if you are in a hurry, and at fast idle if you are not. This prudence only has to pay off once in your lifetime to make it well worth it.

—http://www.boattest.com/resources/vi...spx?NewsID=974

BoatTEST on ejected passengers:

Death By Jumping

"...was last seen about 6:15 PM Sunday May 25th when he jumped from a boat traveling 35-40 mph...The boat was traveling 35-40 mph when Gruber jumped into the lake. Witnesses said Gruber went under the water and never resurfaced. The water is about 60 ft. deep where the incident occurred...People usually think of water as “soft.” But when an object – a boat’s hull or a person’s body – is hurtling at it at 40 mph, is more like concrete."

—http://www.boattest.com/resources/vi...spx?NewsID=974

So, BoatTEST magazine says, 40-MPH is a very fast speed on water.

You may quote me today, as being the very first member at this forum to say the following:

"Forty-MPH is a very fast speed on water."