...and...
...and...
Who was reassured by any of the explanations above?
This is "making stuff up". IMHO
You now admit your story was bogus.
How can you truthfully defend
any level of alcohol abuse from a blood test that you now admit was never taken?
They are not similar at all: the realities of ejection and drowning within seconds make BWI
far more serious. Night-rescue—especially of multiple unconscious victims—is problematical.
Excess speed doesn't improve the chances of survival at night, even when 45-MPH—through the darkness—appears "Reasonable and Prudent" to a Captain.
1) Boating fatalities (and
BWI) nearly always occur on water.
2) Roadway fatalities (and
DWI) nearly always occur on land.
3) Intoxicated boaters appear as a
huge factor in New Hampshire's blaring headlines of manslaughters—even when the defendants are "gotten-off" on those charges.
4) Those headlines should prompt
SBONH to support a "no open containers" law for boat Captains—but we're not holding our breaths.
5) After one sip of alcohol, who would trust
any boater's judgment while using their "personal-best" Reason and Prudence.