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03-12-2006, 06:55 PM | #101 | |
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Actually you really don't get understand and unfortunately I highly doubt there is any chance that you will... You suffer from inexperience, and you need to get more seat time on Lake Winnipesaukee. Perhaps if you spent more time on the lake you would understand how safe Lake Winnipesaukee truly is. THERE HAVE BEEN NO COLLISIONS BETWEEN A POWERBOAT AND A KAYAK! The collision in that video was the result of two powerboats on plane, in a crossing situation. The operator of the small boat was the STAND ON boat, and as such he is under NO OBLIGATION to yield to the USCG boat. The USCG boat was the GIVE WAY and as such was supposed to yield to the smaller craft. The issue here is that the USCG boat DID NOT YIELD, DID NOT CHOP HIS THROTTLES AND DID NOT TURN TO STARBOARD as REQUIRED BY the COLREGS! A more accurate description of accident you would be concerned with is one where a boat operator is not paying attention and runs his boat into a marked hazard such as a rock. Only in your case, you can possibly squirt out of the way if YOU happen notice the other boat in time. The possibility of a collsion between watercraft always exists, it is no different than the possibility of of an automobile collision. With the statistical exception that you are far more likely to be in an automobile collision that you are in a boat collision. In fact last year there was a collsion between a small SeaRay and a STATIONARY Pontoon Boat. The collision occured at speed much less than the proposed 45 MPH. Speed isn't the problem, its operator inattention and operator inexperience that is the root cause of most accidents. If one were to follow your theory, boats shouldn't be allowed to travel faster than headway speed.. I will stand by my statement that there is absolutely no way for you to tell the difference on the water between 45MPH and 70 MPH. What is reasonably close? 50'? 150'? 500'? 1000'? If you have no visual point of reference you cannot gauge speed. But then again maybe you have some super human vision that allows you to detect that additional 37 FPS while bobbing up and down on the waves? Woodsy
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