Be a good test of the insurance policy, hopefully they will cover it.
Equates to some equally interesting bungles on land.
Be a good test of the insurance policy, hopefully they will cover it.
Equates to some equally interesting bungles on land.
What could go wrong.......................
Interestingly, the 3 men stayed on board the boat and it remained upright until they were eventually rescued, then it flipped over!
Why would you think insurance wouldn't cover it? It covers stupidity every day of the week. If he's pissed then he's on his own but otherwise he's just another customer thats made a mistake resulting in a major accident.
Agreed...............
What could go wrong.......................
Yes I know the area well but you don't drive down the highway with no lights but boats travel at night with no lights looking forward every now and again ,everyone gets a speed boat licence with no mention on how to travel at night, you have to have a spotter towing a skier, everyone onboard should be alert and looking out that's why navigational beacons have a system of flashing lights to identify the beacon in amongst the light clutter, you can't go out at night with a I know boats attitude that's why they hit the beacon.
Huh. Unless you were on board to be frank, you have no idea as to why he hit the beacon. As a maritime professional I have spent more than enough hours on a bridge at night - none of which involved "headlights" unless at close quarters. Yes, beacons have a flashing pattern for identification - doesn't help if you can't see it for whatever reason. At this stage we can't even confirm that the lighting was functional.
The plot thickens. Possible the light was non functional - reports getting around it was and it wasn't. It may have not been reported that there was an issue - who knows. As of now though, it's definitely not working.
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your required to have anavigational map and know the area
hit it light out or on its on you
with maritime stuff its always on the skipper
There is no doubt that ultimately the fault lays at the feet of the skipper but it may shed some light (no pun intended) on a possible contributing factor - not an excuse - just a contributing factor. It's entirely possible he was looking at his GPS chartplotter and saying "but it says there's a beacon here somewhere but I can't see the light".
Manly boat harbour.jpgJust happened this evening inside the Manly boat harbour entrance. NFI as to how (Could have a red hot guess though). Big hit apparently
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This keeps up they will ban night time boating.
Well seems to be a southern bay thing then 2 in a week 🤔 driving at night with undew care and attention the harbour master would say.