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Did the drive maybe fail first. Looks like scrape marks under the hull but hard to tell where they came from.
I would like to think I am immune from something like this happening to me but in realality it could happen to anyone. Just glad everyone is ok.
I would like to think I am immune from something like this happening to me but in realality it could happen to anyone. Just glad everyone is ok.
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Take a close look at that drive... It split lower in half, no prop, shaft, everything missing...
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The buoy being lit is really of no consequence. Obviously he was going to fast for the conditions. It's sad to see but totally self inflicted. If you look at a chart it will tell you if the buoy is supposed to be light, the color, the flash pattern. The local notice to Mariners published weekly would advise if the light was out. Of course only if it had been reported/noticed.
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The buoy being lit is really of no consequence. Obviously he was going to fast for the conditions. It's sad to see but totally self inflicted. If you look at a chart it will tell you if the buoy is supposed to be light, the color, the flash pattern. The local notice to Mariners published weekly would advise if the light was out. Of course only if it had been reported/noticed.
What if he was avoiding another boat or something else in the water?
I don't think we can call it self inflicted, given the lack of details that exist here or on on FB; at this point.
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The buoy being lit is really of no consequence. Obviously he was going to fast for the conditions. It's sad to see but totally self inflicted. If you look at a chart it will tell you if the buoy is supposed to be light, the color, the flash pattern. The local notice to Mariners published weekly would advise if the light was out. Of course only if it had been reported/noticed.