Prosideus
Active Member
- Jun 5, 2012
- 635
- Boat Info
- 1995 220 BR Signature
Prior Boat:
400 Sedan Bridge 1996 Cats 3116
- Engines
- Mercruiser 5.7
So we have a boat that has been at the marina the entire time we have been there, at least three years. It is about an 07 44DB, nice boat with Cummings. Never used, never see the owners. The couple owning it are now divorced and the lady decides to let her new boyfriend take her four children and a couple of friends for a ride.
HE HAS NEVER DRIVEN A BOAT! He was reading the manuals the night before and takes off into the lake with four kids ages between 5-8 and a fifth one who is a baby. A slipmate told him to make sure he has life jackets on the kids.
WORSE YET. He is dragging the kids in a three person tube behind the 44DB up an down the lake at full speed making turns and completely disregarding his wake and other boaters.
About the same time we are getting back to our slip, he is making is way back to his slip - a very congested part of the marina which is the thoroughfare to and from the gas docks and restaurant. I get my boat in the slip and tied up quickly because I know what is coming.
The wind is mildly blowing, just enough to to be a nuisance and he is doing circles in front of his slip and in the middle of this thoroughfare.
I was finally able to board his bow as it came close enough to a finger and get the boat into the slip for him. The day could have been a total disaster for them, especially if one of the kids had fallen from the tube. I am not sure he could have safely navigated back to them in the water.
He should have never taken that boat out to start. He definitely did not need to be pulling the kids in a tube.
The entire dock was amazed at the unbelievable lack of judgement and decision-making from this guy. Thankfully they all returned safely.
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HE HAS NEVER DRIVEN A BOAT! He was reading the manuals the night before and takes off into the lake with four kids ages between 5-8 and a fifth one who is a baby. A slipmate told him to make sure he has life jackets on the kids.
WORSE YET. He is dragging the kids in a three person tube behind the 44DB up an down the lake at full speed making turns and completely disregarding his wake and other boaters.
About the same time we are getting back to our slip, he is making is way back to his slip - a very congested part of the marina which is the thoroughfare to and from the gas docks and restaurant. I get my boat in the slip and tied up quickly because I know what is coming.
The wind is mildly blowing, just enough to to be a nuisance and he is doing circles in front of his slip and in the middle of this thoroughfare.
I was finally able to board his bow as it came close enough to a finger and get the boat into the slip for him. The day could have been a total disaster for them, especially if one of the kids had fallen from the tube. I am not sure he could have safely navigated back to them in the water.
He should have never taken that boat out to start. He definitely did not need to be pulling the kids in a tube.
The entire dock was amazed at the unbelievable lack of judgement and decision-making from this guy. Thankfully they all returned safely.
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