Boat collision resulting in death(s)

It is clear to me the "Go Fast" Has tons of blame on him. forget all the laws and such. Just common sense tells you to not be running that hot if you can't see what your running into. He may not be 100% at fault. How many accidents have we all avoided even if we wouln't have been at fault. This is no different. Just beacuse a boat failed to surrender right-of-way does not give him a reason to run him down. He should have powered down and flipped him off if even that is what happened.
But in the end I bet the guy was drunk or high and just didn't see the whaler.
 
Sure. . this is obvious obfuscation. That's what lawyers do. It is part of the legal system in action. It is up to the Judge and Jury to weigh the merits of the smoke and mirrors. The issue at hand is what the crew on the smaller boat was doing. If they were running along with standard Nav lights . . then there legal and moral obligations were probably complete.

I have been in the area where this incident happened. You don't run on plane in this area even during daylight hours. . it is a no wake zone, about 500 feet wide with docks and houses on the East and an unlit small island on the West. The houses would have been causing a certain amount of light pollution that would have made the boat harder to see at night. All the more reason to be going slow.

"The truth is out there".

Of course. . it might help if the police would actually interview the suspects. . .
 
I distinctly recal being awakened that night (actually, very early morning) by the sound of helicopters - and our marina was being scoured by state troopers both by land and by water at 8am the next morning. I even saw the damaged Whaler on land at the State police barracks as we passed through the canal on Sunday afternoon. AND YET, I still am very sketchy as to where this disaster exactly happened.

The first article Dom posted says "just north of Herring Island." The second says at the mouth of the [Metececonk] River. It does make a difference, b/c the mouth of the Metedeconk is NOT a no wake zone - even the more west portion of the channel north of Herring Isle is not a no wake zone. There's shoal-depth water north of the island (outside the channel) that could really only be crossed by a small outboard or a maniacal go-fast on plane. Perhaps Mr. Post and his guest had stopped in the shoal area to take in the sights when the "alleged" perp came barrelling through? I don't know if they are purposely suppressing the details or if it's just typical shoddy reporting that's so typical of todays "journalists."

The blue track below indicates NO-WAKE zones around the Island. The red dot indicates the mouth of the Metedeconk River.
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I'm not sure exactly where the incident occurred. I do remember watching the helicopter searching with a spot light the area around Herring Island very early in the morning. No matter what, the rules of the road require both captains to do everything possible to avoid a collision and if one occurs, to stop and render aid.

Judging from previous experience with the State Police, they are very effective and through when investigating a case. I don't think this guy has political connections good enough to overcome the police doing their job. It'll all come out, eventually. It just takes the system a damned long time.
 
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rondds said:
I don't know if they are purposely suppressing the details or if it's just typical shoddy reporting that's so typical of todays "journalists."
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I was on the news and I was amazed at how my own words were edited and spun a bit. Even the TV interview. Just can't trust these clowns.

fc3 said:
No matter what, the rules of the road require both captains to do everything possible to avoid a collision and if one occurs, to stop and render aid.
My point exactly.
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Ron;

You are right. I was mixing up North and East in relation to the Island.

Woody: Whadda ya mean? Those are the deep parts. . .
 
Btwn the skinny water, even skinnier channels and thousands of morons crammed into it all each and every weekend around here, I've always said - If you can boat here you can boat anywhere.
 
rondds said:
Btwn the skinny water, even skinnier channels and thousands of morons crammed into it all each and every weekend around here, I've always said - If you can boat here you can boat anywhere.
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What Ron said is pretty much true, but it goes further than that. There are more cars crammed here, and people, and airplanes, and various weather conditions. If you can drive here, you can drive anywhere. Also, if you can fly here, you can fly anywhere. This has to be the most gawd-awful place to fly an airplane. Doing so in the west and midwest is trivial by comparison.

On the other hand, once you get the navigation down, there are a lot of places to go here. Lots of bodies of water, pretty good conditions via the ICW, lot of ports and services along the way. A captain never is never further from a port, fuel, or service than just a little bit more than his distance from the coast.

I flew with a guy in San Diego who was formerly from Connecticut. He said he didn't miss the bad weather, but he did miss all the great destinations. Lot of variety here.

Best regards,
Frank
 
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