Boat sinks - Montauk inlet

Weather was fine, it was dark and at night, no moon
A boat is not something you just get in and turn key.
Look, I know we should never say this, but I have never run aground, why, let me tell you.
I plot every run. No matter where I go, I am plotted.
That includes Moriches, which is hard to plot.
All the way in to Montauk.
If he had it plotted and he was following his line, this wouldn't of happened.
Whenever you go into strange waters, you plot a course.
I also plot multiple paths.
So if i was going to Montauk I would plot from Ocean and from Peconic.

The second mistake I see is why was he so close to the wall and such a high rate of speed. That wall shows up on Radar like a solid brick!
He obviously had no course, no radar and was flying by the seat of his pants.

I hope he doesn't get the boat back because he is a menace to our bay and boating!
Sorry but unless you are drunk (which is a whole other discussion or have major boat malfunction) this should never of happened!
 
Dave I am thinking the boat is a right off.
 
Down here we have people running up gov cut jetties on an annual basis prompting some to demand illumination of the jetties. Never mind that one of the recent offenders was some over paid over rated ball player who killed himself and two friends while drunk and high on cocaine.

There is zero excuse for this accident. The Montauk jetties are well charted. Not familiar about morichea so I won’t comment

Plotting a route is fine but you have to slow down at night or in fog or when in doubt. Insurance underwriters need to do a better a job but boat size is irrelevant to this accident. He would have hit with a smaller boat and would probably have died in the crash
 
The only requirement for boat ownership and operation (of any size) is credit and a down payment!!
 
Running aground and getting a "Moriches propellor" is common in those waters. The buoys are not always where they need to be because of shifting sand. A few years ago , when my new-to-me Cruisers was launched down a ramp in Eastport, I ran aground ten feet from the ramp. The chart showed six feet of water; the water didn't! It was so close to the ramp that I didn't have time to avoid it, even at low speed. BoatUS and sandy bottom left no damage. The tow was only for about 50 feet and then I was back in deeper water. Long Island Sound has plenty of deep water, but lots of rocks. Running aground here is not pretty. Hy
 
If his wife lets him buy another boat and gets on it with him, she's a moron too!
 
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