SF Boating Accident

[getakey]

I thought there was a previous thread on this, but can't find it.
Anyway, the 68 yr old driver of the boat has dies. The owner, a passenger, is still in hospital. 2 other passengers ok

The 22 ft pleasure boat slammed into the side of a SF Bay Ferry

http://www.marinscope.com/sausalito...cle_9b78dd16-7bc5-11e2-9771-001a4bcf887a.html

 

[Radioactive]

"I thought there was a previous thread on this"

There was... in the San Fran forum.

http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=159700

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Worth noting that neither of the two links provided give any indication of:

Did the little boat hit the big boat? Or the big boat hit the little one?

On which side was the struck vessel hit?

Maybe we will eventually find out.

 

[Thudpucker]

In Puget sound WA, pleasure craft will race to cross in front of the Ferry, rather than plow through that deep ferry wake.
I'm betting on that in CA, Or.....something like some young guys I know that used to fly into the Ferry wake and plane (ski) along the wake's edges. I think those young guys narrowly missed a Tug boat doing that.

 

[getakey]

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Originally posted by Radioactive

"I thought there was a previous thread on this"

There was... in the San Fran forum.

http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=159700

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Worth noting that neither of the two links provided give any indication of:

Did the little boat hit the big boat? Or the big boat hit the little one?

On which side was the struck vessel hit?

Maybe we will eventually find out.

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aha - thought I remembered reading something. Local news reports indicated that the little boat hit the ferry broadside, but no real confirmation of that.