Donzi gets the blame for hit and run!

[fasttrucker]

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...d-weekend.html I think this stinks!

[VetteLT193]

white and champagne color?

[mrfixxall]

it states DONZI TYPE BOAT? could have been a 4winns for all we know?

[fasttrucker]

Maybe the guy is a sailboater who hates donzi,s.It could be a insurance scam.

[RPD]

i'm a sailboat owner and a donzi owner, both for many years... they're not mutually exclusive and prejudice goes both ways...

[RPD]

also ... as the operator of the boat, power or sail or rowboat, it's your responsibility not to hit anything or anyone, regardless of how stupid they might be ...

i often come home from dinner after dark only to encounter pwc's (they are not legal after dark and have no lights) or unlighted fishing boats ... but if i hit them at 50+ it's still my fault!!!

[Ghost]

I'm not too worried about the wording. To be honest, I'm surprised. Usually it's "cigarette" boat, regardless of make and of course rarely a Cigarette.

Pretty close to my home port. I didn't hear about it until Sunday.

[MOP]

Since so many gave up smoking "Cigarettes" are not mentioned much anymore!

[The Hedgehog]

i'm a sailboat owner and a donzi owner, both for many years... they're not mutually exclusive and prejudice goes both ways...

I love to sail too. Nothing like a day with a strong wind.

I will say the sail boaters have more than one or two stereotypes. Most of them I know are cool with it. Some like to look down their noses. Most love a good time though. The ones that hate power boats? I don't get them.

No, not mutually exclusive.

[Ghost]

I love to sail too. Nothing like a day with a strong wind...

No, not mutually exclusive.

Strongly agreed. Both rock.

Some like to look down their noses.

Yep. And the only time I've ever been in a boat accident so far, knock wood, was when a lubberly sailboat captain misjudged the wind, panicked, and rammed a Hinckley Bermuda 40 into my Nova, while I was tied up at the fuel dock. Plenty of morons in both camps.

I will say the sail boaters have more than one or two stereotypes.

The Greaseman's "sailboat women vs powerboat women" comes to mind.

"For your birthday, a sailboat woman gives you:

a subscription to Omni.

A powerboat woman gives you:

menage a trois..."

[Planetwarmer]

Our J-24 has a 2.5 Johnson outboard. The best of both worlds!!!

[Walt. H.]

Being run over is like being shot at, you're going to be in tunnel vision mode so at best all the victim saw was spray - gurgling noises and mayby lifting strakes before he dove deep for cover, unless there was a witness that seen the situation unfold?
Ultimately the power boat operator would not have felt a thing unless it was a fatal mid section thump to the torso with the sterndrive..
I've hit floating 2X6's that are much harder then a human body off centered at speed and never felt or heard a sound but only knew it because I spotted it at the last moment and couldn't side step it fast enough..

It didn't say how far the swimmer was from his anchored sailboat, so that would be the deciding factor of negligence or not to the powerboat that hit him.

[The Hedgehog]

Strongly agreed. Both rock.


Yep. And the only time I've ever been in a boat accident so far, knock wood, was when a lubberly sailboat captain misjudged the wind, panicked, and rammed a Hinckley Bermuda 40 into my Nova, while I was tied up at the fuel dock. Plenty of morons in both camps.



The Greaseman's "sailboat women vs powerboat women" comes to mind.

"For your birthday, a sailboat woman gives you:

a subscription to Omni.

A powerboat woman gives you:

menage a trois..."

The women comparison....now that is beautiful. But true

[jl1962]

Yep. And the only time I've ever been in a boat accident so far, knock wood, was when a lubberly sailboat captain misjudged the wind, panicked, and rammed a Hinckley Bermuda 40 into my Nova, while I was tied up at the fuel dock. Plenty of morons in both camps.

If you're gonna get hit, at least the guy w/ a Hinckley can afford to make you whole!

Morons in both camps? I do a ton of sailing - and all I can say is Amen

[Barry Eller]

It didn't say how far the swimmer was from his anchored sailboat, so that would be the deciding factor of negligence or not to the powerboat that hit him.

I agree. If the powerboat was heading into the sun it would also contribute to the accident. Water skiers and divers have flags to display when in the water. I have a dive flag I display when swimming or snorkeling around my boat.