This is horrible...boating accident

[chris in va]

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/06/21/loc_damdrown21.html <br /><br />26' new cabin cruiser lost power and went over a huge low-head dam in Ohio. Oh man.

 

[boatingfool]

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That sucks!!!! <br /><br />

 

[marty_scher]

Re: This is horrible...boating accident

Diversion dams have earned the nickname "drowning machine" and rightly so. <br /><br />They are always extremely dangerous and this amount of water flow, just made it worse. I won't go near one.<br /><br />The fact that some did not have on life vests, probably didn't help any.<br /><br />Diversion dams are bad news all around and should be avoided like the life-endangering plague, they are.<br /><br />Sad stuff

 

[DJ]

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No lifejackets-no excuses.

 

[captoats]

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Tragic, for sure. Knowing how to deploy a anchor quickly (assuming this boat had one) in a situation can make the difference between life and death. I make my family practice emergency anchor setting once a year just for this type of situation.

 

[tjkprop]

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I do not think they had an anchor. I purchased my first boat a few years ago from this dealer. After seeing this accident, only a mile from my house, my wife and I remembered that on our test drive the boat had nothing on it. Same area of the river. I do not know for sure though, but the owners son, whom was one of the victims, would have defineitly knew to do that.

 

[magster65]

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Ah man, that sucks.