OMC ... Not Guilty

While these stories are always sad, the prop guard lawsuits just frustrate me. Does the operator have any responsibility? Small BW's have very low freeboard. Buying that type of boat was a decsion that these people made.

It is unfortunate that this accident happened, but it was just that- a horrible accident.
 
As I recall from a 25knot ride in a 13 ft.Boston Whaler, it felt like I was riding a surfboard and that if we punched a wave, the water would sweep the boat and wash us off the back. At least the operator has a steering wheel to hold onto.
 
In my job selling motors, I have done sea trilas on lots of boats we have put new outboards on. The only time I have hooked the lanyard up during the sea trial is on a Boston Whaler.

It was the only time I ever felt uncomfortable at the helm of a boat, and wasn't sure how it would behave. And this was a 15 or 17 footer.
 
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It was the only time I ever felt uncomfortable at the helm of a boat
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Matt,
I would have to ask you which boat and what hp motor you had on the BW. I have owned several from my current 13 to 22 Revenge. All were outstanding boats and handled quit well.

I admit that you can get the pucker factor on the 13 footer with a 40hp motor (rated for it) because of the low freeboard and piss poor seating. But at no time have I ever felt unsafe, Except for that one time I went airborne off the top of a rogue 3 footer wave. :shock:

Now on the other hand I have concerns about the C-Dory 16. That boat scares me. Now let the flemming start.
 
Having now owned both the BW 13 (for 31 years) and the 16 c-dory (3 years) I have to say that I always felt perfectly safe in the 13 BW, even when launching off the beach at Pacific City in 6' surf. But your back better handle it. The 16' c-dory never scared me and I have had it 20 miles offshore and in some ugly water north of vancouver island, but I always use it at lower speeds than I did the BW. I feel perfectly safe in either. I capsized the BW once but it floated me to shore so I have to really respect it. But the c-dory is fine in most conditions. Doesn't scare me. But it probably would if I tried to run it too fast in a following sea at an angle, as in crossing a bar. Luckily I am too old to do much to get in trouble anymore.
 
Papillon":3m3plcr6 said:
Now on the other hand I have concerns about the C-Dory 16. That boat scares me.
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There was one time when I was particularly concerned while in the C-Dory 16, however, it wasn't the boat that scared me but the sea conditions I was in......heck when I've watched "Deadliest Catch" on TV, I've seen segments that would scare the c--- out of me :shock: , but again it is the sea conditions, not the vessel.

Every vessel has its' limitations, I contiuously remind myself that there are a LOT of vessels much larger than mine that are lying on the ocean floor. :wink
 
Papillon":3czagj7q said:
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Now on the other hand I have concerns about the C-Dory 16. That boat scares me. Now let the flemming start.
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Mike, are you implying that we're going to spit on you? 8) I think most everyone here is more civilized than that. Plus, it's hard to get the flem (sp?) out when you have your "tongue in the cheek of your Gulf Coastal mouth."*

* Quote from Jimmy Buffett's "Schoolboy Heart."
 
Back to the topic... ATLA will never give up on propeller cases regardless of the outcome of this one... There are vast millions of dollars to be collected from manufacturer/insurance companies as soon as the first plaintiff wins a propeller case...
 
I guess it would be "phlegmming," although I admit I have never once in my life used or even heard of it used as a verb!


Definitions of phlegm on the Web:


* expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

JamesTXSD":26s5hxo8 said:
Papillon":26s5hxo8 said:
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Now on the other hand I have concerns about the C-Dory 16. That boat scares me. Now let the flemming start.
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Mike, are you implying that we're going to spit on you? 8) I think most everyone here is more civilized than that. Plus, it's hard to get the flem (sp?) out when you have your "tongue in the cheek of your Gulf Coastal mouth."*

* Quote from Jimmy Buffett's "Schoolboy Heart."
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Well, I am pretty sure Mike was not saying "Let the surname referring to an inhabitant (or descendant thereof) of Flanders begin" so I am going with "phlegmming"!


Definitions of flemming on the Web:

* Flemming is a surname referring, like the more common Fleming, to an inhabitant (or descendant thereof) of Flanders, a region overlapping parts of ...
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You guys have to understand that when they were teaching spelling....I was out of school working in the tobacco fields of Kentucky. Besides that the name of my grade school was "Oddville"..and I was raised on the head waters of Two Lick Creek. Phonics wasn't taught back then and with the Kentuckian accent, it would not have done much good anyway.

It should also be known, that I enjoy bring out the Spelling Bee Police any time I can.

Now if Sea Beagle and his pack jump on me for my comments about the 16 footer C-Dory, I have taken my rabie shots and am prepared for them.
 
To get nearer the tpic- it was either the 15 or 17 model with a new 150 E-Tec. I'm not saying the boat is unsafe, just that low freeboard and the amount of horsepower combined with a chop made for an interesting test ride.

We also just put a 40 on a 13, which is what came off of it, because the boat had been flipped twice, and the motor was worn out after being under water twice.

Yeah, the boat will stay afloat and get you back to shore, but I'm not too wild about boats that can flip....
 
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