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John A. Birdsall · 07-24-2007, 02:29 PM

It seems to me that the boater education has not worked. With all the violations of the 150' rule. Perhaps it has helped in some areas, but not in the most important area and that is the safety of all concerned. Another safety item is a removable key link. I am told that the jet skies have them, but I read about the accident in Old Saybrook CT where the driver drunk fell out of his boat, and the boat kept going ran over a sailboat that had four people aboard and killed one of them. The Towboat service had a heck of a time stopping this boat. I tried to pull my key out of my boat his weekend and it would not work. Me thinks that this would be a wise thing to have in a boat. Of coarse if this guy was not sitting on the gunwale, he perhaps would not have fallen in.

07-24-2007, 02:29 PM	#55
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	boaters education It seems to me that the boater education has not worked. With all the violations of the 150' rule. Perhaps it has helped in some areas, but not in the most important area and that is the safety of all concerned. Another safety item is a removable key link. I am told that the jet skies have them, but I read about the accident in Old Saybrook CT where the driver drunk fell out of his boat, and the boat kept going ran over a sailboat that had four people aboard and killed one of them. The Towboat service had a heck of a time stopping this boat. I tried to pull my key out of my boat his weekend and it would not work. Me thinks that this would be a wise thing to have in a boat. Of coarse if this guy was not sitting on the gunwale, he perhaps would not have fallen in.