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PaulS · 07-09-2004, 01:58 PM

It's not surprising the most of the accidents occur in boats < 26 feet, there are more of those boats in use. The statistic that would be more meaningful would be accidents per # of boats of a class. If there are 1,000,000 boats < 26 feet and 100 accidents, but 10,000 off-shores, with 25 accidents, then off shores would be more dangerous. I'm not saying that's the case, but the statistics presented don't in and of themselves prove the point that off-shores are safer or more dangerous.

07-09-2004, 01:58 PM	#30
PaulS Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	83% of all statistics are made up. It's not surprising the most of the accidents occur in boats < 26 feet, there are more of those boats in use. The statistic that would be more meaningful would be accidents per # of boats of a class. If there are 1,000,000 boats < 26 feet and 100 accidents, but 10,000 off-shores, with 25 accidents, then off shores would be more dangerous. I'm not saying that's the case, but the statistics presented don't in and of themselves prove the point that off-shores are safer or more dangerous.