Boating mishap

[Top Hatt Craig]

Oops... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vhsYPV...layer_embedded

[SKYCHENEY]

I saw that a few days ago. Scary!

[SEVEN]

That’s been plastered all over Facebook. Guy should be shot.

[Walter P]

There was a very similar thing that happened a few years ago off the coast of NJ. Some guys were
fishing in a small boat about a mile or so off the NJ shore one morning and a 60' Viking ran them over.
I think the owner of the Viking was down below and was on autopilot. He got jail time and all kinds of
fines ($) and who knows whatever else. If memory serves me, there were fatalities. Is it stupidity or
arrogance that makes some people behave like this? The Rules of the Road clearly require a lookout at
all times but some like to think it doesn't apply to them. What should have been a fun day on the water
ended being a disaster for all parties.

Walt

[Mel Tucker]

I was offended that the article found it necessary to say he was "a 74 year old man." I'm 74! His age probably had nothing to do with the accident. Stupidity, carelessness, Yes! At least he wasn't operating a Hatteras. Mel Tucker

[Boatsb]

Age should have given him wisdom. As in knowing not to do stupid things.

[Westfield 11]

I was offended that the article found it necessary to say he was "a 74 year old man." I'm 74! His age probably had nothing to do with the accident. Stupidity, carelessness, Yes! At least he wasn't operating a Hatteras. Mel Tucker

He used a mobility scooter to get around, I assume that his age had something to do with that need. His son also said that his Dad spent a lot of time on his phone texting, which has nothing to do with his age.