Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Officials rescue 4 from overturned boat
Posted by longanddeep on 06/30/08 - 9:01 AM
#1
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/lo...l/MI89477/
here is the footage but it does not look like whaler hull...
[url]http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2963700/8501708
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overturned 17-foot Boston Whaler... any thoughts on this....:o
Edited by longanddeep on 06/30/08 - 9:16 AM
Posted by Ed Lim on 06/30/08 - 9:16 AM
#2
BW owners, Have heart! The boat in question was not a BW(MAKO). News was mistaken. If you go to the video, Rescuers properly ID'd the boat(BW owners will automatically see that the boat is not a Montauk.
Regards, Ed
Posted by longanddeep on 06/30/08 - 10:24 AM
#3
it just annoys me the idiots get it confused
Edited by longanddeep on 06/30/08 - 10:24 AM
Posted by MW on 07/01/08 - 1:52 AM
#4
Ever see something happen, then see it in the news ? It's like two totally different stories when the press get's done with it.
mw
Posted by longanddeep on 07/01/08 - 7:49 AM
#5
good points people......beers all around...:D
Posted by Buckda on 07/01/08 - 1:42 PM
#6
Nice that it wasn't a BW that overturned, but take careful note, Whalers can and do capsize. They won't sink, but they will overturn in the right conditions and if destabilized (like, if they are full of water and hit broadside by a steep or breaking wave). This is important information for Whaler owners, because while you don't have to worry about sinking when the boat is full of water and all H*LL is breaking loose with weather or what not, your boat WILL be much less stable, and your skills as a captain and ability to maintain steerage and positive power is critically important at that point. Getting / keeping the water OUT of the boat is extremely important. For CC Whalers, setting a forward shelter during inclement weather goes a long way to keeping green/bluewater off the deck.
Good luck Whalers!