Westside Steve Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 It was bound to happen. One accident with something called a duck boat and now the duck boat has to be banned. Shitt actually does happen people. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiamat63 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Thought Cal posted this by the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, tiamat63 said: Thought Cal posted this by the thread title. It's all blurring together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 A quick googling around Sounds like these boats fall in a grey area fir regulation, have been involved in fatal accidents in the past, and in this particular case previous inspection reports may have been ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, MLD Woody said: A quick googling around Sounds like these boats fall in a grey area fir regulation, have been involved in fatal accidents in the past, and in this particular case previous inspection reports may have been ignored. Was there something about this boat that an inspection would have found and fixed? Is that what caused the problem? Not bickering I just don't know. And by the way that's a perfectly proper use of the term knee jerk. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 24 minutes ago, tiamat63 said: Thought Cal posted this by the thread title. Typical knee-jerk response you lib-tard commie.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Westside Steve said: Was there something about this boat that an inspection would have found and fixed? Is that what caused the problem? Not bickering I just don't know. And by the way that's a perfectly proper use of the term knee jerk. WSS It sounds like there was an inspection on this company's boats in 2017 that said something allong the lines that poor weather could cause pumps and other things on the boats to fail. They don't know if it was this boat that was inspected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Seems like "duck boat" should be sued for false advertising since most ducks don't just sink because of a little wave action. And why do they call those other ones Boston Whalers when they actually don't stay under water like a whale, but stay floating on top no matter what, kind of like what a duck boat should be doing?🐳🦆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, MLD Woody said: It sounds like there was an inspection on this company's boats in 2017 that said something allong the lines that poor weather could cause pumps and other things on the boats to fail. They don't know if it was this boat that was inspected. Well I don't care about these duck boats but it seems The Logical solution would be to figure out if there was something that went wrong that inspection could have found and corrected. If so you could step up the inspection process. If not you have to admit sometimes shitt happens. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said: Seems like "duck boat" should be sued for false advertising since most ducks don't just sink because of a little wave action. And why do they call those other ones Boston Whalers when they actually don't stay under water like a whale, but stay floating on top no matter what, kind of like what a duck boat should be doing?🐳🦆 Another one of the obligatory knee-jerk reactions. Call the attorneys! 😁 WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 https://www.bostonwhaler.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Westside Steve said: Another one of the obligatory knee-jerk reactions. Call the attorneys! 😁 WSS Hello Michael? You busy with anything?😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 17 minutes ago, Westside Steve said: Well I don't care about these duck boats but it seems The Logical solution would be to figure out if there was something that went wrong that inspection could have found and corrected. If so you could step up the inspection process. If not you have to admit sometimes shitt happens. WSS It sounds like these boats are prone to Sheet happening to them tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 54 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said: Typical knee-jerk response you lib-tard commie.😂 you forgot "sumbeitch".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, calfoxwc said: you forgot "sumbeitch".... dammit-another dead neuron fails to fire.😪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Dawg Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Good thing it wasn't a cigarette boat, those could also be bad for your health. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Back in the day, we had a 25' pontoon boat, and took a bunch of family friends out swimming at an island on the lake. A storm suddenly started to come up, and a married couple/friends had their fancy sportie car with the convertible top down. So, we started back. The storm hit before we got back, flooded their car, boats were scrambling past us, our boat had 11 people on it, we were slow. I already had everybody with jackets on when the storm was eminent. Now, why the hell didn't the boat operator have everybody get their life jackets on? What...the...hell... is up with that? We were with friends in Missouri - Table Rock lake. It isn't small. DAMMIT - the dam is over 6,000 ' long. The maximum depth is 220'. It's area is 67 sq miles. Why in the hell would any boat operator not have everybody have their lifejackets on at the approach of any storm??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Rock_Lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 They had life jackets available apparently, but the dumb butt tourists didn't put them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted July 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, DieHardBrownsFan said: They had life jackets available apparently, but the dumb butt tourists didn't put them on. Yes that's what I heard reported. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 I read that 1) the captain pointed them out but said they wouldn't need them and 2) there is debates within the industry about whether they would hurt or help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 It would have saved some lives no doubt. I'll bet most didn't even know how to swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Again, it sounds like there is debate between people familiar with these boats about whether it would help. It sounds like the roof / top part is somewhere people can get stuck. A flotation device could make them more likely to get stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 oh so people got trapped in the boat. i tjought they got out but drowned. tjose boats just dont pass the eye test. anyone else feel the same? that hull just screams rock me from side to side. i get it they werent meant for ocean travel, "obviously".....but i would be unconfortable on a river in those things. if a boat doesnt have a keel id better some multi hull sht going on or im good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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