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NYCAP123 · 04-02-2008, 07:41 AM

Obviously the point was missed. THERE WAS NO RISK TO LIFE or OF SERIOUS DAMAGE. This was on small bays that you can walk out of. The risk was to fiberglass from a hard docking or an anchor light if a bridge couldn't be negotiated just right or a tow off a shoal if we were blown off an unmarked channel. It was done because the boat was moving with or without help and it was for a friend not for money. Do you lawyers understand that. And if, even with my release, it costs me a few dollars to help someone I can handle that.
The point of this was to say that new owners of boats don't understand the risks they take. Get off the high horse. Stop trying to argue tangents like a drunk. As for the coastie, your job is not to die. Your job is to get home safe because a dead coastie can't help anyone. When you end up waiting to be rescued you made a miscalculation that will now put other's LIVES at risk. How many times did you say you did that? You pushed too far because a job needed to get done. Some of you really need to sit behind a desk practicing law and forget about anything that may involve risk and that certainly includes operating boats anywhere beyond the bathtub.

04-02-2008, 07:41 AM	#17
NYCAP123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 970	Obviously the point was missed. THERE WAS NO RISK TO LIFE or OF SERIOUS DAMAGE. This was on small bays that you can walk out of. The risk was to fiberglass from a hard docking or an anchor light if a bridge couldn't be negotiated just right or a tow off a shoal if we were blown off an unmarked channel. It was done because the boat was moving with or without help and it was for a friend not for money. Do you lawyers understand that. And if, even with my release, it costs me a few dollars to help someone I can handle that. The point of this was to say that new owners of boats don't understand the risks they take. Get off the high horse. Stop trying to argue tangents like a drunk. As for the coastie, your job is not to die. Your job is to get home safe because a dead coastie can't help anyone. When you end up waiting to be rescued you made a miscalculation that will now put other's LIVES at risk. How many times did you say you did that? You pushed too far because a job needed to get done. Some of you really need to sit behind a desk practicing law and forget about anything that may involve risk and that certainly includes operating boats anywhere beyond the bathtub. Last edited by NYCAP123 : 04-02-2008 at 08:30 AM.