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Originally Posted by VtSteve
I'm always confused by articles written like this. They became disoriented in the dark and spent "several hours" before crashing at 8:15 p.m.? I know it gets dark earlier now, but geez.
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A recent experiment found that persons whose visual references are minimized and placed into unfamiliar territory, tend to
travel in circles.
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Originally Posted by DEJ
I have not read what type of boat it was, anyone have this info?
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The boaters wanted to return to West Alton Marina. Does West Alton Marina rent boats—and if so—is it too much of a "jump" to think this may have been a
rental boat?
If boaters can have their blame for a collision lifted by a restaurant's "over-serving", can marinas be blamed for "over-renting"?
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Originally Posted by ishoot308
"...I couldn't find anything in that story about a GPS..."
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There is a reference to adjusting "a navigational aid".
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Originally Posted by MisheMokwa
"...You can actually see a big white splotch on the rock...Had they been 10 feet to the left they would have hit a large boulder instead of "ramping up" onto the rocks at the they end of the point...Glad to hear we didn't have another Diamond Island incident.
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The Diamond Island collision outcome would have been different by striking land just a boat's length to the left or right—likewise for the Senator. ("Ramping-up" to the right and, certainly, grave injuries lurking to the left).
(But at the Diamond Island crash site, a "landfall" at
either abutting residence would have been bad news for residents!)