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Old 08-12-2012, 08:54 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by New2boating View Post
My wife and I went to Melvin Village Marina yesterday as we will be buying our first boat. On the test trial, Matt took us south of the graveyard over to where the boat had hit a fallen tree a few feet off shore and impaled itself with the bow totally destroyed. It looks like the operator was going at high speeds during the rain storm Friday night around 10pm and was hugging the coast. If it wasn't for the tree the operator would have hit the docks directly behind. Thank goodness no one was killed.

Pete
Thank you. Hugging the "coast" is not a good strategy for getting home in the rain on Winnipesaukee!
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