Topic: near miss - yikes! (Read 5818 times)

January 16, 2018, 06:54:52 PM #15

I don't think I would be able to sue them, I would probably still be in jail from killing them, or at least beating to very near death.

January 16, 2018, 07:09:52 PM #16

How incredibly flippant.

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Larsen, a Roseburg resident, told The Oregonian/OregonLive by phone Friday that he wasn’t using his cellphone while driving his Bayliner and referred to such allegations as “fake news.” Larsen also said a lawsuit seemed unnecessary because the people in the Weldcraft weren’t hurt badly.

Put that old timer in a home, and now. He is a danger to everyone around him.

January 17, 2018, 02:16:28 PM #17

Quote from: Drifter2007 on January 16, 2018, 06:54:52 PM

I don't think I would be able to sue them, I would probably still be in jail from killing them, or at least beating to very near death.

Same here. Can't believe that ass actually said he couldn't see, and THOUGHT IT WAS A VALID EXCUSE!!!

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January 17, 2018, 03:18:47 PM #18

Quote from: Wilfite on November 30, 2017, 12:43:30 AM

I've seen a lot of stupidity. Maybe not a boat like that on the Tualatin but all it takes is an overpowered open boat to ruin a good day on a curve like that. I was surprised the guy hadn't paddled closer to shore on the inside of the curve. It was obvious he could hear the boat coming, though not from which direction.

I must confess, i the 2nd video I was really hoping for a "Crikey!". :-)

Down in the canals of the cali delta there are dummies like this on the daily. I coulnd't believe the speeds they would be traveling in these tight little waterways (and bass boaters seem to die every year during tourneys running like that). I would never fish the main places in a toon/kayak down there but I see all kinds out there.

January 18, 2018, 07:27:08 AM #19

This happened on the Columbia this week.

http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/2018/01/17/fisherman-who-jumped-into-river-to-avoid-oncoming-motorboat-sues-helmsman.html

January 18, 2018, 10:37:03 AM #20

Quote from: Great Bass 2 on January 18, 2018, 07:27:08 AM

This happened on the Columbia this week.

http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/2018/01/17/fisherman-who-jumped-into-river-to-avoid-oncoming-motorboat-sues-helmsman.html

Actually, it happened in August. The lawsuit happened this week.

-Allen

January 19, 2018, 12:42:47 AM #21

For some reason, I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but I had a very similar incident happen out at B10 in my kayak last year, 2017. It was August and I was bleeding a fish and dealing with some gear when I heard a motor getting closer and closer behind me. By the time I realized the motor was dangerously close, I turned around and a 30ish foot cabin-cruiser (very similar to the one in the Astoria video) shot past me, plowing with the bow way high and the trim all wrong, and missed me by about 5 feet going around 25mph. I had no time to react, except to ride the wake luckily upright. When they went by it was obvious that they had no idea that I existed or what had almost happened.
There is absolutely nothing I think I should have done differently. I had a six foot flag and I was amongst a couple hundred boats trolling or drifting at the same speed.
I am still going to assault this fishery again next year.
Don't know what I am trying to say here but this happened.

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