Thread: Boating accident...............Not good

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/122...ay-marlborough

Not good

It is never good mikee. I was involved in a high speed crash between boats that ended in the death of one person on my eighteen foot rubber inflatable boat (as we were lower in the water, the other boat went right over top of us). To this day I wish I had been in control of my boat instead of the person that was, as I am sure that I would have reacted differently.

I still have shivers from doing a stupid thing as the new owner of a boat, following in my mates wake, with his son and mine sitting on the back of his the boat, legs over facing me. Not going all that fast, when he stopped! I yelled an went so hard to starboard, it chucked me to the other side of the boat on the floor, the last thing I saw was my bow going over the top of his engine. Good thing was the extremely fast reactions of my mate who dropped the hammer. We missed by inches and the boys were unscathed, but it could have been a very different outcome.
Boat accidents give little protection

Ban boats I recon make nz safer

This could bring up another topic of

" should you have to do the marine/boating course before you are allowed to drive/own a boat".

When my brother in law got his boat he was green as fuck , almost rolled us over in the shallow water by facing the side of the boat to the waves. Took me too tell him too get out deeper and put the nose into the waves to prevent distaster. ( the shore had cut in and we were racing along parallel to the shore)

Im no super sailor , but I had spent lot of time with my old man in his various boats over the years to pick up a lot of boat smart.(not tooting my own horn)

Passed on a lot of knowledge to my brother in law and now he is abit smarter on the water and not as green as he once was.

Very sad outcome.
It sent a shiver down my spine when I saw the story emerge this morning, as a forum member and his family are regular boaters in that bay

Originally Posted by Pengy

Very sad outcome.
It sent a shiver down my spine when I saw the story emerge this morning, as a forum member and his family are regular boaters in that bay

Especially when he made a post recently regarding phone reception now being there...

Following GPS route back in maybe?

Not a good outcome.

A huge thank you to those that have being in touch to check up on me and my kin, we are all safe and well! Thank you all

A tragic accident and I have no more details than what is in the media, it was dark dark Friday and Saturday night, my heart goes out to those fisherman lost and injured!

Go well everyone.

I thought it was another type of boating accident

You'd have to wonder if both (or either of them) had the nav lights on

Originally Posted by 6x47

You'd have to wonder if both (or either of them) had the nav lights on

One was moored, on a mooring, so doesn't need to have a anchor light on.
If it was at anchor, yes it would have needed a light on.
Small, but important difference.

Deceased man from Upper Moutere, two injured men both from Motueka.

Well known in the area. Very Sad

It does sound like lighting (or lack there of) may have been a factor, especially on the moored vessel.

More will be known with time and investigation.


Thoughts with all families involed
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Originally Posted by Jusepy

" should you have to do the marine/boating course before you are allowed to drive/own a boat".

I'm in two minds. It seems like madness that you can take a boat out, or in my case a 180HP jetski without any training. On the other hand, I see a boat license as another tax that honest, law abiding people will pay, while the ferals that are likely to cause problems ignore it and just carry on regardless. Who is going to enforce a boat license in the Far North? It's the wild west on the water.

I'm out on the water a lot and see all sorts of crazy shit. People hooning along at night or in thick fog with no lights etc. With the story in question (if it's accurate, you have to wonder with today's journalism), what led to the accident? No flood lights, no radar, not looking where they were going?

Condolences to the Family and friends of the deceased.
Tragic end to a days fishing.

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