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Originally Posted by bwalker42
Remembering Dale Earnhardt SR, loved him too.
Curious to know what would cause a seasoned boater to overcome his conscience. What ever it was, you can't change the past, but you can sure learn from it. And help other people along the way.
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Unfortunately, there is a major difference between the tragedy that happened with Dale Earnhardt Sr. and the events on Lake Texoma.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. was racing in a proper racing venue, in a car that was kitted out with the proper safety gear and had no known mechanical issues, and no innocent bystanders or spectators were at any real risk.
The people in the two speedboats were not in a proper racing venue, one of the boats had a known mechanical issue at a time just prior to the racing, and the spectators were definitely at risk. Just by the grace of God did they not hit a pontoon boat full of a family with little children.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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