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Originally Posted by Dockhead
If the powerboat swerved into him at high speed and at the last second, then that is different from the way the accident was described before (powerboat on autopilot). In that case then of course -- no chance for the poor sailor whatever lookout he was keeping.
If the powerboat was indeed on autopilot, then a good lookout could have prevented the accident. Let's us all avoid that situation, shall we? Whatever it was that really happened to poor D.J.
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Dockhead, just where did you see a report of the crash that the autopilot was on? I went back though the thread and read every newspaper account and no mention was made of the autopilot. The newspaper got it wrong that the boat was not hit in the stern but the port quarter.
The autopilot was mentioned in post #8 but that was speculation by a Sailnet member.