C&D Canal Collision

[knotaloud]

Whoa! That's a pretty good survival story. But I find the headline kind of ironic; "Safety training helps save family in schooner crash", it seems to me, if they truly had such great "safety training" they might have avoided a head on collision with a slow moving tug boat!

[Sapperwhite]

I hate the canal at night. They light the damn thing just enough to assist in confusing nav lights. "Is that a street light or a tug", words that I have spoken aloud. I haven't heard anything new regarding this story, but it was the talk of the dock when it happened.

[SEMIJim]

Originally Posted by knotaloud

...I find the headline kind of ironic; "Safety training helps save family in schooner crash", it seems to me, if they truly had such great "safety training" they might have avoided a head on collision with a slow moving tug boat!

Don't know about that, not having been there, but the first thing that struck me was that apparently none of them were wearing PFDs.

Jim

[knotaloud]

I thought about PFD's too, but you know...I probably wouldn't have been wearing one either.

[labatt]

Just saw this on SailingAnarchy... apparently the schooner is now for sale. I don't know what the final conclusion reached by the CG was for this incident but I'd be curious to find out...

http://www.certifiedsales.com/listings/YS073088.html