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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 03:44 PM
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JackMason
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Does anyone know how this happened?
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 03:47 PM
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Nathan_Flovin
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I think it would work a little better if you had to take a safety course in person and physically drive a boat with someone to certify you.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: RedRanger]
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06/01/17 03:50 PM
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Fish Killer
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Good Lord how in the Sam hill does this happen especially in that area? It is all wide open down there. Hope all is well. Sound like either drugs or alchohol was involved. Any charges? Where did you hear drugs or alcohol were involved? I have only followed story on the TFF. From what I remember SRA is basically open water. If two boats collided on open water on a clear day it seems that some type of impairment could be the issue. Ya know what happens when you Assume.....
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 04:08 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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Don't know if these boating rules apply to this accident or not but since the boat was damaged on the starboard back and side it could.
" Each boat should turn to starboard and pass port-to-port. When overtaking another boat the boat being overtaken is the privileged vessel. Only after signaling and receiving an acknowledgement can the overtaking boat pass. ( Use one blast to pass on the right and two blast to pass on the left ) I have never seen or heard of a passing boat signaling to pass and this happens a lot on Fork.
The first sentence applies to boats coming from opposite directions.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed. Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Fish Killer]
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06/01/17 04:33 PM
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RedRanger
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Ya know what happens when you Assume.....
Either someone was too old driving, too young, too drunk, too medicated, etc. Two boats just don't collide on open water in clear day unless something was out of whack. Somebody screwed the pooch here.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 05:07 PM
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Andy W
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Everyone here is certified in all matters!!! Didn't get through a page and a half of expertism before giving up. I pray everyone involved is ok.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: RedRanger]
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06/01/17 05:35 PM
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R.J.E.
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Ya know what happens when you Assume.....
Either someone was too old driving, too young, too drunk, too medicated, etc. Two boats just don't collide on open water in clear day unless something was out of whack. Somebody screwed the pooch here. Maybe he was middle aged and illiterate too, who knows, just hope everyone is ok. Far as a safety course goes it might help but look at these people driving cars, they take a driving test and some of them still can't drive.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 05:36 PM
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Devil Horse
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dont know any details but looks like it was hit from the rear, almost like one boat was following the other and the front boat killed the power and the rear boat didnt react quick enough, but just speculation.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 05:44 PM
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RedRanger
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Last edited by RedRanger; 06/02/17 08:51 PM.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/01/17 07:34 PM
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ForkedJames
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It seems most people that I notice on the wrong side of the main lake buoys are almost always looking at their electronics and their route markers. Their screens shows the path they made going and they run same path coming. So that puts them on the wrong side sooner or later.
Just what I notice.....As far as the wreck, we all need to be more careful so many boaters so few routes. God bless James C. being in the right spot...
James Grimsley
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Sinkey]
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06/01/17 09:52 PM
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John175☮
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That's my thinking...if the hit boat slowed a boat following too close will have a hard time getting out of the wake..ain't no brakes on a boat and steering sucks when you're off the throttle. My head is on a swivel anytime I go to change course or slow down on a lake. Too many people run your wake these days. And I honestly don't know how this happened in that open of water unless he was hot on his heels.
“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men.†-JFK
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/02/17 01:07 AM
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reeltexan
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does anybody have an update on the condition of the people that were injured??
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/02/17 01:41 AM
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Mark Perry
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Do some of ya'll really have that many issues running on Fork on normal days? Other than big bass events I can't say I really have any boat lane issues or craziness out here. I'm here a lot. I find more on the water stupidity on DFW area lakes by far.
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Re: Boat wreck on Fork today
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/02/17 03:15 AM
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ToadSnatcher14
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Do some of ya'll really have that many issues running on Fork on normal days? Other than big bass events I can't say I really have any boat lane issues or craziness out here. I'm here a lot. I find more on the water stupidity on DFW area lakes by far. No and you described it to a T.
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