Navigating the Night
07-08-2014 | 06:30 PM
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From: Jeff City MO.
How people hit channel markers is beyond me. In our river they are not lit but they also do not move, if you do your homework and become mildly proficient at navigating (and boat sober) you should not have a problem staying in a channel without them. I had one customer hit the same marker twice, i had both tracks stored on his gps right into the buoy and you could see where he circled around after the collision. Fifty thousand plus between both hits (better yet maybe its ok if their not that great at navigation 
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07-08-2014 | 09:04 PM
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From: toledo oh
I had actually been working on it for a week or so when I thought to check the gps and see, sure enough a nice line right into the marker and a big ark where he swung around lol. I think he was navigating on dps (drunk positioning system) lol
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07-09-2014 | 08:05 AM
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From: Southeast Michigan
I got chocolate wasted, threw a kid with Cheetos overboard (kid had USCG approved jacket), turned off all nav lights and went WFO to the boat launch while screaming 'Merica!!! at the top of my lungs over the Star Spangled Banner playing on my custom Kraco 8-track, all while playing a spirited game of "eyesies closies" with the crew. I may not win the skipper of the year award, and I may not have skill, but I'm a lucky sumb!tch, and I've never read the words "lucky sumb!thch" in an obituary....
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07-09-2014 | 11:47 AM
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Just read this bass boat hit family deck boat almost cutting it in half. It was in the dark , wonder how fast the bass boat must have been going? People were killed also in this boating wreck.
Just read this bass boat hit family deck boat almost cutting it in half. It was in the dark , wonder how fast the bass boat must have been going? People were killed also in this boating wreck.
