Wanna be a boating casualty?
 

...here are the Coast Guard's 2003 boating list of casualties....
2003 Coast Guard Data


Total boating casualties nationally: 524

Those casualties with life Jackets on: 82

Those casualties without life jackets on: 442


84% of all casualties did NOT have life jackets on.....


so don't worry about Cats or V's being safer...there is the number one factor....wear a life vest folks!


...I may look like a nerd with one on ...but hey...the facts speak for themselves.....even drunk boaters were not close....in fatalities/casualties...

...and now compare boating overall casualties vs. auto or plane casualties....with a life jacket ON....boating is probably one of the safest forms of transportation around...amazing?

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so now I am wondering why insurance rates are SO HIGH FOR BOATERS.....more people are casualties walking to cross a street than in all boating casualties for the whole year of 2003....

....thousands of car casualties....thousands of aviation casualties....500 or so boating casualties?

it's really amazing....just wear a life jacket!

this is what they look like...how about all oso members agreeing to wear 'em?

woops...442 did NOT have them on ...made a mistake in the earlier post....

nope i was right in the first place...must be getting late...

Lonely in the Fountain factory lpa?

only foutain I have now unfortunately is a water fountain.... at 230k with 525's though....beenn doing a lot of thinking!

I'll get the popcorn:rolleyes:

since you have the popcorn out ...and he mentioned Fountain..here are some "Factory" shots of a Fountain Cat....wonder why it never wnet to market?

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last was a prototype boat

Reggie's idea of a meow boat

so now I am wondering why insurance rates are SO HIGH FOR BOATERS


How many boater have claims for broken drives? Or stolen boats? I bet that has a big part in the rates also.

a rare Foutain Spitfire

exactly Mr. Capo....the main reason for high insurance rates are tons of claims....LOTS OF FRAUD TOO

anyone up for the "History of Reggie?
Reggie Fountain entered his first boat race in 1954 at the age of 14. He moved quickly into professional competition in 1970, and set many world records and won many championships. In 1978 he retired from active competition to begin an extensive research and development testing program commissioned by Mercury Marine. He started with a 31-foot V-bottom Excalibur Boat, and modified it extensively to improve both the handling and acceleration. This was the start of what is now Fountain Powerboats. In addition to world-renowned sport boats, Reggie Fountain has also developed a successful line of outboard and stern drive fishing boats. Fountain personally masterminds all engineering and product Research and Development within the company. He was among the first to use bi- and tri-directional glass along with lightweight coring material, and was also one of the first to successfully utilize a notch transom, pad keel running surface for improved handling and performance. Once a hull mold is created, Fountain performs all initial on-the-water testing and then collaborates with his staff on interior design and graphic styling. He still logs approximately 1,000 hours a year on the water. In 1990, Reggie Fountain returned to racing to set the V-bottom world speed record twice. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with degrees in Business and Law.

One glitch in those figures is the fact that in ONE day a commercial airliner will travel more miles and carry more people than my boat will probably see in a life time:eek: . Similar , but less extreme results could be found for automotive transportation.

...Foutains started off way back ago from a 31' Excaliber!

31" Excaliber

...enjoying the popcorn?

LPA

Reggie built 6 cats from MTI's 42 foot mold. He DID sell them. They DID go to market.

The deal just didn't do what Scism hoped, and he pulled the molds back in house. No bad blood, just no more Fountain/Scism cat.

My friend has number 3 or 4 of the 6.

Crunch , crunch...burp...yep:)

Compare boating safety to aviation safety? Are you serious?:rolleyes: Thousands of aviation casualties for 2003? Where are you getting your stats? Try comparing boating miles/deaths vs. aircraft miles/deaths. Your theory holds 'no water'.

Aviation is regulated by the strictest of licensing requirements and Federal laws. Boating is not.
Apples to oranges. :crazy: Air travel is statistically by far the safest means of travel today.

Compare boats to autos, maybe....... but a lot more people drive cars than boats. Alcohol plays a HUGE part in deaths in both.:(

People don't want to admit it but that is why ins is so high. Easy solution madatory drive n prop locks and lo-jack on every boat over a certain price.


OH GEE I can't afford this high dollar boat anymore but i owe the bank 300K on it. Damn someone stole my boat. Oh damn someone stole my drive again! I bet more then 1/2 the claims are Bogus :mad:

Figures can be made to look how ever you want them to.

Isn't that why they say "figures lie and liars figure"?

Is it snowing yet ? :crazy:

SHHHHHHHHHHH!

GO TO YOUR ROOM CAPO:D

:confused: :confused: Guess he did:D :D

LPA, you definitely said one thing that is irrefutable: "you may look like a nerd with one on..."

and you're absolutely right jafo, flying is by far the safest mode of transportation. I take serious exception, though with anyone calling boating transportation.
and yes, I ride a motorcyle without a hemet. its natural selection at its finest.