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Old 07-25-2008, 09:16 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by madscientist View Post
Tyler makes a very good point about the radar. They should have seen the tow vessel well in advance and been alert for something. They got very lucky that things weren't much much worse.
I totally agree, much less covering some ground, early a.m., with another boat in sight and not giving wide berth.

"Go ahead, but only 2" sounds like a recipe for disaster had the USCG not showed up...hope they plan to do some modifications on the boat and rename her.
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