1st Boat/Pier Incident of 2004
Installment I (for 2004) of: “when I learned about the below incident I thought of things like the ‘Darwin Awards’, Rescue 911, Stupid Human tricks
etc. Rather than create another snappy title, we’ll just go
to the facts.”
Last Friday the Recovery Room III, a 27-foot Baha Cruiser, struck the pier while running under GPS-guided autopilot.
Looks like a clear violation of Rule 5 which reads: “Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight as well as by hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision.”
Really, we can all do better!
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