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Old 03-04-2013, 02:19 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by rwidman View Post
Well, why don't you tell us about it?
I agree with Ron, tell us more.........

On the Columbia River I see this a lot. Last summer there was a 60' cruiser that came into St. Helens, blew past the "no Wake" zone to get to the fuel dock. His wake broke my buddies swim platform. He happens to be a sheriff too. That conversation ended in the cruiser getting a ticket and a claim on his insurance for a swim platform....

We also have big ships coming up and down the river and during fishing season you can hear them blast their horns 5 times for the idiots that insist on anchoring in the channel. There is a place just below Kalama where the ships have to make a tight 90 degree to STBD turn. On this occasion this idiot with an aluminum fishing boat would not move out of the channel and the ship hit him, folding the 20' boat like a piece of tin foil and sending it to the bottom of the river. USCG had to come rescue him. After that the USCG started to issues tickets to the idiots that insisted to anchor in the channels.
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