Bad Boating Season.


Bad Boating Season.

There was a definet gloom around the narrow table at the Sunset Bar. The skinny piece of wood was loaded with glasses of beer. Only NC Rick had a mixed drink. The rest of the “Dead End Canal Yacht Club” members were sucking on happy hour $2 drafts.

“Man, getting killed on a perfect boating day is a bad way to go,” said Cracker Bob.

“Getting killed on any day is bad...,” said Boston Bob who stopped while the crew shouted him down. After the chorus of 'we all know that', “Well it's worse on a perfect day.”

“There isn't a lot of particulars yet but one of those boats were in the wrong place,” Cleveland Jack. “It looked like all the damage was on the starboard side.”

“Too early to tell. The report will take months and then there will be a hearing and maybe a trial,” said Sgt. Dave.

“You should know of all people. You have an inside track to the powers that be,” said Boston Bob.

“You'll know when they publish the findings. You guys got me burned over the pot bust so I'm keeping quiet. Besides, the families need to grieve and have the answers first. All I can say is there was an infraction committed,” said Sgt. Dave.

“I hope they hang that Captain of the Korean Ferry right alongside the owners of the company. Reports of inoperative cargo restraint and overloading are coming in. The Korean MP just resigned,” said NC Rick.

“What ya'll talking about,” asked Novice Jane as she and her husband Novice Dick joined the group. We told them about the boating death but they seemed not to care.

“They should be more careful,” said Dick. We all shook our heads cause they don't have a clue!

On a happier note!

Coast Guard saves 4 after boat capsizes

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Four people were rescued by a Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor boat crew Thursday approximately one and half miles outside the Matagorda Jetties.
At approximately 9:30 p.m., a 911 dispatcher called the Coast Guard to pass that four people had been capsized in their 17-foot pleasure craft after it was hit by a 6-foot wave.
The four people were able to cling to the hull of the boat and one of the survivors had a waterproof case on his phone, which allowed him to call 911.
Station Port O’Connor immediately launched a 24-foot small boat and crew, which located and rescued the four people clinging to the hull and brought them back to the station.
“It was fortunate that one of the survivors still had a working cell phone and they were able to call for help. While they had lifejackets onboard, they were all trapped under the hull of the boat and were inaccessible. The outcome of this case may have gone differently if they had not had the means to make that call,” stated Senior Chief Jamie DeSanno, the officer in charge of Station Port O’Connor. “Just having a lifejacket onboard your vessel doesn’t mean it will keep you safe. It’s always a good idea to wear your lifejacket while you’re in your boat, especially in rough seas.”

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