It adds to meaning to the new/old Laser bumper sticker--
"Cheat the Nursing Home, Die on Your Laser!"
The guy who dove off his boat and swam for his life was 75.
"I looked over my shoulder, and I saw the boat, about 75 yards away and headed dead straight for me," said Lambinus, 57, an experienced sailor who was competing in the Charleston Yacht Club Open Regatta.
The captain of this boat should be arrested for attempted murder!
IMHO
Search YouTube for Sydney Ferry/sailboat and you'll see a couple of 18's getting mushed at 35 knots.
Al
Not that I am in anyway defending the tourboat operator, but all vessels have an obligation to avoid collisions.
A laser is much more maneuverable than a tourboat. Your competitive spirit can get you killed.
Sylvia Galloway and Fran Trotman, who operated a safety boat at the regatta, witnessed the collision from a few hundred yards away. They said the tour boat did not stop at the scene after the collision, and its operator did not return calls until after returning from Fort Sumter to peninsular Charleston.
Galloway said the tour boat "came absolutely straight down the middle" of the nearly one-mile-diameter area near Castle Pinckney reserved for the weekend's races. The tour boat "never slowed down until the sailboat popped out of the back and never hailed either of us to see if the sail boater was OK," she said.
Galloway displayed copies of race permits, with restricted areas outlined, approved by the state Department of Natural Resources and the Coast Guard.