What a mess. You (or I) don't touch the wheel in my boat after drinking. Those days are long behind us. Either you have a designated driver or the boat stays at the hill. I hauled out for Memorial Day just to avoid the drunks...
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Citadel boat crash
What a mess. You (or I) don't touch the wheel in my boat after drinking. Those days are long behind us. Either you have a designated driver or the boat stays at the hill. I hauled out for Memorial Day just to avoid the drunks...
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Tragic situation.
There was a boat accident on Murray years ago that involved a member of this site that took eight years of his life in a state penitentiary over a couple drink drinks before I get behind the wheel of a boat.
Originally Posted by Rebel Yell
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Yep. Steve K. Sentenced to 10 years in the joint if I remember right...
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Yep. Good guy, horrible situation.
He was one of those guys that I would never question borrowing my boat if his was in the shop.
There was a lot of unanswered questions on toxicology in his case…… his questions would’ve been a moot point had he left the boat at the dock.
Fucked up things happened to good people more than we’d like to admit.
In case you didn't know
Lake Murray has seemed to get somewhat better but summer is just starting and we do not go out after dark anymore so I feel sure it is still a cluster but we live up the river thank GOD!
Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
"Wow, often imitated but never duplicated. No one can do it like the master. My hat is off to you DRDUCK!"
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Driver of the boat tested negative for alcohol?
I just got back from camp yesterday and made a day trip back upriver, normally I run at 2 a.m., less traffic, but I use radar. I won't run that river at night without radar now, or drink and drive a boat, day or night.
Listen to your elders. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong.
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" Sir Winston Churchill
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Pretty sure that won't shake out on this one...
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If I was a betting Man, I bet that alcohol test was conducted to 24 hours after the accident.
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So status, money and influential clout plays out again?
Listen to your elders. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong.
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" Sir Winston Churchill
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Article said he had drank earlier in the day but a blood draw at the hospital came back negative for alcohol.
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