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if you get lost in the mountains in NH and a search is mounted, you're responsible for the costs....Sounds like there needs to be some kind of law banning unattended boats or some such. People won't stop doing it if they aren't forced to. Sure, THIS group of people probably won't do it again for a while. Most will continue the practice.
I wonder how much it cost for a helicopter or two, plane, and possibly other USCG vehicles to search for these buffoons.
Oh, please no. Have you been to a marina lately? There are plenty of unattended boats in many marinas. Many professional divers work alone and never have an issue. Just because people do it wrong, doesn't mean that those of us who do it right should be punished. This is probably a more common practice than you might think.Sounds like there needs to be some kind of law banning unattended boats or some such.
Such a law would have to account for those situations. Perhaps a paragraph or two instead of a sentence on the subject should be on the books. Seems obvious to me that a boat parked at a marina wouldn't need to be attended. A boat out in the ocean with swimmers/divers/other people in the water is a different story. Just as I can leave my car in a parking lot unattended. The authorities would take a dim view if I stopped on the I95 and got out to go hunting for an hour. Boats who anchor a boat just outside of a marina and use a dingy to travel to/from land would be questionable at best.Oh, please no. Have you been to a marina lately? There are plenty of unattended boats in many marinas. Many professional divers work alone and never have an issue. Just because people do it wrong, doesn't mean that those of us who do it right should be punished. This is probably a more common practice than you might think.
Classic error in logic. It has never happened to me so it never will. How many times have we heard this with so many unfortunate results?This happens from time to time. I have left my boat on the surface while I went diving. I saw no need to bring it with me and I always checked the anchor or mooring as I started my dive. My knots always held and I never had to go looking for it. With more people on the boat, that wouldn't be an issue as we could always round robin dive.
As they did, and it failed. Do you carry a PLB when you leave the boat empty, or is that too fancy for an old school diver?I always checked the anchor or mooring as I started my dive.
Not cheap.I wonder how much it cost for a helicopter or two, plane, and possibly other USCG vehicles to search for these buffoons.
For stupid divers like these, they should be charged.if you get lost in the mountains in NH and a search is mounted, you're responsible for the costs..