Seen where the accident happened and it was definetly operator error. I know they came from the conch house and every time i went their it was a party. They did this run weekly and always maxxed the boat out. Crownline came out with a statement that said the boat was intended for 12. 14 people on a 22 foot boat, thats a magic trick. The whole thing sucks but its people like that that ruin it for everybody else. The owner of the boat maxxed it out every trip and they were pulled over more than once about the amount on the boat. They always raved about a sober driver on board. Maybe this time it wasnt the case. They apparently picked up some body trainer chick and asked her to drive the boat. Bad loss for the families but it sounds like it was accident waiting to happen.
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Downtown toledo last year for the 4th of july fireworks, saw a litlle maybe 17~18 foot bowrider with 17 ( we counted ) people on it, the waterline was at the damn rubrail...watercops went up to them...only thing they cared about was checking that there were enough life jackets., the same water cops won't hesitate to write you for even having a beer in th line of site of the operator at anchor. ( I am not advocating drunken boating) but you should be able to relax.
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