I googled for the boat and it doesn't look like it can hold 50 passengers.
Posted on 10/02/2005 1:59:20 PM PDT by CedarDave
Fox News reporting a tour boat named the "Ethan Allen" has overturned in a lake in northern New York state. 46-50 persons were on board and rescues are on going. Searching for an AP link...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Prayers for them .
BUSH HATES TOUR BOATS!!
They should have been wearing them. I wonder if those who died were injured or got trapped under the boat.
For some reason, I really like the "Bush's fault" posts - they make me laugh. My sense of humor must not be too sophisticated :-)
I am really wondering, though, why the Ethan Allen capsized in calm water. Wake from another boat, short of something really big, like a ship, shouldn't have done it. Has to be a stability problem of some kind IMO.
I agree they should have been wearing them.
The second part of your statement is disturbing to think about. This is really sad.
Sorry for the above post. I did not realize that people had died from this until I scrolled down.
That might cause a small boat with relatively narrow beam to capsize.
I googled for the boat and it doesn't look like it can hold 50 passengers.
I'm glad Sam... You're the lucky one... it's more fun to laugh than it is to be annoyed.
The boat is probably pretty top-heavy, and broadside to a big wake, it doesn't have a lot of freebhoard.
That boat can seat 50? Wow. Twenty-five seems more reasonable.
errr.... freeboard.
The thing is that seasoned citizens are usually able to swim or at least float on their own. They might not be fast anymore, but they know how to tread water and don't usually panic.
Ok, that makes more sense.
BOAT AND BEACH FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
520 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2005
.HERE IS THE LAKE BOATING AND OCEAN BEACH FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND...
ON LAKE GEORGE...
.SATURDAY...PATCHY FROST IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH
THE HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. THE HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND AROUND
5 TO 10 KNOTS.
THE LAKE GEORGE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS 66 DEGREES.
BTW: hate the headline title. This is what it **should say**
Tour Boat Overturns in Adirondack NY Lake
"upper new york".. like upper you a$$ or something.... sheesh.
Yes, if this is the boat there were fifty people on board, it would appear to be overloaded.
Presser coming up...
>>>Fox is reporting that the boat was full of senior citizens on a one hour cruise.
::stiffeling inappropriate Gilligan jokes::
Fox News was talking with a guy on-scene who had talked with eyewitnesses, and they were telling him that a wake from a bigger boat, The Mohican is what capsized the Ethan Allan
From this website is a photo of The Mohican
Where are Fema's rescue boats? And, more important, why isn't Bush THERE ????
WELL EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME!!!!
(How's that for an old joke?)
Lighten up.
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