In a message dated 98-09-25 05:42:38 EDT, foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net writes: << A paddler drown at Camp Arrowhead, DE last year about this time. Will you be able to get information on that accident and let us know what the circumstances were? Seems like it was a case of a boat not being secured properly. >> Probably, Larry. I remember the incident. The database that I'm trying to get easy access to is broken down by state, and contains reports on on-water accidents where local, state or USCG assets were called in, but it may not have the level of detail that would be ideal for our purposes. But the incident you mention is a good test case --- if it's there, we may have a viable database: if not, it's questionable. Will let the list know. That case brings up an interesting side issue: the boat the young man was paddling was a rental SOT, as I recall, and was not locked up or secured as it should have been. Commercial liability aside, does anyone know if we, as individual paddlers, have a legal responsibility if someone were to take out an unsecured kayak of ours and drown or sustain injuries? In other words, is there anything in the law that says we <have> to lock up our boats or be held responsible for the consequences --- sorta like leaving keys in a car? Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 25 1998 - 03:42:49 PDT
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