Thanks for the update link. My two teens are on the lake a lot in summer on SOT's. We typically go to lakes with restrictions for fast motorboats. On lakes without restrictions, we stay near shore or travel together. Swimmers in boating areas also have the same dangers to face. I've always believed that it is best to just stay out of vessel traffic areas. I don't know the area where this teen was hit. Doesn't sound like an area I'd let my teens paddle alone. In the end, I guess I'm surprised there are not more of these incidents given the irresponsibility of many in the boating community that comes to light now and again. Given the wide expanse and lack of objects, nutbar boat drivers are less dangerous to themselves and other water users than the car driver of similar persuasion. Regardless, a tragedy yet to possibly play out in full. Can't imagine the parental rage and horror, their son off doing something wholesome, active, and not in cyberspace. Anyway, this latest incident adds gravitas retroactively to you collision report previously in Sea Kayaker Magazine. Doug Lloyd > Here is the latest report on the boy's condition. Not much has changed. He > had five surgeries, brain swelling, and remains unconscious. > > http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/643669.html > > > Craig Jungers > Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 05 2009 - 22:14:04 PST
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