Minnesota Classic Glastron Forum
General Category => Jokes and Humor => Topic started by: WetRaider on July 01, 2012, 11:57:09 AM
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Can't imagine this call for help ...
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A number of years ago, there was a crash in MN on the St. Croix River just south of Hudson. I don't have the specific details, but the basics of the story was that a large cabin cruiser was leaving the stillwater or Hudson area late at night and was heading south towards Kinni and Prescott. The captain of the vessel claimed that he had not been drinking, but rather that he had turned on the auto pilot and had gone below to use the head. If his story was true, the autopilot failed and took a heading toward the easterly bank of the St. Croix.
In the morning when the call was placed to recover the boat, the authorities found the large vessel some 35' up the rocky embankment. They estimated that he must have been going 30-35 mph when he hit the shoreline.
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That's crazy. I can't imagine that. I've never been on a boat that required AP or had AP available. I've been out in the Gulf of Mexico on my old SSV 171, but never so far I couldn't see land.
I'm pretty sure there was no AP involved in that photo, though ... I wonder if he just plain lost steering.
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was leaving the stillwater or Hudson area late at night and was heading south towards Kinni and Prescott. The captain of the vessel claimed that he had not been drinking, but rather that he had turned on the auto pilot and had gone below to use the head.
Drinking or not that's some bad planning! If he was just leaving he should have used the head before he left! Heck, don't our parents instill in us the need to "go" before we go at a young age? Had the guy never gone on a road trip?
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As a previous owner of a houseboat, I'd have to say, if that were mine, I'd be displeased.