I was talking in general rather than this specific incident, as I still don't know the details of how far out these people were. Either way I stand by my points. To call them stupid and not have symapathy for them is incredulous. The man lost his leg, not his job.

I also stand by my point that a skipper should be paying attention at all times and should see people, logs or boats directly in front of them. Accidents will still happen from time to time and I'm not saying this Captain was to blame as I don't know the situation. I am saying the vigilence of Captains lacks on many occassions I'm on a boat. Watch a Capt next time you are on a boat and see if a car driver ever looks away from the road as much as a boat Captain does and tell me that this is OK.

I really hope they make all boats on plane be at least double the distance from shore to the end of the closest Dock, to afford swimmers more safety - and I'd like to see it further but it's probably unrealistic. That still will mean skippers watching where they go all the time.

There's a lot of sea for boats and not much for swimming