Re: WHO'S LIABLE IF I DO GET HIT?

On Aug 22, 12:37 pm, "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I also canoe at night (which you told me you do too), which not makes
> > for far fewer motorboats, but also hides the mountains of trash (yes,
> > including batteries and mattresses) left behind by the said
> >motorboats. (I have a bright kayak for daylight, and camouflage canoe
> >with proper lights for night time.)
>
> In all my years of boating and kayaking, I've never, ever seen a battery
> floating by.  As far as I know, boaters aren't really well known for
dumping
> their mattresses in the water either.

Well, there are islands on the water and the batteries are left behind
on the islands.

It would be mighty difficult to leave piles of garbage on the water,
even if they tried.

>
> Perhaps you'd like to explain why you crossposted your complaints about
> boaters in the Intracoastal to rec.scuba and a UK group, all of whom are
> extremely unlikely to even know what the Intracoastal is, let alone care
> about boats in it.
>
> Lee

Well, maybe they heard of the coral reefs in the tropical waters of
the Caribbean dying because of all the pollution and motorboats that
anchor in the wrong places.

By the way, do you have many coral reefs in the UK?