QC
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Weird story from yesterday . . .<br /><br /> 50 footer travels 26 miles and hits Catalina Island <br /><br /> 6 hours in the Water
<br /><br />Kill switch wouldnt have helped him either.....unless it was 10ft long. A little common sense is good, especialy when boating alone.
<br /><br />As far as the stupid part, I could easily do that . . . There may have even been a down station on that boat. Ya know, operating from the cockpit. You are scanning the close proximity for traps and hear something change with the engine (there is a note there that he thought he had fouled on one of the traps). Anyway, you lean over for a second and, wham, rogue wave. I've seen and rode over one on a charter boat out of Oxnard here. They could catch anybody <br /><br />Of course you could simply never, ever leave the helm, but in an open sea with the autopilot on . . . What's weird is he said that the boat circled him a couple of times and then went straight. Maybe one of the props was fouled and the boat circled and then it broke free and the auto pilot could control it again. Heads straight for the island.<br /><br />The weirdest part? He is rescued by his brother 
I believe there is a cordless water-activated kill switch on the market now. No reason why you couldn't have a cordless switch that's tripped by distance.Originally posted by .Pony.:<br /> I guess maybe next time he will stop the boat before checking for lobster traps
