we had a guy here last week in a malibu 247 mis-interpret the channel markers and run the boat up on a rock at 15mph and capsize it at around 11pm. 8 adults and 4 kids aged 1-12 on the boat. 2 died, 61 and 41yo. all others ok.
newspaper and one tv station have been making a HUGE deal about the guy having a cooler of beer on the boat, no one in lifejackets and that several of the jackets were of the orange "dealership" type that had never been opened. charged with 2 counts of felony manslaughter and one count of gross negligence.. they did blood test and came back with no alcohol in him at all and say that alcohol did not factor into the crash at all.
about the only point I can even agree with are the younger kids in jackets..

news won't let it rest that it was a wakeboard boat and they show others with towers when doing the stories.

just wondered what some others on here think.. it's getting old listening to it on the news and trying hard to sensationalize it.