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Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: things are unsafe ()
Date: July 20, 2018 11:15AM

Imagine dying in Branson Missouri.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBL-ZLlmBR0

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: going swimming ()
Date: July 20, 2018 11:47AM

So no life vests on board? A boat right next to them - how was there loss of life? Id have been out the window when she took water the second time and was foundering. Jeez.

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Yes we can ()
Date: July 20, 2018 11:48AM

I never heard of a duck boat, looks like s liberal way to smuggle in Mexicans to the polls

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Duck Boats Are US Surplus ()
Date: July 20, 2018 12:30PM

Amphibious vehicles with wheels that can drive in and out of water, they are used to take troops or marines in to shore after the main assault on a beach, they are not armored as much as landing craft, then they can drive on shore. These are not duck hunting boats as some will be thinking when they hear the news

Tours use them to pick up people on land and take them to a scenic lake or river then back, they have lifejackets aboard , but they are stowed, no one had them on and that's was it when it turned over

DC Ducks has at least two of these rigs, one big white one another smaller orange one, they go in and out at National Airport Gravely Point boat ramp, they drive around the DC mall area and in the area in Virginia near the river on tours

You can be assured the Coast Guards regs on wearing the life jackets aboard will now be changed with smaller tour boats

Sadly many children , families were aboard for a fun tour

Branson Mo is a popular tourist spot for county music fans with shows amusement parks and hotels, this lake ride must be a attraction for tourists

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Duck Season ()
Date: July 20, 2018 03:19PM


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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: In Branson? ()
Date: July 20, 2018 10:10PM

Yes we can Wrote:
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> I never heard of a duck boat, looks like s liberal
> way to smuggle in Mexicans to the polls


mostly trumptardz there.....

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Darwinism ()
Date: July 21, 2018 09:13AM

Duck Boats Are US Surplus Wrote:
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> Amphibious vehicles with wheels that can drive in
> and out of water, they are used to take troops or
> marines in to shore after the main assault on a
> beach, they are not armored as much as landing
> craft, then they can drive on shore. These are not
> duck hunting boats as some will be thinking when
> they hear the news
>
> Tours use them to pick up people on land and take
> them to a scenic lake or river then back, they
> have lifejackets aboard , but they are stowed, no
> one had them on and that's was it when it turned
> over
>
> DC Ducks has at least two of these rigs, one big
> white one another smaller orange one, they go in
> and out at National Airport Gravely Point boat
> ramp, they drive around the DC mall area and in
> the area in Virginia near the river on tours
>
> You can be assured the Coast Guards regs on
> wearing the life jackets aboard will now be
> changed with smaller tour boats
>
> Sadly many children , families were aboard for a
> fun tour
>
> Branson Mo is a popular tourist spot for county
> music fans with shows amusement parks and hotels,
> this lake ride must be a attraction for tourists

Based on that video the passengers had plenty of time to put on life jackets if they weren't already wearing them. A major score for Darwin.

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Duck.Rider ()
Date: July 21, 2018 10:22AM

I rode one of those once. I asked the driver as I was boarding if I could have a life jacket. When he said they are on board but it was unnecessary to wear one, I responded that I didn't feel safe without one and demanded a refund. He reluctantly dug out a life jacket and I put it on. 20 minutes later, the DUCK was at the bottom of the lake, 3 people were dead and I was swimming to shore in my life jacket...

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: don't over-react ()
Date: July 21, 2018 10:28AM

a duckboat is just a tool, but in the wrong hands it can lead to disaster. stop trying to blame this on all duckboats.

we need to ban duckboat drivers.

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Wkkdf ()
Date: July 21, 2018 10:30AM

U gotta be a fucking moron to go on one of these boats, it’s a school bus on wheels. It doesn’t look stable at all.

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Captain Bob ()
Date: July 21, 2018 10:33AM

don't over-react Wrote:
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> a duckboat is just a tool, but in the wrong hands
> it can lead to disaster. stop trying to blame this
> on all duckboats.
>
> we need to ban duckboat drivers.


In this case, as soon as the water and weather started getting rough, jackets should have been put on. U don’t wait till the water level is 2 inches above ur window.

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: Was The Captain From Tangier ()
Date: July 21, 2018 11:13AM

Were there no lifejackets aboard ?

Tangier and Smith Island watermen scoff at lifejackets , all watermen do, if ones in the boat it will be used to soak up gas and oil

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: CDCXM ()
Date: July 21, 2018 01:45PM

Wkkdf Wrote:
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> U gotta be a fucking moron to go on one of these
> boats, it’s a school bus on wheels. It
> doesn’t look stable at all.


is what I thought immediately when I heard the story. They look like a truck that weighs like 10 tons, ideal for use in the water.

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Re: Another Duck Boat fuckup
Posted by: N.T.S.B. ()
Date: July 21, 2018 02:34PM

The issue with these DUKW amphibious craft are...the canopies. When the craft flips, people get disoriented and trapped between the canopy and the deck. They need to prohibit canopies on those craft and require life jackets for the captains, crew and passengers. In that kind of craft with no canopy and everyone wearing life jackets, you increase the number of survivors significantly.

But, the industry has lobbied against this because they claim their customers don't want to ride on a craft out on the water with no canopy. Because a sunburn is worse than drowning, apparently.

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