alloy versus plastic....you won't believe this!

[JETTYWOLF]

USCG "RESERVISTS".....

THEY NEVER SLOW DOWN, YIELD, BUT YEAH THEY ALWAYS THINK THEY ARE RIGHT AND YOU'RE WRONG.
(I was hit in my old boat by the USCG, so I do have a chip on my shoulder)

YOU DECIDE.....CUZ IT'S REALLY FUNNY TOO. (THE SMASHING PING PONG, I MEAN)

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/305535/

COMMENTS AS FOLLOWS on web site:
- Really, he didn't see that big Coast Guard
boat? What happened to the Coast Guards horn?
Wouldn't consider slowing down, eh? - HELL NO, THEY'RE WEEKEND WARRIORS!

[MacCTD]

What an idiot, not too funny, those reservists should have been arrested after that stunt. BTW not sure if the "ping pong" boat was made from alloy it would have fared any better.

[JETTYWOLF]

yeah, thats what I thought too.....didn't really matter. 16-18' head-on into what???? 35 feet?

-thats gotta hurt. :oops:

[dave]

It sure doesn't say much for the CG Auxiliary. Shouldn't he have been the "Give way" boat?

[JETTYWOLF]

Looks to me. Absolutely!!

But those BOZOS think they are special.

[wdlfbio]

Apparently the CG Aux doesn't have to follow the same rules they teach boaters. I imagine those guys must think they're the stand-on vessel when approaching a sailboat too. Yahoos!