Let's be careful out there!

[Ron Olson]

The second R/C boat related death has occured on Memorial Day this year, see the story here: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/email/news/breaking_news/14695770.htm
The first one was in Puerto Rico when a boy was struck in the chest with a 36" long boat being impaled in his chest while a boater was running in a river near swimmers.
The first story is misleading as it did happen at a NAMBA approved race site but it was not a race yet some boaters using the site to run their boats.
Having 2 incidents already this year due to careless boating is giving us a black eye. Think when running yours and wear a PFD while retrieving your dead boat.

[BoatDoc]

i'm starting to think that common sense is getting kinda hard to come by these days.

[mjmsprt40]

Lemme see if I get this straight.... A man goes out to retrieve his boat using an inflatable raft WHILE A RACE IS GOING ON...... I can't speak for NAMBA since I'm not a member of that outfit, but I know that IMPBA rules clearly state that no models should be running while the retrieve boat is on the lake. The risk of injury, even when using a solid skin boat like the johnboat we use, is too great. An inflatable is just asking to get holed if it's on the water during a race.