Sheesh...

[Got Stripers]

Good question, had someone dropped a dime on the harbormaster, maybe that's a life saved and the dumb ass gets a citation to remind him laws are there to protect lives.

[nightfighter]

I have done a number of boat deliveries over the years. One that sticks in my mind was bringing a 40' racing sloop from Maine to Newport. All had been smooth through a westbound canal passage. Upon exiting the canal we were hit with a wall of water due to tide change and a building afternoon southwesterly. This was a very different boat from the one in question, but getting tossed around with a keel and a great deal more tonnage makes me think they had no idea what conditions they could encounter in that area. An overloaded boat like that in the same conditions I encountered that day would have no chance.....