Kayak Fisherman hit by Boat

[OBX_RAT]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADSXNYtL-54"]Kayak Fisherman hit by Boat - YouTube[/ame]

[MetroMan]

Smh

[Foursteps24]

WOW. Thank goodness he is ok. He was enjoying a nice peaceful day. I guess flags are not good enough sometimes. This video makes me want to be more aware of my surroundings because I have a sand color yak

[Pinch]

I would have pirate boarded that boat and started swinging

[mango]

not sure how he held his temper in check, looked like he's got good video and took a pic of them leaving. Hope he does something with that!

[daddyg]

I would have pirate boarded that boat and started swinging

Im with you PINCH That guy was way to calm I would have had a few words to say at least...

[ronaultmtd]

Two of them to one of him- He did the right thing and got a picture and had video to show the authorities- I would have called the USCG right away- There is a lot of water out there and a power boat should have enough common sense not to get so close as cause a collision- I have had them come close enough that I waved them off with the paddle-

[Southerly]

looks pretty clear but you never know, might of been something going on we can't see.

my impression is the kayak was in what i would generally consider to be small, flat, safe water, but nearly got plowed by unsafe boater regardless.

i want to get my daughter a kayak but truth is, there's nothing i can do to stop some ahole who's not watching what they're doing.


ps/DF - not to mention any names, but i saw a powerboat speeding thru a no-wake zone last week. presumably he felt like he wouldn't be caught/ticketed since it was nearly dark and he was running with no lights on.

[Capt C-Hawk]

Lucky guy, a little to port and he would have been in trouble. I watched it a second time and wanted to tell him to watch out.

[DOGFISH]

Oh, yeah! I wished I had my incident on video. It would make that look insignificant. That was a small Jon boat. The boat that hit me was a 25 foot Parker doing about 25+. I am sure Bill could comment what he saw of that. Some boaters just seem to leave all sense of safety back at the dock.

[Yakfisher]

I would have cast at them, pulled them in the water, and run their asses over with my outback. Paybacks a b****! lol.

Glad the guy's ok... Those boaters should be charged with a hit and run.

[Yakfisher]

I would have pirate boarded that boat and started swinging

I'll start carrying my "Tuna club"... lol. A couple of flares might get the point across if they are too far to board.

[ictalurus]

I almost didn't watch the video as I was envisioning a replay of what happened to Don. Seeing Don almost get run over was like watching a car accident and you're stuck moving in slow motion. Scary stuff. I'd just as soon not see something like that again.

I don't understand how both guys in the boat didn't see the yakker in the vid. It wasn't like it was super sunny or super foggy. On top of nearly getting hit, the yakker could've gotten yanked into the water if boat had hit his anchor line any harder.

The prevalence of hi-res, large memory cameras is making it tough for people to get away with this kind of stuff. I saw on CNN where two cyclists were side-swiped by a car, and the driver took off. They were able to track down the offending driver using the video. Too bad it doesn't make people more vigilant.

[Aesiegel]

A pneumatic spear gun would go clean through that aluminum jon boat
Whoops!

[frettr00]

This is why I won't go night fishing in a kayak anymore.... If people don't even see you during the day, you're even worse off at night. Whenever I hear a boat coming right at me I'll usually turn well in advance and make sure I know they see me.