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	Name:	Jack4tide -
	Subject:	People in Distress
	Date:	8/1/2011 9:56:54 AM

What is proper if you see a boat in distress? Twice in the last 2 months I have stopped to help boaters in distress. The first was a very easy 100 yard tow. The next was Sat. A large, older inboard was stuck on that point off Powell's. It was an older man with a female on board who was no help at all. There was a storm coming up and I was finally able to pull him free but then his boat would not start. The folks at Rabbit Branch told him to get a tow to a public landing and they could come get him. I did not know where to take him and the water was very rough and I was having a time pulling him with my pontoon and all the while a lightning storm with high winds was upn us. We flagged a boat which was the "War Eagle" boat and the 2 guys were very helpful. I got them pulled to a dock at a vacant house and once again I was in 2 feet of water. There was no way to get them off their boat on to ours as they made no effort to tie off to the dock. My wife had hurt her arm and the female on the other boat was still not helping a bit. We finally pulled away leaving the War Eagle boat to assist. And of course before we got in the bottom fell out and we got caught in a shower of hail.

Not only did my wife hurt her arm, a water line on the side of my engine was ripped out, (250.00) to repair and I question the strain on my engine pulling this very heavy boat out of the red mud. . My thought for the future is to stop and offer to call the lake patrol/police and let them handle the matter. Suggestions

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People in Distress - Jack4tide - 8/1/2011 9:56:54 AM

People in Distress - twc - 8/1/2011 2:20:50 PM

People in Distress - Jack4tide - 8/1/2011 3:35:21 PM

People in Distress - twc - 8/1/2011 6:13:43 PM

People in Distress - jace - 8/1/2011 7:46:31 PM

People in Distress - BamaDave - 8/1/2011 10:56:39 PM

People in Distress - Packrat - 8/2/2011 12:44:30 PM

People in Distress - Old Diver - 8/8/2011 8:57:02 AM

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