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Subject: Re: Latest on Ethan Allen tragedy Posted on: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:06:56 +0100


wrote in message news:nghkk19msretial3tl3d1vhtjl0f1mf0i7@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:31:30 GMT, W Randolph Franklin
> wrote:
>

>
>
> Something doesn't quite make sense or this article needs to address
> more (maybe the other stories do). If I had to guess what the problem
> was, my thoughts would be.... either the boat exceeded it's maximum
> weight afloat, the load was not distributed properly or the boat was
> modified from it's original build.

It seems that the boat had indeed been modified from its original
build. As built it had only a lightweight canvas cover. It was
recently fitted with a fibreglass and plastic hard cover and the
skipper had admitted that they didnt normally carry more than a
dozen or so passengers.

Keith



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