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This one went really bad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/ap_on_...k_boat_accident
Just wondering how many here have taken one of these rides? We have.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/ap_on_...k_boat_accident
Just wondering how many here have taken one of these rides? We have.
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We have taken that exact one in Philly on the Delaware River. And I have taken the Duck Tour in Boston. Both were fun.
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A duck boat ride has been on the "To do" list but we never got around to it.
A tragedy for those people yesterday and the families of the missing.
A tragedy for those people yesterday and the families of the missing.
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I have been on the Phila. one a couple of times (also Miami). This has been non-stop news here. I can't understand why the barge-tug captain did not steer around a vessel that was dead-in-the-water. Perhaps that is a criminal case.
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Originally Posted by Zippy,Jul 8 2010, 05:19 PM
I have been on the Phila. one a couple of times (also Miami). This has been non-stop news here. I can't understand why the barge-tug captain did not steer around a vessel that was dead-in-the-water. Perhaps that is a criminal case.
In addition you can't exactly turn or stop those barges on a dime - especially when they're headed downstream.
I've never been on the water in question so I can't comment as to who should have seen what. We paddled our asses off and the bow wake pushed us out of the way.
Probably not an option for a duck - and they run them on the same section of the river.
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Been on the one in Pittsburgh and have reservations for the one in Boston the end of July. Going for a conference and thought this would be great for the three employees that are going with me. They're not so sure now
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Well, it was an unusual circumstance with the boat dead in the water and that barge there. You should be OK. The Boston one is . I went a couple of summers ago. I just saw a pic of the barge hitting the duck boat. It was bad. I'm amazed there weren't many more casualties. The barge was right on top of it.