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Oct. 3rd, 2005 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianLake George accident - I notice the Mohican (which I have sailed on several times) is no longer implicated; now it's an "unidentified craft" that caused the wake.
I'm fairly familiar with the Ethan Allen, although I've never sailed on it, I know I advised other ways to spend the time there, as I didn't feel the boat was safe. Of course, I think most of the tour boat types shouldn't be set loose in anything larger than a puddle - I've got something against boats that are taller than they are wide or long, and that seems to be a popular design. In the Ethan Allen's case, it wasn't overly so, just more than my design sensibilities allow. I've been out on the lake in a similar, although simpler, open, single deck craft, and felt that about pushed the limits of stability for that hull design. Adding another floor doesn't seem to help make it any more so.
For the record, I've probably spent upwards of two or three months of my life (spread out over many years) vacationing at Lake George.
I'm fairly familiar with the Ethan Allen, although I've never sailed on it, I know I advised other ways to spend the time there, as I didn't feel the boat was safe. Of course, I think most of the tour boat types shouldn't be set loose in anything larger than a puddle - I've got something against boats that are taller than they are wide or long, and that seems to be a popular design. In the Ethan Allen's case, it wasn't overly so, just more than my design sensibilities allow. I've been out on the lake in a similar, although simpler, open, single deck craft, and felt that about pushed the limits of stability for that hull design. Adding another floor doesn't seem to help make it any more so.
For the record, I've probably spent upwards of two or three months of my life (spread out over many years) vacationing at Lake George.
