08-23-2011, 10:33 PM
Wow... thats really 
, but before everyone starts to crucify the boater that hit her, realize that there may be more facts to the situation. The reason I say this is because I'm often at Pineview early in the AM, and last week came within 30 feet of hitting a swimmer. The swimmers go in the water at the Skyline Trailhead, then swim out to the wakeless bouy line, and then swim the length of the bouy line to the south shore and return. Some of them tow a flag or marker bouy behind them, but most do not. Well the guy that I nearly hit was well outside of the bouy line with no flag or bouy attached to him. Fortunately I was slowing down as I was coming off of plane and was able to swerve to the right to avoid him. I apologized to him and he never even knew I was there. So I can see where someone could have hit her, and never even know it. Unless they're towing a marker its very difficult to see them, especially early in the morning when a lot of them like to swim. Fred K.
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, but before everyone starts to crucify the boater that hit her, realize that there may be more facts to the situation. The reason I say this is because I'm often at Pineview early in the AM, and last week came within 30 feet of hitting a swimmer. The swimmers go in the water at the Skyline Trailhead, then swim out to the wakeless bouy line, and then swim the length of the bouy line to the south shore and return. Some of them tow a flag or marker bouy behind them, but most do not. Well the guy that I nearly hit was well outside of the bouy line with no flag or bouy attached to him. Fortunately I was slowing down as I was coming off of plane and was able to swerve to the right to avoid him. I apologized to him and he never even knew I was there. So I can see where someone could have hit her, and never even know it. Unless they're towing a marker its very difficult to see them, especially early in the morning when a lot of them like to swim. Fred K.[signature]