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Old    swass            09-20-2007, 8:27 AM Reply   
He managed 100 yards in three hours, and he was trying to go 20 MILES!

NEW YORK—A man who tried to tow his 35-foot fishing vessel to a marina by paddling in a 9-foot inflatable boat was fished out of a Long Island canal by Coast Guard officials Wednesday.
"This is one of the most unsafe things I may have ever seen a boater do," said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Steven Koch.

Louis Pasquale, 35, of Seaford, N.Y., was attempting to tow his fishing vessel Barbara Ann from the North Channel near Bay Shore about 20 miles to Freeport. He was not injured, but not wearing a life jacket, the Coast Guard said.

Pasquale reportedly started towing the Barbara Ann at 5:30 a.m from the East Islip Marina, and had managed to move it about 100 yards in three hours when both the Coast Guard and Islip Harbor Police stopped him.

A rescue boat crew towed the vessel back to the East Islip Marina, and ordered Pasquale to anchor, the Coast Guard said. He was issued a state summons and a Town of Islip summons for unsafe operation and hazard to navigation.
Old     (lovin_the_wake)      Join Date: Jul 2007       09-20-2007, 8:39 AM Reply   
What a dumbass
Old     (dreevs)      Join Date: Jul 2002       09-20-2007, 10:45 AM Reply   
Poor guy was probably trying to avoid a charge from the biggest butt pirates on the water - Sea Tow or Tow Boat US. Call those to tow something 20 miles and get ready to put a second mortgage on your house!
Old     (nywake88)      Join Date: Sep 2007       09-20-2007, 11:53 AM Reply   
Haha, I read about that in the paper, happened on the other side of the island from where I am, what an idiot.

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