OT: Marlins star Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident

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Right, but then there is this report, from above:

In the hours before his boat crashed violently into a jetty off South Beach on Sunday morning, killing him and two friends, Miami Marlins ace José Fernández purportedly argued with his girlfriend and was seen at a Miami River bar.

We don't have all of the details yet, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was related to drinking and boating.

Every watering hole on the Intercoastal has docking facilities and the Marine patrol enforces hardly anything. They all offer booze service dockside for your boating pleasure.

BTW, his boat was a SeaVee 32. Sportfisher usually rigged with twin Mercury Max's. Most are capable of 50 - 65 knots. The jetties at all of the inlets are manmade. Huge rocks are stacked on both sides of the inlet to form a funnel of sorts. All of the inlets are precarious and not well lit. They were coming into Governor's Cut, which is actually safer than most. There will be a dimly lit few markers about a few hundred yards out, but there is no lighting on the rocks. That boat just slid right up the underwater rocks and launched onto the above water jetty rocks. This maneuver would require a whole bunch of speed. It seems to have launched and spiraled, likely crushing the occupants on those rocks.

https://www.seaveeboats.com/center-consoles/

https://www.seaveeboats.com/center-consoles/
 

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That sucks:-(


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Apparently the coroner said they died from impact. Not drowning. Which is surprising to me in a boat accident. I understand humans are frail and you can die if you fall off a sidewalk, but its still strange to me that all 3 died. 1 or 2, sure. But all 3? Its not like it was a car crash that then caught on fire. It wasnt a speedy boat either. Im sure it could go about 40 mph (whatever knots), but that doesnt seem fast enough to kill all 3 guys on impact. I guess if they all hit their heads on the rocks, but it still seems like long odds.
 

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Apparently the coroner said they died from impact. Not drowning. Which is surprising to me in a boat accident. I understand humans are frail and you can die if you fall off a sidewalk, but its still strange to me that all 3 died. 1 or 2, sure. But all 3? Its not like it was a car crash that then caught on fire. It wasnt a speedy boat either. Im sure it could go about 40 mph (whatever knots), but that doesnt seem fast enough to kill all 3 guys on impact. I guess if they all hit their heads on the rocks, but it still seems like long odds.
The boat was traveling 65 mph when it crashed into the jetty boulders. Details are in the article .
 
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