Kayak Angler Hit By Boat

[JellyMan]

You woulda went to the parking lot with 2 80 year old senior citizens....you go wid yo bad self .....seriously though i have read this post from the start and seen allot of i would not been as nice and "he woulda needed dental work" and so on, before we found out the 2 gentlemen were seniors. First the guy is out numbered. Are you really gonna start spouting off at the mouth when its 2 against 1? All that will probably get you is an a** kickin and appointment at the emergency room along with a broken boat. The fact is you can't rely on most people to be civil these days. How many people here carry guns with them? How do you know that the person you are about to be belligerent with does not have one too? Is it worth being shot or having criminal charges and possibly jail time because you wanted to tell someone what you thought? The kayaker handled the situation the way it should have been. Sure he was visibly upset and had a right to be so, but he didn't let his emotions interfere with the way he handled the situation. Stuff like this escalates extremely rapidly when people let their emotions take over and then you hear about the results on the 6 o'clock news. Point is keep cool, accidents happen. And if someone is intentionally being a butt then review the situation and figure out the best plan of action before your mouth starts writing checks your butt can't cash.

I dont care how old you are or how many of you there are. If it were me running into them, which would never happen, I would be immediately apologizing and checking to see if everything was ok. These guys did not seem to be too concerned with anything. I would also understand if this was an accident such as foot on the pedal or something along those lines. Things happen and thats understandable but again, these guy did not look concerned with what they had done and I did not hear anything from them on the video. That attitude alone ticks me off and is un called for.

Hitting someone parked in a kayak at low speed is also very uncalled for. You may let people get away with what ever they want but as they say, "If you keep doing things like that, one day you are going to mess with the wrong guy." I had neighbors that did their best with trying to tick me off. I calmly went to their door to talk to them about the noise and all I got was rudeness Fair enough. I did my best to have them evicted and in a month they were gone. You mess with the wrong person and thats what happens. People are going to be stupid and that fine, but just hope you dont be an idiot to the wrong person.

This goes both ways.

[J Francho]

Just think if that was a kid in that kayak....

Those two guys need to be off the water permanently.

[Ima Bass Ninja]

Just think if that was a kid in that kayak....

Those two guys need to be off the water permanently.

That's a bold statement considering you were not at the scene. Only 3 people know EXACTLY what happened and the rest of us just speculate on what we see. How can you advocate denying people their rights based on a video? How do you know that those 2 individuals have not been on that body of water for 60 years with no incident, and now you say they should be kicked off because they weren't paying attention and had a accident where there was no physical harm? Bold statement my man, bold statement.....

The fact is no one was hurt at all. People assume the risk of any task whether it be drive a car, be on the lake or walk alone in a dark alley when they are in a public place. You know every time you hop in your car,or boat something CAN happen that is out of your control. Its how you handle that situation that defines you as a person. Violent actions actions bring violent consequences. No matter how bad you think you are, there is always someone badder, and regardless of if they are at fault ,no one wants to hear the outburst or physical consequences from the other person. If thats the case they usually just bring actions of their own.

I do not condone the actions of the 2 men and i agree they should have been paying more attention to what they were doing.What i disagree with is the fact that people state that the best cause of action in those situations is a violent outburst.Luckily no harm was done and no kids, but even if it there was it would be the responsibility of law enforcement to bring the consequences, not the individual. There's a time, place and reason to fight but this ain't one of them.

I'm done ranting on this subject, I'm going back to talking about something a little more entertaining , like fishing

[J Francho]

I'm not condoning violence either. I'm just saying, I wouldn't have been so calm. Is he a bigger man than I? Maybe. Just telling the truth.

[outdoorsman110]

Just think if that was a kid in that kayak....

Those two guys need to be off the water permanently.

Especially the kids younger than me that don't wear a life jacket.

[outdoorsman110]

I'm with JF on this, if that was me, I woulda been upset, now the fact they were elders I probably wouldn't have thrown something at them because that's just lack of respect, but I would be pretty furious talking to them. How can you not see a kayaker with a BIG ass ORANGE flag at the stern of the kayak. The whole point of the flag is to avoid that situation, boaters that are not responsible should not be allowed to launch.

[bighoss]

I think I might buy a can of this to keep on the boat: Whoop-ass in a can

[whittler1]

After reading these posts on this thread and seeing all this keyboard bravado I have to ask what if the guys in the boat were a couple NFL linebackers who were not paying attention and caused this accident? Do you suppose there would have been a mad dash to the parking lot to put the lid back on that can of "Whoop Ass"?

[WookieeJedi]

If there had been NFL players on the other boat, there would be a team of lawyers waiting at the boat ramp.

[J Francho]

If there had been NFL players on the other boat, there would be a team of lawyers waiting at the boat ramp.

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And a camera crew.

[grimlin]

This scares the holy crap out of me.....The fact I just brought a kayak this year and I can't even swim. I'm surprise it didn't flip!

The guy handled the situation much,much better than I would have. It does beg the question how a boat can even hit a kayak like that. Pure stupidity! I don't care how old those guys were in the boat. I'm in agreement they shouldn't be in or driving a boat anymore after a stupid thing like that. Sorry,but your in a motorize boat,hitting something that just still in the water.

Hell it could have been a kid in a inner tube just out in the water having fun....Seriously,I don't know how anybody could even see this situation differently.