I can't believe he just did that!
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:07 pm
Now...as for anybody who knows me....I am about as laid back as they come. I don't lose my cool easily and stay calm and relaxed throughout just about any situation.
However...
I was fishing the 2nd Annual Sick Kid's tournament on Rice Lake this year. We were done weighing in on Little Lake and unfortunately...the boat launch there is nothing short of terrible when it comes to pulling out numbers of boats. A number of us were waiting to get out. My wife and son were on shore patiently waiting.
As he loves the boat...and that there was a clearing...I went to the dock and picked up my son. This took...literally seconds. My wife passed him to me and I set him down. He's a year and a half old.
I got on the electric and turned the boat to move away from the dock. Another competitor...who's name will go unspoken...took a disliking to my holding him up for ten or fifteen seconds and decided to ram....yes RAM my boat. He lifted the bow of his boat up under power allowing him to literally climb it up the side of my boat and rest it on top of my passenger side windshield. I have pictures and scratches to prove that he was indeed up and OVER my windshield.
Now I bring your attention back to my son...who happens to be sitting in the passenger seat!!! Fortunately for this mans life, my son was not injured. But my boat was scratched as was my windshield which also suffered a few stress cracks. Approximately, $850 worth of damages.
So I sit back now wondering....for the 10-15second delay that I made this man suffer through...he was willing to both damage my boat and risk injury to my son??????? Good god....what would he do if you pulled in front of him while he was fishing?
There were approximately 30 or so witnesses to this event including fellow pro staffers for again, unmentioned, sponsors. All of which have offered written witness confirmations.
There is absolutely, positively no doubt that this incident happened on purpose nor is there ANY doubt that the man knew my son was sitting in the boat where he decided to RAM it.
The tournament director was notified about the incident as was the police. An incident report was made by PC Hubble Badge # 182 of the Peterborough Police Dept. Charges are pending.
How would you feel about such and incident happening to you? How would you react?
If you want to hear more about the situation....please feel free to email me directly at chris@blitzcreek.com
Infuriated.
Chris Hockley
However...
I was fishing the 2nd Annual Sick Kid's tournament on Rice Lake this year. We were done weighing in on Little Lake and unfortunately...the boat launch there is nothing short of terrible when it comes to pulling out numbers of boats. A number of us were waiting to get out. My wife and son were on shore patiently waiting.
As he loves the boat...and that there was a clearing...I went to the dock and picked up my son. This took...literally seconds. My wife passed him to me and I set him down. He's a year and a half old.
I got on the electric and turned the boat to move away from the dock. Another competitor...who's name will go unspoken...took a disliking to my holding him up for ten or fifteen seconds and decided to ram....yes RAM my boat. He lifted the bow of his boat up under power allowing him to literally climb it up the side of my boat and rest it on top of my passenger side windshield. I have pictures and scratches to prove that he was indeed up and OVER my windshield.
Now I bring your attention back to my son...who happens to be sitting in the passenger seat!!! Fortunately for this mans life, my son was not injured. But my boat was scratched as was my windshield which also suffered a few stress cracks. Approximately, $850 worth of damages.
So I sit back now wondering....for the 10-15second delay that I made this man suffer through...he was willing to both damage my boat and risk injury to my son??????? Good god....what would he do if you pulled in front of him while he was fishing?
There were approximately 30 or so witnesses to this event including fellow pro staffers for again, unmentioned, sponsors. All of which have offered written witness confirmations.
There is absolutely, positively no doubt that this incident happened on purpose nor is there ANY doubt that the man knew my son was sitting in the boat where he decided to RAM it.
The tournament director was notified about the incident as was the police. An incident report was made by PC Hubble Badge # 182 of the Peterborough Police Dept. Charges are pending.
How would you feel about such and incident happening to you? How would you react?
If you want to hear more about the situation....please feel free to email me directly at chris@blitzcreek.com
Infuriated.
Chris Hockley