Thank you Don for starting this meandering, bickering thread ... it actually does contain some good information and valid discussion. I hope you haven't taken some of the posts too personally, as I felt some were potentially offensive to you. I think the one thing all would agree upon, is that we ALL are truly thankful you and your wife were not seriously injured and can go on to boat another day. What I take away is that I have been fortunate. Despite being careful, I have made mistakes along the way, gotten off lucky, and vowed never to repeat the inciting action again. I probably have more experience than some, and less than most, of the other readers of this forum ... but we are ALL human, and none of us should be so arrogant as to think that subject to the right (or exactly wrong!) circumstances we would not fall victim to similar, or worse, accidents. Life is tenuous at best, we all strive to avoid accidents but they will occur nonetheless.