Man injured in parasailing accident dies

I have captained parasailing vessels in my history as a boat captain. You have to catch the parasail in order to stop the occupants attached to the parachute from dragging. So this is correct that Captain chased down the chute first. However, the captain is responsibile for the accident, regardless of excuse. If the line broke, the Captain failed to have inspected the equipment. If the line ran out, the Captain failed to realize what he paid out in line. If the wind was too strong the Captain failed to use proper judgement. Applicants wishing to become licensed by the US Coast Guard where given 7 part exams that only allowed the most studied to pass. Former president Clinton made financial cuts to the Govt, then eliminating the exams to be given by the USCG. Now the USCG allows applicants to sumbit their applications to Washington, take a test that guarentees passing the exams. So basically what we are doing is allowing unqualified applicants the ability to purchase a license as if purchasing a coke from a vending machine. These schools charge 1500 to 2000 USD per student. They use computers to teach students how to eliminate wrong answers to mulitple choice questions and choose the best answer. This is a far cry for properly testing applicants who are given the privilege to be responsibile for peoples lives on any body of water.

I'd like to send my condolences to the family for their loss of a loved one. The thing that bothers me about the whole scenerio is that there is no rules or regulations for these parasailing operators to abide by. It seems that all you need is a suitable boat with the basic boating safety equipment that'll pass a Coast Guard inspection and a buisness license you're in buisness. The state has to step up and set up some rules and regulations for these operators or we'll be seeing more and more of these tragedies occuring.

We all know how easy it is to sue here. The fact that they were dragged about 1000ft means somebody obviously wasn't doing their job. The first reports about this story were that the company was heading to pick up the parachute first, before their clients. Goes to show what their priority was.

Yep, in certain things in life and work, there are no such thing as an "accident", only carelessness and neglect. Families of these men should get a lawyer and start the process. The parasaling folks really got no defense.

time to sue