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SonofDonald

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4. I was on the "Branson Belle" stern wheeler a few years ago

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2018, 01:01 PM

Jul 2018

And remember those duck boats on the lake.

Part of the problem I think is that it's a big lake without a lot of easy access to certain areas, if they sank in one of those areas it would be awhile before they would be able to respond to an emergency.

And much worse in the dark, how tragic.

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Branson duck boat tragedy: 17 dead, all passengers accounted for [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP

It might be because these are death traps exboyfil Jul 2018 #1

A lot of good sea worthy boats. Soxfan58 Jul 2018 #2

Wow, this is at least the third accident with fatalities I know of. LisaM Jul 2018 #3

I was on the "Branson Belle" stern wheeler a few years ago SonofDonald Jul 2018 #4