hey, tommy, don't look at me - i was with you on the original title!

ok, so my answer is "YES" it is true, and "NO", he paid no fine?

Please disclose your source for this "statement of fact". Where did you discover that the vessel hit the reef? He claims that he lost control and used his anchors to prevent collision with the reef. All damage was from the anchors. No evidence of the yacht striking the reef.

jesse, you are the investigative reporter aren't you?

To answer your question.....Elbert reports being eye witness to the reef grinding referred to in my (obvious to everyone but you) tongue in cheek comment. It was certainly NOT a "statement of fact"

Are you defending this captain?

This is where my comment was before jesse edited it: he has a habit of doing things like that....perhaps I should ban him for a day?

No, I am a publisher. I am curious about your seemingly false statement about the reef damage. I would expect a doctor would be more concerned about his ethics, even on a message board.

jesse, are we going to start this BS long distance spitting match again?

My personal opinions on a message board and my professional medical ethics have absolutely no relationship what so ever.

I've asked Marty to combine this topic with his.

Yes, I am defending the captain who's being accused of lying by a bunch of message boarders who have absolutely no facts to support
them.

The only person on this board that called you a jerk is yourself! I merely pointed out that since this incident just happened we might want to get the full report before we go about publicly cussing people out. I don't know or profess to know what occured, but, the intial report says he came in last night, was it dark out?, has he been here before?, the cut can be hard to navigate with a ship as large as his, You may be an expert in your chosen field but you have just shown that you are a prejudgemental pompass a--! Give your head a shake and prescibe yourself a valium