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The davits are on the stern only for getting the boat out of the water

at night to keep the growth down. On passages it has mounts on deck that it lives in. This anchorage incident was a Mexican idiot who didn't have a clue and didn't give a sh%# anyway. I got in the dinghy and searched the marina and found him standing on his bow. I told him what he had done and his response was "I don't care" with a shrug of his shoulders. I related the story to the Port Captain, who I was visiting on an unrelated matter, and he asked me if he was American or Mexican? When I said Mexican he just shook his head and told me right out that " if they own a boat and are driving it they are usually arrogant and don't have a clue how to run them. Most rich Mexicans hire captains who know what's up" Anyway, our dinghy was empty but you're right, the extra weight on the back and the loss of weight in the bow could have exacerbated the the situation. Still, the bottom line was that several other boats took the hit as well with dinghy's tied along the side, some of them swamped. Had he gone in front of us instead of behind we would have survived just fine. Just bad luck.

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