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What I thought when viewing the viral boat collision video, and my thought was of Walter Krupinski
This is the moment US fishermen jumped ship and narrowly missed being mowed down by another boat. The footage shows the trio frantically trying to catch the attention of the vessel’s skipper, before diving into the water at the last moment. >click here to watch< The video is horrifying, and as many of you know, we’ve posted numerous articles about this same type of tragedy that cost a well known and respected New England commercial rod and reel fisherman, 81-year-old Walter Krupinski, his life. >click here to read< Watching the three people that bailed out in the nick of time get away with their lives at the hands of another mariner, shows how lucky they were, and the horror Walter Krupinski’s final moments. I find myself grateful for the lives spared, but I just can’t not think of Walter, and the pain this has caused for his family, friends, and loved ones. BH
Coast Guard investigation into the death of commercial fisherman Walter Krupinski continues
The $300 in fines assessed to the captain of a 60-foot yacht that collided with Walter Krupinski’s 23-foot boat doesn’t sit well with Krupinski’s widow Peggy. “These $100 fines just don’t cut it with me. My husband died,” Krupinski said. “Hopefully the Coast Guard or the Justice Department can do something more.” Cooper Bacon, 76, of New Jersey was found guilty March 27 of violating three Coast Guard navigation rules resulting in the Sept. 22, 2015, death of Krupinski, 81. Bacon is licensed as a captain by the U.S. Coast Guard. Each of the violations — improper navigation or failure to have a lookout, failure to take action to avoid a collision and improper overtaking of another vessel — carries a maximum $100 fine. Dawn Hallen, chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Investigations Division, attended Bacon’s four-day trial. She said her division’s investigation into the collision is not done yet and Bacon has refused to speak with Coast Guard officials, which has made the process lengthy and more difficult. click here to read the story 07:45
Judge hears evidence against the licensed yacht captain that allegedly killed commercial rod and reel fisherman Walter Krupinski
During a six-hour trial at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal Monday, witnesses and investigators recounted the September 2015 fatal boat collision between a 60-foot yacht and a 23-foot outboard, killing the operator of the smaller boat. Cooper Bacon, 76, of New Jersey, was piloting the yacht between boat shows in Rhode Island and Connecticut. He is a licensed captain. Walter Krupinski, 81, a commercial rod and reel fisherman from Stonington, owned the 23-foot Steiger center console and was fishing off Watch Hill Reef on Sept. 22, 2015, when the collision occurred. Bacon pleaded not guilty in May to charges by the R.I. Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Law Enforcement for three violations of the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Rules. He asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and did not answer any questions from the plaintiff’s attorney Monday. Read the story here 10:42
N.J. yacht captain pleads not guilty in 2015 death in waters off Westerly
A New Jersey yacht captain must surrender his merchant marine license and passport as he awaits trial for seaman’s manslaughter in the September 2015 death of an 81-year-old man in waters off Westerly. U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan on Tuesday released Cooper “Chick” Bacon, 78, of Cape May, N.J., on $50,000 surety on a charge that he failed to take adequate safety precautions while operating a 60-foot Princess luxury yacht on Sept. 22, 2015, near Fishers Island Sound, off Napatree Point. The yacht he was piloting collided with a 23-foot power boat, the Peggy K, killing its only occupant, Walter S. Krupinski, of Stonington, Connecticut. click here to read the story 10:49
Yacht Captain Charged With Negligence After Fatal Collision In Waters Near Stonington
A federal grand jury has indicted a professional yacht captain for maritime negligence, charging that his failure to maintain a look-out and other inattentiveness were responsible for a collision that took the life of a Connecticut fisherman near Watch Hill, R.I., two years ago. The grand jury charged that Capt. Cooper “Chick” Bacon, 78, of Cape May, N.J., was running a 60-foot Viking luxury motor yacht though a marked passage into Fishers Island Sound at more than 30 knots when he ran over a 23-foot skiff operated by 81-year old Walter S. Krupinski of Stonington. click here to read the story 11:22
Yacht Captain in fatal crash is guilty
The New Jersey captain who was operating the 60-foot yacht that collided with a Stonington fisherman’s boat off Watch Hill Reef in September 2015 was found guilty on Monday of three violations of Coast Guard navigation rules. Licensed Captain Cooper Bacon, 76, was piloting the larger vessel between boat shows in Rhode Island and Connecticut when he collided with 81-year-old Walter Krupinski’s 23-foot Steiger center console. The Stonington resident, who was a commercial rod and reel fisherman, was fishing off Watch Hill Reef and had decided to head home for the day when the collision occurred, resulting in Krupinski’s death. continue reading the story here 08:34
