Investigators say weight and stability may have been the cause of the boat capsizing. The captain reported that he saw a large wake coming toward the boat and turned sharply to avoid it. It was just after that the boat capsized. Survivors say that most of the people were concentrated towards the front of the boat so that the weight may have been unevenly distributed, causing the boat to be top-heavy. Governor Pataki has suggested that State weight standards should be raised from 140 pounds per person to 174 pounds. This makes sense when you consider that Americans are the heaviest people in the world and Michigan residents are the heaviest in the United States. Certainly, most of those p

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