Richard PETTY
(mentioned at least 3 times in the series....hey Hobie, I spell it possums. I know them well. My first job was skinning muskrats and possums)
Hoss rarely gets things wrong but he sure messed this one up. It was moonshine, not ballast....well, maybe he's not wrong. Moonshine can be used as ballast. It's a pretty sickening sound when you land and hear glass breaking though.
Wow, this is tough to hear about. My wife has co-workers vacationing in Italy right now. I'll have to see if I can get an update on them. I don't know what part they are in.