What happened or caused the Sunsation to have an issue Friday in Destin?

[joepaws]

Originally Posted by marylandmark

Since you asked....

My expert opinion is this thread is about a boating accident, not about how a company responded to a boating accident.

That being said, I hope all involved a full and speedy recovery.

im no expert at all and i am a new to powerboating but to me it looked like when he went airbourne he cam off the throttle, (as he should have) but when he landed his timing was off on throttling up, it came to a stop and may have cause the boat to skip and dip the nose. just my 2 cents

[Kims]

Originally Posted by PARADOX

Kims... Many boaters have the $ to get HP boats. many have no clue how to drive/use them. Thus.. the unfortunate incidents, and accidents... Being an owner of a HP boat means adrenaline. True.. but it also better mean common sence and reason. I do not fault the driver. I was not in the boat. I do fault and BLAME irrisponsible hot dogs, who think they can drive a HP boat, (just because they have one) and put the passangers in danger. A true HP boater knows when to push it and when to take the throttle back for safety. Slowing down and being safety aware is not loosing the race or loosing photo ops. It means that we have concerns for the passangers so we can get the photo ops, another and better day. I was there. I seen some reckless driving.
(Didn't seen him, so I can't really say, speciffically)

I wish speedy recovery to all, never the less.

I totally agree with you. Fortunately for me I found my borders to safe and fail at young age racing outboards as well as road racing (three times european champion). If you are a true high performance in anything you will always seek the limit - this guy found it a tod too late.
I was simply trying to defend his unfortunate mishap by stating that all and everyone that is really into high performance, have at one point or another found their borderlines. I also stated that there is a lot to be learned from this video, and I have watched it numerous times and learn something new everytime I do. I am all for safety (make a living where it is priority #1), just think that some of the comments on here is a little bit too far on the safe side.

[PARADOX]

Kim

OK... no problem. I seen the vid. several times and learing at any age is a good thing. I did my share of racing and did (and still do) the crazy stuff. I just pick when and with who. I'm not going to risk somthing or some one for photo ops. That's all.

If I want photo ops, I rent my own chase chopper. I can't keep up with the "bog Boys", so I don't even go where I don't belong, (speed or being recless wise). There is something to be said for age and experience. But even when I was young and crazy, I was concirned with the safety of others. (Alone.... was and is a different story.
I hope the injured gets well soon and every one else gets s little education and reality from this.

[bidpro]

Baed upon the Video it looks like they simply did not read the water changes and conditnued to run the boat loose.

I have been through that "cut" - you can't even see boats in front of you sometimes when the swells are big and getting bigger.

I think it is very fortunate that everyone stayed in the boat - barely.

Wonder how much fo the behavior was driven by the fact that there was a Choipper overhead shooting a promo spot.

Glad it was not worse.

Gregg Reichman

[Hang Time 27]

It always amazes me how some people feel they have the right to pass judgement on others.

Some people enjoy finding the "limits of capabilty", or spending time near it, whether it be thier own capability, or a piece of equipment's, and others never dream of doing such things, even though they may own high performance equipment. Everyone has a different level. Taking chances is an important part of living, and EVERYONE has moments when they don't get it right.

We can all learn from these events, but save your judgements and opinions for your own life and your own actions. The non-performance boating crowd (and especially the non-boating crowd) will be beating up on this guy enough, I'm pretty sure he doesn't need it from us.