Boat Crash off Marco Island Today

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01-07-2007, 09:34 PM

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I think this was the '94 w/new 496's that was for sale in Miami the last few months. I looked for old pics but have not found any......

This one?

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01-07-2007, 10:03 PM

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A terrible tragedy. Our heart goes out to all involved.

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01-07-2007, 10:09 PM

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That is it, they pulled it out today not pretty its at Marco River Marina.

01-07-2007, 10:21 PM

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Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today

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That was the first thing I thought of when I heard of this !
I was there that day in KeyWest and the story back then was that they stuffed into a big wave on the outside leg (and in race conditions)

That happened right next to me. My cockpit camera even caught it. It wasn't the outside leg. It was the leg leaving the harbor to turn 1, and it wasn't that rough. More of a 2' chop rather than waves. KW 1995. One racer died, two lived.

Horrible both times.