I ran aground at that poker run with a broken drive while idleing in on one motor. It was a total white out.:eek:

Maybe I should get another boat. Look at all the fun I'm missing.:rolleyes:

Boat US and same rape-scenario......


They claim it was a salvage even though it was only towed off a mucky sand botoom at high tide.

Price: $5k.

Driver misjudgement.

One I'll never forget. We were the White Lake card boat, (Hotrodders 50 Cary), left to go north after everyone took off south. Got about 3 miles and couldn't see the end of the boat. Radar broke, damn near idled all the way to Muskegon, called Mark and Grand Haven Coast Guard, finally got through and told them don't send the boats north. Some came anyway to watch the speed record run. One Fountain hit the pier I think. Came in with a nice hole in it. Then after one test attempt the record run got cancelled cause the fog rolled into Muskegon lake. Finally someone drove up from Grand Haven and took my wife back with them and the cards. We finally decided to give it a shot before dark and ran slow all the way back until about 3 miles north of Grand Haven and it was clear. Really Sucked! Missed everything.

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I agree, seems to me if you waited for high tide and got a couple boats and rigged it right you could have saved alot of money.:eek:

Hmmm, for 5k maybe i should buy a big tow line and cruise around looking for victims uhh I mean customers....Sux.

I agree, simply driver stupidity. In a light aircraft the NTSB would call it pilot error. All in all it is a good lessoon for all of us to be wayyyy cautious in low visibility conditions. I got stuck in the muck a few years ago on the ChesBay and luckily I had my hand held with me to keep me headed in the right direction at a slow troll. There's reason the big ships use the FOGhorns.

Glad to hear both the boat and the crew were just fine except for a little ego and pocket spanking.

A few more tidbits of info:

He's not on OSO, but many folks on the east coast know him.
He's been running powerboats since before I was born, so he's not new to it, or the area. He knew exactly where he was, and once he realized he was in trouble, being out of the channel and getting shallow, he attempted to navigate out of the shallow water. It was not 1100 feet straight in, albeit it was several hundred feet. The tow cable and path they took out was 1100 feet.
Once he realized there was no getting out of the shallows, he trimmed it up and set it down. The boat was barely on plane.
The drives lost about 2" of paint on the skegs. Once the boat was into deeper water, it was driven back to the trailer with no issues.

The is/was no silent treatment. There are plenty of boat accidents/incidents/mishaps that take place, and they don't all end up on OSO. There is no hush-hush conspiracy.