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09-06-2008, 12:40 AM
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Bad storms in Havasu wreck some boats....
Don't know if anyone saw these photo's and video.
Bad news!
Here's some video and pics....Stolen from another forum
http://www.performanceboats.com/html...al_Storm_1.wmv
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09-06-2008, 01:15 AM
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Must have been last Friday night. Phoenix had winds recorded at 85-100 mph. Pretty crazy how a relatively small body of water (Havasu) can get so bad.
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09-06-2008, 01:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KrystalTransport
tank, when did this happen
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Yea, it was last weekend I believe.
Lots of damage and talk of sunk or partially sunk boats.
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09-06-2008, 03:26 AM
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look there is one of those seatoad crooks
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09-06-2008, 07:22 AM
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In Michigan we call that A calm day on Lake Michigan
or better known as Cigarette water
Get in the boat and run
Were they all surprised by this storm?
If it were my boat in that mess i would be firing up and taking my chances in the middle of the lake not tied to a bunch of other stranded boats
Weather must have blown in within minutes
Hope everyone was ok and that no one was hurt
fiberglass can be fixed
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09-06-2008, 08:40 AM
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That sucks, that kind of water is on Lake Erie every week!! thats runnin water!!!!
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09-06-2008, 09:30 AM
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Havasu gets wild when those monsoons and storms roll in. Been in that situation several times out there. Nothing quite like being chest-high in raging water and wind -- holding boats off -- in the middle of the night.
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09-06-2008, 10:15 AM
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dont they use frt and rear anchors, turn the nose to the waves.
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09-06-2008, 10:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boatme
In Michigan we call that A calm day on Lake Michigan
or better known as Cigarette water
Get in the boat and run
Were they all surprised by this storm?
If it were my boat in that mess i would be firing up and taking my chances in the middle of the lake not tied to a bunch of other stranded boats
Weather must have blown in within minutes
Hope everyone was ok and that no one was hurt
fiberglass can be fixed
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Have to agree with this one. Far better off under power in deep water away from other boats. The waves really aren't very big compared to the great lakes.
Still can't figure out why everyone beaches their boats that way out here. It would be much easier to get on/off bow out with anchors off the bow and stern. Probably would have prevented a lot of damage in this senario, too.
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Last edited by RedDog382; 09-06-2008 at 10:44 AM.
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09-06-2008, 02:24 PM
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Many of those boats were anchored in the cove bow out with a stern line to the shore. Anchors broke free and ended up crunching the ones on the beach. The water went from glass to 4ft swells in minutes. Heard there were a few injuries. One guy had to be taken away by EMS when the boat he was holding came down in a trough and his foot got caught between the outdrive skeg and the bottom.
Glad I wasn't out there wrangling boats with the only light coming from lightning strikes 
Last edited by Fourspeednup; 09-06-2008 at 02:34 PM.
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