Originally Posted by wrager

This was me in 1995 on Lake Lanier in a 24ft Python. I was alone hot dogging around early on a Sunday morning in October. I was teathered but not well enough. I was ejected at 74 mph and the boat continued on and went 300 feet into a parking lot. The good lord was watching over me, cause the park was closed for the season and I wasn't knocked unconcious. I did shatter my leg on the windscreen as I went over. It all happened in a fraction of a second. I am very lucky to be here today. It could have been FAR worse.

Originally Posted by Turbojack

I do a lot of boating on Lake Travis. I had thought rough water was coming out of Devil Cove in on a holiday weekend was rough. That water is not as rough as going back home from Aquapalooza when Brad Pasley played. There were several thousand boats all going the same direction close to the same time and the water was rough to say the least.

Even though the water was rough it was nothing like going over some crusier wakes. When I had my 26' eliminator and going fairly slow over them there was a time I top one wave and fell into the valley between the tops. I had even tried gettng off plane and trying to idle over them to see if I could get over them easier. I was so concerned about these waves hitting them at speed I took Tres's boat course to learn how to get over them better. I was taught a lot and now when I ride with friends I tend to tell them what they are doing wrong.

In reading a number of the posts I get the feeling that there are a lot of people that really have not seen some big cruiser wakes.

Knowing that these wakes are out there has slowed me way down with the fear of hitting them at speed.

Originally Posted by TW720HVY

I am glad you watched my video to the end, I imagine most people don't.

Originally Posted by n20michael

I guess if your driving a fountain it's "driver error" however if your a Gazzillionaire with a 200mph cat it's everyone else's fault? Wasnt it a cruiser wake that was "to blame" for the My Way mishap?

Hmmm.....

Originally Posted by 350scarab

And the owner did admit that he didn,t see the wake in time. He did NOT blame the wavemaker. He took full responsabilty. That my friends, is a real man.

Originally Posted by pullmytrigger

Heyyyy that's you? I thought the vid was cool, the camera mounted to the boat on the way to the lake, pretty neat. But now we know what you look like haha!

Originally Posted by prostock85

Still can't believe this is still being hashed out.. Drivers fault plain and simple. Would people still be blaming this or that if the driver just came on and said, "yeah, I f'ed up"??

I roll my boat turning. (not steps) My fault
I stuff due to tripping. (not the wind/waves) My fault
Get a speeding ticket. (not speedos) My fault
Hit the ramp with prop. (not ramp designers) My fault
Run out of gas. (not gauges) My fault

Are people egos that BIG that nobody can simply take responsibility for their actions? Grow up people. It's not the cruiser, channel, passenger, boat manufacturer, engine builder, bouy makers, etc. when you are the driver behind the wheel away from the dock you and only you as the captain are 100% entrusted by your passengers expecting to return safely.