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Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave

you're funny

not trying to be funny, heres one of your posts. i may sell my baja and get a fountain, so i can hit people at night and not sink (that was me being funny :rolleyes:)

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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave

The Baja might ride like a pillow, until it breaks in half.

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave

all i said was that baja's are not nearly the same quality as a fountain. i stand by that. Most anybody that's spent any amount of time dealing with offshores, or even just boats in general, will tell you that.

Baja's are made by the same company as the Sea-Ray I hit. My Fountain suffered no structural damage, the Sea-Ray split along the hull and deck, cracked between the hullsides and bottom, and had structural damage more than 5 feet from any area I hit. If i'd been in a Baja i'd probably have had a bit of a swim that night.

Let me t-bone your Fountain with my Baja 405 and see who has the most damage.................... :D

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by drdread

Let me t-bone your Fountain with my Baja 405 and see who has the most damage.................... :D

lmfao!
:D :D

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by drdread

Let me t-bone your Fountain with my Baja 405 and see who has the most damage.................... :D

It would probably hurt your boat a lot more than you think, and mine, not nearly as much. You'd probably skip right over the top, probably wouldn't touch anything below the rubrail unless a drive smacked it. And it doesn't take a very big hole in the hull to sink a boat, you better hit my boat directly with the keel or you're going down.

Don't discount the strength and safety of a hull in a collision, you never know what's going to happen. In the middle of the night, things can come out of nowhere, even if you're driving safe and sober and have more than one set of eyes looking out (as i did). I've seen pictures of at least 3 serious accidents on this lake this year, and I'm convinced of the value of fiberglassing the hull and deck together during the construction of the boat. That factor certainly saved my boat from experiencing structural damage, and very likely might have been the difference between walking away scared ****less and ending up in the hospital or worse.

Another accident in the news this summer involved a drunk hitting a guy and his kid in a 25 nova close to head on. The kid was in the cabin and ended up in the water. There was no "big hole" in the front of the boat, it appeared the hull and deck separated during the collision and the kid went through the hole. He wasn't found until the next morning. If the hull and deck had been one piece, the kid would have most likely remained in the boat, and may have survived. Instead, the father was frantically searching the water for his son, and could not find him until the next day.

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by BajaRunner

sleeper dave is convinced all bajas are pieces of chit and break in half in anything over 2 foot waves. .

2 footers ? Nah, it takes at least a 4 foot wave to break a Baja in half !!!

:D :D :D

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave

It would probably hurt your boat a lot more than you think, and mine, not nearly as much.

Talking to a wall makes more sense than talking with you. im done. enjoy your fountain made of steel.

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by BajaRunner

Talking to a wall makes more sense than talking with you. im done. enjoy your fountain made of steel.

Thank god.

I'm glad it's easier for you to cut and run than to refute anything I said. Makes it way easier for me.

I'll continue to pay a premium, even for a smaller boat, if that means stronger construction and better quality. You can continue to enjoy your Brunswick boat.

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave

Thanks ..... we will :evilb:

Re: How many people on this site have been in a boating accident?

About 15 years ago I was on a 221 Four Winns Liberator and was sitting stationary with engine off. A 24 ft Crownline was heading toward us and kept creaping closer and closer eventually aiming right at us. We yelled, waved our arms to no avail. T-boned us at about 45 mph and went right over us Two of us dove off the boat at the last second. A 14 year old dove into the cuddy and rode it out. No one hurt. The guy said he couldn't see because the sun was blinding him.
As far as boating at night , I don't do it anymore. Done all the stupid stuff like running hard etc. and have been lucky. Too hard to see and to many guys with no lights. Just not worth it. I pull out at dusk.
Ohh, I had a Baja and liked it. Then a Scarab and now a Velocity. It's all good. Love how this Velocity runs.