hear hear.....

Will you settle for the ones of us that have not flipped our boat.... yet.

Tank,

Of course I will be in KW as just about every other event down this way as well as LOTO.

Biz card-- they had it. The idea is to get them before this happens.

With my better judgment telling me to keep the details off a public forum I truly believe there is a valuable take away here for everyone.

When this boat was most recently purchased the new owner at the urging of the dealer contacted me about boat school. Additionally there was the insurance problem, throughout the discussion of where, when, and how much- insurance was obtained.

I continued to strongly suggest to the new owner the value of the boat school. While they purchased a wonderful boat it could be very unforgiving if the wrong action was employed, at the wrong time, with the wrong settings and typically the human behavioral control will do the exact opposite of what should be done when the boat gets upset.

In the end the new owner said no. They did not feel as though they needed training and would be fine on their own.

Now, please understand I am in no way intimating an “I told you so” attitude. I bring this out only to illustrate my belief this could have been preventable or at a minimum the probability dramatically reduced.

I will also use this opportunity to stand up and again applaud the boat manufactures, dealers, and other industry supporters of our boat school. Not because it directly benefits us but for the leadership they have demonstrated in the industry by taking action before government does

I really do hope everyone will, as I did, learn we can all benefit from being life long learners, as we will never know it all. As soon as you think you have become the expert, you WILL loose.

Be Safe,

Thanks,

I agree Brad. One of my customers just put in an order for a OL 42GTX with big power and they (Outerlimits) gave him classes with you guys for 2 people. Now.... how do I get him to take me

Jon

I can tell you that the news report makes no sense. Based on where the boat ended up (according to the report) and the fact that the interview was done at Shuckers he must have been in the fast part of the bay where you do the hard right turn in to the restaurant.

Or if he really was South of the causeway that is no wake.

Or if he was headed North there is another hard right turn or you run aground.

I looked at that boat over at Phil's back in April & noticed recently that it was marked REDUCED & SOLD on his site.

That's 2 Glads in like a month. Yikes!

This spin out kinda reminds me of the old Porsche 911s.
Can get out of hand if you don't know how to drive them... especially in the turns.
Lots of guys w/ $ wound up in the guardrails.

Too bad. Nice ride. Glad everyone is OK.

I kept trying to talk Cigarette out of building that 16 footer years ago, but they wouldn't listen. You can't tell Craig Barrie or Scott Smith anything.

Yep. a$$ end first. Those cars were famous for that- enough torque to break the rubber loose in a heartbeat...