Stuffed my 302
 

I live next to lake Huron and the St Clair river, today while heading down river to the lake, I passed two large Carver yachts going one way and a loaded tanker going the other way. I was going about 30 mph and hit the wake of the one Carvers, no problem, passed the second Carver crested his wake looked down and it was like somebody removed a thirty foot section of water about nine feet deep. My boat nose dived, started to rise again when the wave hit. It covered my deck by two to three feet of water almost ripping me out of the boat. A rouge wave I guess? Lucky I was by myself with no kids on the back seat! The only damage was my windshield which exploded glass over me. Im hoping someone has a front (both sides) windshield they want to sell as my frame is mangled. I will post some pix tomorrow. Thanx, Andy.....

Glad that you are still here to tell us about it.

Formula used two different windshields on the 302, depending on the year. I think the change happened around 1984.

As you reflect on this, if you think of anything you might do different next time, please share it with us. You might prevent someone else from having the same thing happen to them.

I would do everything the same. I wasn't out wave jumping and passed over the Carvers wake about 100 feet behind him. It was just a freak wave. Quite a wierd sensation going from sunny and dry to dark and wet in a blink of an eye. My windshield is the two piece flat one with flat side panels.

All the 302's had flat windshields, but the earlier ones had a sharper angle where the two front pieces meet, similar to a fountain's. The later one's were more strait across, or had a flatter angle where the two front pieces met. the wings may be the same on both, I'm not sure.

Mine looks like Cudas

sorry for the crappy pix that doesn't show much. This is Cudas mine has the same approx angles.

Wow, glad to hear everyone is ok. There is a guy down here that stuffed a 38 Formula a couple years ago. He wasn't going fast either. He was knocked out and all the people were cut up from the windsheild. He said he was thankful it was cool and they had windbreakers on to save them from worse cuts. You might consider building a fairing like Audiofn did.

I came about one eighth of an inch from stuffing "Outlaw" in Tampa Bay last summer. Came off a wake by an oil freighter that was maybe 3 miles away. Scared the chit out of me. Same thing, just rolling along minding my own business then the bottom just dropped out. I never saw it coming. Just "bam". Nobody got hurt, but it sure scared me.

That's why I prefer to JUMP the wakes. Usually carries you over the big dropouts.

YEEEE HAWWW!

(glad you weren't hurt)

Sounds way too similar to an incident I had on my 26 Scarab a few years back...

Another

BTW, that's not lipstick on the towel... Notice all the freakin' "safety" glass that's on the deck. One thing is for sure, it does cut!!!

OUCH!!!!

Ugly trailer but it works awsome! New fenders and paint next week. Need help finding windshield frame!!!

WOW!!! That is wild! Glad everyone is OK:)

Did Audiofn already give his away? He was building a windscreen.

Andy's is the newer style 302 deck, and AudioFN's will not work on it. Mine would, but I'm not ready to part with it yet.

I took my windshield off for the faring project, which got back-burnered for drive train repairs and then boating season (Audio's may look better right now, but I was boating this season:D .

It is actually more pleasent to boat without the windshield, wind-wise, as the windshield directed the air flow right at the drivers head. Even my wife thinks so, and she is kinda fussy about comforts. Without it, you do get hit with a lot of wind, but it is less on the head, and more on the body.

I'm still going to build a faring for my new 302, but it will be a removable unit mechanically attached to the boat, not fiberglassed in like Audio's. While I probably don't want to go into production, I can keep notes if you want to do something similar.

Chart

Chart, I would take on of thoes farings in a heart beat. Please keep me in mind. Andy, 1 (519) 344-1275 work, 1 (519) 869-2987 home.Thanx...

Andy when Chart and I were doing my fairning we noted some differences in the hulls. Formula claims them to be the same windows however. This is one of the very reasons that I did my fairing on my boat. My fiance said ya ya so I can not waite to show her this thread. She thought I just did it for looks (and she does not like the look of the new fairing). Anyhow I have my window still and you are welcome to it just call up Formula and ask them if they are the same or not. My bird is a 1979

Glad you are ok.

Jon