...just because the guy shows up to defend himself.

Sorry guys, I am with leviathan on this one. I might not do what he does in the vid, but if he and his buddy want to do fly-bys of each other, that is their business.

I thought we separated from England because we wanted freedom. Now you guys are wanting to tell a trained boat racer what to do with his boat thousands of miles from here. I wouldn't even suggest you try that with me, much less some dude on another continent.

By telling leviathan how to operate his boat, how are you any different from the blue hairs that want to put a speed limit on your boat?

Just my .02.

It was my thread. It got ugly. I ended it. Done.

In light of the Gary Glitter Case i think it is the right course of action.

I think you should have left it open.

Me too...just my .02

did i miss the fun....

Not really. One of our friends from across the pond made a video, people called him an idiot for driving like an azz, he came on here and explained himself...and the thread gets deleted.

that video was funny as hell, im gonna make that song the jcperf theme song....

You'll have to play the short version for the "Bravo Killer"!!!

not anymore baby, #6 for my boy... that song can play in its entirety...

I did not delete it because the person in the video showed up. The thread got ugly with jabs being launched across the pond which was not right. If a General Discussion Moderator wants to re-open it; that's fine. It does not matter who/what/when was coordinated. The fact is that folks will view the video in a manner that appears the boat is being operated in an unsafe manner; and that will hurt all of us. No one that arbitrarily views the video is going to know its the same boat being passed over and over (even though there were a couple boats passed rather close); especially folks who are trying to gun us down and restrict powerboaters. No one is going to know a 'movie' was being filmed. No one is going to know how experienced the driver behind the wheel might have been. When was the last time you met a powerboat educated insurance underwriter? I know a few that would cast off powerboats in a second if they saw this video.

I anticipate the next Local Water Safety meeting showing the movie for a general viewing, complete with popcorn and daggers.

Make sure the local water safety group don't get hold of this vid! It was hosted on scream and fly a while back - how close?
http://media.boatmad.com/gallery/v/m...video.wmv.html

Here we go!

LMAO

We could go back and forth for hours into days on this. However, when folks comment on why our insurance rates keep hiking skyward, and why we keep getting a bad reputation (we have significant issues with this); its obvious that videos like these are hurting us, not helping us. My posts above are common sense. I am not launching or returning a personal attack.

Just because that guy robbed a bank, does it mean its OK for me to rob one? Come on.

WTF?

big deal , so the guy did some drive bys in his boat..... i guess no one here ever did a burn out in a car either....

wach you going to do.............how big of a boy are ya????????




















how is your Dad doing? Tom

Come on, he was being called all sorts of names and responded. He didn't throw any names back he just defended his video.


If you notice it's on a foreign powerboat site? It also says "continied" on the end of the video and the second part shows them cordinating and setting up the entire event.


Then they aren't educated. I would add, one guy doesn't set up rates for a corporation based on a internet video from England.

Actually good idea, I'm going to grab some popcorn and get a beer and watch them again.

Controlled environment, calm conditions, open water, no other boats around.... what's the problem??