I cant believe he just wasted a new impellor by running it dry on the rock like that....:eek:
38Lightning
02-03-2009 06:42 PM
I would have been leary buying a boat from someone named Boudreaux Buttpaste. :drink:
FREEDOM US1
02-03-2009 06:43 PM
I would of swam fast and jumped back on the swim platform before it hit the rocks. Looks like the guy didn't care about his boat.:drink:
MidOcean
02-03-2009 08:23 PM
This occurred in Varna, Bulgaria. My wife's hometown.
Sydwayz
02-03-2009 08:36 PM
Originally Posted by Keytime
(Post 2792329)
I'm still waiting for it to explode. :food-smiley-007:
Hey, it could happen! :eek:
tomtbone1993
02-03-2009 08:44 PM
that sucks.....it was a nice rig...
Wild
02-03-2009 09:38 PM
Originally Posted by Sydwayz
(Post 2792475)
Hey, it could happen! :eek:
a fountain would have exploded, the cigs are built solid :drink:
Back4More
02-03-2009 10:12 PM
Good thing it hit the rocks and did'nt circle around and chew anyone up.....sad thing is it could have been easily prevented.
phragle
02-03-2009 11:13 PM
Good thing that wasn't california, the tree huggers would have been all over him for scratching the rocks...
Rik
02-03-2009 11:23 PM
Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
(Post 2792268)
All the step boats will spin. The Geico 51 Outerlimits with #6's did it in Boston. Sunsation had a couple 32's go over. It is the nature of the beast, extra air under the hull in a turn at speed will be an issue in any brand.
It just seems more Cigarettes hit the headlines than other brands.
While it's common knowledge that the stepped bottoms are more prone to spinning out, this was a patent Cig accident in where they tend to roll to the outside of a turn and pitch everyone out and then right themselves if lucky. What this operator is guilty of is the Lanyard tether.
This is not a high speed spin out, nor tripping a chine, this is a feat that has been repeated several times on the TS verified by other videos out there. This is a bit different of a scenario than most stepped V’s whereby these boats appears to have to high of a VCG combined with a forward LCG making for a inherit design problem.
I agree, it was a beautiful boat but I don’t think these boats are not meant for the average boater, rather they need someone that has been schooled on how these boats behave and how to attach the lanyard tether to themselves.
