47 fountain crash
 

At LOTO Sat I saw a 47 fueling up at the formula dealer across from our condo. On Monday after lunch I saw a 47 on air bags being helped onto the marina's hydraulic trailer. A gas powered pump was pumping water from the engine compartment. Seems the driver got "disoriented" Sun night, thought he was in a different cove, and stacked his 47 on top of a docked Sea Ray. No one was hurt, thank goodness. The owner picked up the boat from this dealer on Friday after spending $60,000 on upgrades to the boat:( NOTE: All the above info is hearsay from one of the marina's employees)

I could not look closely at the boat, but it did not look too hurt from either side. Just a little damage to one of the rubrails. Obviously there was damage to the bottom. Maybe he was not going that fast. How much does a 47 Fountain weigh, and how long to come to a stop?

Does anyone have info on this?

Not really hearsay...I talked with a friend who saw the aftermath, not sure of damage though!

Oops.

WM

Somebody had said that a boat had flipped at the mouth of the cove. Anybody else here of this?

AS long as no one is hurt thats great...
He is done for the year if he has to send the boat back to the factory to get fixed!

There was one fatality on Lewisville Lake (Dallas area) last night. I haven't heard many details, but from the little info I've heard, someone spun out and got massive internal injuries...

Also just hearsay on what happened...maybe Catman or Badcat can clarify.

Todd:(

Cord-
We seen the boat that flipped right outside the mouth of the cove on Sat(I think it was sat., this weekend just seemed to fly by). There was quite a bit if debri floating with what looked to be a 18-20ft boat floating belly up. Didn't see any water patrol or other saftey boats around. It was being hooked up to a tow boat.

Chris

i did not see the boat flipped over, but Tbonepmp and Ssherman said that there were people sitting on the capsized boat when they went by.

i have never seen the water that rough in all my years of boating at LOTO. the wash was crazy!!!! i could see how a 20 footer could have been easily flipped over. sunday after we left the cove, we ran all the way up to the 7mm. it was a crazy ass ride. i was trying to keep up with Tbone's 38 Cig. i was running hard, but that is the only way you can run that kind of wash. ask troutly about the dash in the 353 breaking!!! :eek:

My bad
 

It was actually on Sunday that the boat flipped. And yes that water is rough on the big weekends..

Chad, I heard that you got hit by that funky looking boat, sorry to hear that. I heard that he lives in Overland Park let me know if you need us to break out the bat:mad: :eek: :mad: BTW it was good to meet you this weekend..

Chris

chris- it was great meeting you too. i might take you up on the bat offer.

yeah, the focker backed into my parked boat, put a small gelcoat scratch on the bow about a foot above the water line. the force of the collision, knocked my boat backwards into the boat behind me scratching my alum. swim platform and denting it on the portside corner. nothing bad, but the boat didn't have a mark on it before then. either way, it will be fixed. everyone on the docks told them to stop and come back, but they just looked at them and quickly drove off.

it was an all white formula named Thick 'N Juicy. his hailing port was Overland Park, Kansas. the water patrol is searching for him through the coast guard documentation.

i didn't let it ruin my weekend though. i still had a good time!! i hope you did too.

chad

Glad to hear it wasn't major! Hope they find the "folker"!! Glad you made the best out of a bad thing and had a good weekend. We had a blast, just next time I hope to have my boat. We was with a great group, just not the same with out our boat. Hope to have it back next weekend!!

Chris

By Joyce L. Miller

LAKE OF THE OZARKS - An Olathe, Kan. man was charged with drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving after he was found limping through the woods on Horseshoe Bend.

According to the Missouri Water Patrol, Russell J. Rahm allegedly left the scene of an accident after he ran his 47-foot Fountain Cruiser into a dock at the 52-mile marker on the main channel early Sunday morning.

The cruiser apparently ran over a personal watercraft and crashed into a Sea Ray Daycruiser. The Sea Ray was destroyed. Damage to the PWC was listed at $500. The dock suffered extensive damage.

The Water Patrol said Rahm, who appeared to have been drinking, was allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed through a heavy bank of fog when the accident occurred.

Patrol reports indicated Rahm crashed into the dock, then took off on foot. He was found a short time later by security guards. The Water Patrol said Rahm suffered several cuts and bruises in the accident but refused treatment.

Three boaters including an 11-year-old child were taken to Lake Regional Health Systems with what is believed to be carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday evening.


From the Lake Sun Leader this morning.

On the Missouri State Water Patrol web site is says that the Daycruiser and the Fountain were both a total loss!!:eek:

I was in that Fog and it was BAD!! But I did make it home alright!! But then again I had not been drinking!

If it wasn't for my GPS I wouldn't have made it home!! I would have had to tie up to someone's dock until morning!

So to answer Charts question;
"how long to come to a stop?"
About the width of a Sea Ray Daycruiser.
Gary

JBk was that water insane or what Sorry about the washdown,

but commander faller seen me move in for the kill he then tried to cut me off we were only going to hose him a little I felt i had the position I seen no danger so we took it............:D

Thanks Gary

Imagine that, a boating accident with a high performance boat and alcohol was involved.:eek:

I bet this guy "knew his limit" and was in total control.

This, and some of the many other "stories" we've heard, is the reason we don't go boating on holiday weekends. :( Not that it dosen't happen any other time. It just seems worse on holidays.

FunHome, I bet your glad you didn't meet up with the guy with Fountain in the fog:D

Alcohol and horsepower don't mix. PERIOD!!!!!! All it takes is a little "liquid courage" and you are endagering other people.

I know I'm gonna get blasted for this, its just my $.02:D

By the way, I'm writing this while drinking a beer, I hope I don't crash my computer:)

H2O, I am with you 100%.

Last year I told my wife I would never be on the lake again on Memorial Day, and I was not this year.

We drove down to a local resturant on the lake for lunch Sunday and it was crazy. We saw two guys that were wasted in a 28 foot cruiser hit the dock, bounce off and hit two other boats. They did not even know they did it?

I find that everyone with any kind of boat at all feels that they have to be on the lake on Memorial Day. The boat population on our lake goes up over 20 times normal. They all get there ass kicked by conditions, get tickets and fines, if not worse and many never come back the rest of the year.

It is not worth it. If you value your boat and your life do something different with the family, it is a very bad holiday weekend to be out. Call me boring, but I have been there and done that and it is not worth it to me anymore.

Everyone stay safe and enjoy your summer.

CRAZY DRUNK WEEKENDS
 

I agree that the rectum factor goes way up on the holiday weekends.
Find a nice sandbar and hide behind it.
Let the kids play.
Drink yourself.....(the boat is tied...who cares?)

Best part is, we all get to pay for this moron's stupidity - wanna bet your "high performance boat" insurance goes up? :mad:

RECTUM FACTOR
 

Actually, one more thing.....
It is less than 10% of the people out there in a boat that cause trouble. 90% are cool, polite and respectful of the equipment.

Same thing they are talking about with insurance.....it is the few who ruin it for the many....sad.