DCB M35s,Orange, 1350s/M8s Flips Over on Havasu
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Thankfully no one was seriously hurt and no one was wearing life vests. Fortunatly they were near shore when it went over and sunk. The insurance co paid for the recovery and the repairs then dropped coverage. I would have never believed a boat of this size and caliber would have went over that easy.
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Skidoc, when you talked about loading the rt rail in a rt turn I would understand that to being like body roll in a car going around a corner is this correct? I have only ridden in a couple of cats both inexperienced drivers & when turning the boats seemed to want to lean to the outside sponson, & I don't know where the drives were set but it was a scary feeling all the same. If a wake would have been thrown in the mix I am sure something bad would have happened. 1 more thing if the drives were all the way down would'nt that try to push the bow down making things worse?
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Randy,
Some of the well designed cats lean to the inside at all speeds. Mine will below 35 and over 65. Yes, it is uncomfortable, I try to avoid having to turn in this range although it can be done. I've never been in the 35, but have heard directly from the best that it was their favorite "lake" cat of all time. Drives in, in a turn are bad in a step v and a cat. It's easy to get distracted and make an error, especially when you think your just slowly cruising.
Some of the well designed cats lean to the inside at all speeds. Mine will below 35 and over 65. Yes, it is uncomfortable, I try to avoid having to turn in this range although it can be done. I've never been in the 35, but have heard directly from the best that it was their favorite "lake" cat of all time. Drives in, in a turn are bad in a step v and a cat. It's easy to get distracted and make an error, especially when you think your just slowly cruising.
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You know, most car accidents happen in parking lots
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If you are going to compare this to cars, then......
How many cars have you seen flipped in a parking lot? I bet none unless they were doing something too fast and stupid.
Everyone has their own "strategy" on how this all happened, and it sounds like NOBODY knows for sure...
...I heard they were going 220mph...
How many cars have you seen flipped in a parking lot? I bet none unless they were doing something too fast and stupid.
Everyone has their own "strategy" on how this all happened, and it sounds like NOBODY knows for sure...
...I heard they were going 220mph...
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I Think we may be talking about two different incidents.
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Randy,
Some of the well designed cats lean to the inside at all speeds. Mine will below 35 and over 65. Yes, it is uncomfortable, I try to avoid having to turn in this range although it can be done. I've never been in the 35, but have heard directly from the best that it was their favorite "lake" cat of all time. Drives in, in a turn are bad in a step v and a cat. It's easy to get distracted and make an error, especially when you think your just slowly cruising.
Some of the well designed cats lean to the inside at all speeds. Mine will below 35 and over 65. Yes, it is uncomfortable, I try to avoid having to turn in this range although it can be done. I've never been in the 35, but have heard directly from the best that it was their favorite "lake" cat of all time. Drives in, in a turn are bad in a step v and a cat. It's easy to get distracted and make an error, especially when you think your just slowly cruising.
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damn this sucks!
i just saw this post. this was a sick boat. glad everybodys ok.
was the driver of the boat a rookie?
ive only had my lil 25 out 3 times and its a very different experience than the v hulls i have owned. i can definatley see how bad things can and do happen...even at a low speed. and 75 mph is plenty fast enough for things to go wrong. IMO the very idea that 75 mph is "slow" and "safe" is a major cause of such accidents. water is not safe thats for damn sure.
i just saw this post. this was a sick boat. glad everybodys ok.
was the driver of the boat a rookie?
ive only had my lil 25 out 3 times and its a very different experience than the v hulls i have owned. i can definatley see how bad things can and do happen...even at a low speed. and 75 mph is plenty fast enough for things to go wrong. IMO the very idea that 75 mph is "slow" and "safe" is a major cause of such accidents. water is not safe thats for damn sure.