LOL....you said it was fake.

j arruda said it did happen,and he would know,so now i am a believer,finally someone with facts has spoke up.

Boy, I feel so relieved for you. LOL

My buds and I came upon the spinout just after it happened. A yellow cat(?) was pulled up along side MY WAY to assist. At the time we didn't know the spin had occurred, just though it was engine/drive problems. The boat left in the opposite direction of the run, and later we saw it parked at the house around noon. I would have to get with a local friend who is our "guide" through the islands to find out precisely where it happend, but I know we were close to Picton Island cove, because we pulled in to raft up. The area where it happened was NOT tight at all, although the video gives that impression. I'm still curious why NO ONE mentions that AquaMania is out there doing the same thing, and that these guys egg each other on. Aqua is pro...Bill amature, but both should have been mentioned in the article, they were doing the same thing at the same time. If anyone wants to assign blame for an incident,and the tone of the article certainly appears to, both should be mentioned, as both are engaged in the same activity in the same location. One spun, one didn't, but both are involved in a game of chance at those speeds! And for what its worth, I would never blame a young kid on a jetski, who has no concept of these speeds, for "causing" an accident. They have every right to be there. The responsibilty, BY LAW, lies solely with the poker-runners to operate in a safe manner. No, I'm not a lawyer, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night.

do you work at being an azz,or is it natural for you

.The finest rough sea offshore powerboat!.cool

+1..... also it appears in the video Aqua Mania drove right by MyWay after the spin.....

Yes. Hope you have a great holiday!

None of the reliable sources who provided reports of the incident to me mentioned Aqua Mania. The first I heard of it was in the following quote from John Arruda in another thread. Here is his quote:

"This statement is NOT correct.
We just made a custom 3 degree wedge that pitched the rudder back 3 degrees away from the transome on Aqua-Mania.
Also what saved Aqua-Mania when coming to fast into the turn with My Way, where the newly installed prop shaft brakes designed by Turbine Marine, that we just completed on that boat a week before. They where built for exactly this reason.
I was told by the throttle man that they where pumping the brakes HARD in that turn to slow down. My Way on the other hand just came in to hot trying to pass Aqua.
Glad everyone is fine."

I did not assign "blame" in my column. I questioned judgement. I still do—now more than ever. But for the record, yes, if you lose control of your boat other than for catastrophic mechanical reasons (steering failure, etc.) it is your fault. Kind of hard to get around that.

If what Mr. Arruda says is true, and I have no reason to doubt him, two turbine boats were racing at high speed on an uncontrolled public waterway on a mid-June Saturday.

I stand by my commentary. More than ever.

I'd rather read Commentaries than Eulogies any day of the week.