Long Island boat crash
 

Saw on the news this evening that a Skater with twin outboards crashed into the back of a 35 Hatteras at 4am this morning. One fatality on the Hatteras. I wish I was paying better attention-I was visiting someone when I caught part of the story.
Two things came to mind immediately, Speed, and 4 am.
Thoughts and Prayers for all involved.

Here is more info...
 

Booze & boats......

Wow. So sad. 4am...why? Enough said.

Holy Sh*t, That sounds like the same thing that Killed Mike Whitmire ( Of Flight Marine), They where hauling the Mail up the Intercoastal in Ft Lauderdale at night and ran right up the back of a Hatteras (type) boat. Really sad to hear. Prayers out to the families...

Says a 25 Skater, must have been a 24 or maybe 28, Sad, Tragic. Booze and Boats, Not good, Hauling ass @4am Reckless!

Condolence and Prayers to the family of Christopher Mannino. R.I.P.

Poor judgment sad for all involved. Kid with skater I beleive is a frequent s&f'r. Sounds like a good kid just made a bad decision. Very sad for man that passed away and his family.

Sad

Detail from news report
 

The catamaran pilot, Brian Andreski, 26, was charged with boating while intoxicated.

The sportfishing boat owner’s son Richard Leigh, Jr., 42, had invited Mannino along for the annual Bay Shore Mako fishing tournament, according to Leigh’s mother Barbara, 73.

He was one of five passengers on the Silver Bullet, a 1967 Hatteras model boat. The other four people are safe with minor injuries, police said.

When investigators arrived at the scene of the crash, they found the Skater upside down and sinking, with a gaping hole on its left side, and the Silver Bullet nearly sinking and severely damaged, said a Suffolk County PD spokeswoman.

The speedboat’s pilot and passenger were thrown into the water. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Andreski was hospitalized.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/o...#ixzz1yfqXA6zs

Which skater was it??? Nothing over on Scream and Fly yet. Those guys gotta know which boat it was.

All White skater 24 there was a pic of it on one of news reports

sad. 4am I usually been in the bed by 4-5hours by then

Tragic.......been running the story on the news over and over here in L.I.
If he was drunk shame on him but the people they are interviewing are makIng all speed boats sound like criminals. Going to be a fun year getting pulled over because I must be a bad guy in my speedboat. But when are people going to learn if you have even a tiny bit of alchohol in your system, anything that happens is going to be your fault.

Wow...to blessed with owning a skater and then running up the back of a another boat .... condolences to all obviously a man dead and a momentary lack in judgement ruins boths lives.. he will never recover mentally from this.. trust me..so sad be careful

Looks like body was found under bridge is that where the crash was??Sad RIP!

It looks like He hit the port side near the stearn. I'm thinking He was looking at the lights on the bridge. So sad. Sorry for the Family's lose. R.I.P

I was thinking the same thing. It very well may have been the fault of the cat, but let's not convict the kid yet. All the stories I heard was the "go fast" was at fault, but it's so easy to blame the faster boat. And please don't get me wrong, if the cat is at fault, then shame on him. My point is that just because the boat is fast, doesn't mean he caused the accident. With that said, someone got killed in the accident and that is horrific. God bless. It should have never happened

24 skater i believe twin 200's. Knew him from around the area.... very sad to hear. Coming back from Fire Island I believe.