weekend Outerlimits boating accident on chesapeake bay
 

Did anyone hear about a performance boat rollover after the poker run ?

Heard it was an Outerlimits

What I heard on Facebook, BUT not confirmed and was NOT part of Rock the Bay!

I heard a boat was doing 85 and they caught a wave wrong tossed the passengers out, boat continued to circle them as they floated until someone rammed it with their own.

Wow! That is scary stuff! ESP for a v bottom. Was it rough out?

Let’s Rock took one for the team. Hats off to them. Hope the injured are going to be ok. It appeared to be some broken bones and bad lacerations. Apparently the OL did a full barrel roll and ended upright and still motoring with no occupants. And yes it was well after rock the bay had ended.

That's crazy, good for "lets rock" taking control of the situation sacrificing his own equipment and safety for the protection of fellow boaters.

I just got off the phone with xxxx and xxxx. they would like you to know that they are fine. xxxx phone is not working. xxxx is reaching out to everyone as best as she can. she is hopeing to get out of Christiana soon. most importantly they want to thank everyone for thinking of them.

So glad they are ok. That was super scary. Everyone needs to wear those teachers. They were all ejected and the boat was chasing them in circles. Thank god xxxx xxxx was able to ram into their boat and stop it.

No safety lanyards?

He's a hero in my book, need more people like him in the world, selfless.....just hope everyone involved will be ok....heard to many variations of what happened, so I'm not going to comment on that.....

I dont know why some people refuse to wear the lanyards. I have a quick clasp i attach to the vest or just to my trunks just in case

Sounds like the driver/occupants were damn lucky, many times over.

Lanyards save lives folks.

And apparently so does a brave soul willing to tear up his own gear to save your life. I wonder what kind of insurance mess that will cause.

I'd love to know how he rammed the boat to stop it. I'm curious if he may have aimed for it and jumped aboard, or had someone jump at the right moment.

Looks like a 46 Limited

Kudos to the guy doing the "PITT" maneuver!

Glad to hear such a positive outcome........I took a soft jetski lanyard and affix it the the kill switch of all my boats. Easy to slip it over the wrist.

Very sorry to hear about this accident. Hope all is ok w everyone invloved

A lot of outer limits barell rolling lately. Glad everyone is ok. Kudos for let's rock!

Damn shame, that was a real pretty boat. Glad everyone is ok.

If I even run into the fella who risked his own safety and tore his chit up to prevent injury to a fellow boater dinner is on me (-:

DG is a good guy....I'm sure they will work out the damages to his ride without insurance

Yes, I agree with all that.

Glad everyone is ok, seems like there are accidents happening way to often as of late...

That's what I did too! Same thing happened to me a few years ago I was riding my stand up ski and watched a guy get ejected in a runabout and was circling him to and I jumped in his boat from my ski. So scary! I can't imagine doin that with a powerboat. Glad everyone is ok!

Sounds like a bad nitemare a boat like that going in circles!Guy is a hero who stopped it!

not much visible damage for a boat that rolled!

+1

Seen it done once on a bass boat, they run up on the outside of the boat running in a circle and got rail to rail and the second guy in the boat hoped right over in the boat and cut the key off. The guy timed it perfect, made it look simple but it wasn't. He done a great job, sounds like this is the same kind of guy. Stepped up and took charge, very cool!!

+1
Hero in my book.

Thoughts and prayers for the folks injured. Please keep us updated.

Great move at the right time! hope everyone will be OK.

I have my lanyard with a wrist strap that I wear at all times while underway. When i stop I trow it over the throttles to remind me to put it back on when leaving.

I wish all a good recovery and hats off to a true hero... Incredible act of courage!

I started wearing mine quite awhile ago after reading stories like this. Not only the sheer horror of having yourself or passengers ejected being run over, but at speed, think of your boat continuing on becoming a dangerous missile on the water. I test mine every so often, intentional or not ;)

I need a better set up, something easier than my set up^^^like that.....where did you get your wrist strap? is it lanyard specific or did you adapt it from something else like hiking or something?

I have this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o01_s00_i01

Scary for all involved ... Dave and crew are heros in my book ! This is a wake up call for safety on the water .It can happen to anyone at anytime on any type of boat ! ( Great job Dave ! )

If someone can set up a fund to help him with the damages to his boat if he needs it, I'll donate some...SuperHero stuff for sure

Personally, I don't like it on my hand/wrist. I don't even like it there when riding a PWC.

I use a generic PWC lanyard that I bought from Overtons.com, and I have a small carabiner I picked up at Lowes or Home Depot. I clip the lanyard over the bottom of my shorts or to the waistband. It keeps it completely out of the way, and I still can move across the boat if I need to. You can get any of these items in a multitude of colors to match your boat as well vs. the stock Merc red cord setup which goes to crap within a few outings.

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...7&merchID=4006

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...7&merchID=4006

Just snip the plastic PWC kill switch rings off the end with a large pair of dykes, and stick the loose end of the lanyard into your kill switch. It works perfect, but make sure you test it by RIPPING it out, not just a simple tug.

http://www.tresmartinperformance.com...page=out&id=32

I use this one. My boat came with one and I ordered a second one for my bass boat. They work great - I don't even realize it's there.

I had a chance to meet Dave at the Inn yesterday afternoon. I shook his his hand and showed thanks for what he did for everyone involved. I'm pretty sure he got free lunch.

Kudos to the fast reaction from "Let's Rock" , sounds like his quick thinking saved lives .

On the subject of lanyards and kill switches, I keep an extra set in the glove box (and my crew knows about them and how to use them) in the weird instance I (or the driver) get thrown out and no one else does. If I go out, I take the lanyards with me, shutting down the boat, but someone needs to come get me. My crew can get the extra set, plug them in and rescue me.

Awesome Job "Let's Rock."

What I ended up with is purchasing a Wii wrist strap and attaching the loop to the hook on the lanyard. It has the easy to use lock to keep it on your wrist.

Ingnorant Comments Will Be Flamed!
 

Wow - what a thoughtful, helpful comment. Ignorant.

As for lanyards, I am +1000 on that. I bought a cheap nylon quick-release dog collar at WalMart (they come in designer styles - I think mine is skull and bones) and wear it around my ankle. Super easy to put on and take off, it doesn't get in the way while driving, and it works! But then again, I am the guy that (almost) always wears a 100MPH life jacket, too.

The wrist and ankle straps are a great idea....the extra set of lanyards in the glove box makes perfect sense too!

The Tres Martin ones are really nice and durable. I have two on my skater and where them on my ankle or clip it to the lifeline when running hard. Nice Product.

I never thought of PWC stuff.....A wrist or ankle set up would be cool...I need something easy to put on so I use it EVERY time.....having a runaway boat would be awful.....