Somethin' Sexy

This guy doesn't have a clue how to drive or throttle, must have been a sailboater. I have been in all kinds of rough water from Lake Erie to Galveston to Gulf of Mexico.....common sense and experience is what makes a good Captian. I wonder if he throttle his car the same way....idiot.

bounce

I guessed he was throttling the same way I do.... pretending he was leading open class in Key West in 4-6 foot @ 12 seconds.

Michael1

Your 4th post, and this is what you have to say?

The people on that boat are on this board. Thank you for your insensitive, condescending comment.

Michael1

Your 1st post, and this is what you have to say?

They are coming out of the woodwork now.

speedy59

Im a West Coaster, GET OVER IT!!!

Ted G

iTrader: (1)

I think the frame by frame really tells the story if you pay attention to the bodies and the list of the boat. He pretty much did what most of us do to jump a wake, turned to starboard to line it up closer to 90 degrees. But then he maintained that turn through the wake and the boat came down hard on the right side. At that point he has chopped the throttles (and probably turned the wheel a little farther to the right) and as Trey said, that will drop the bow and cause the stern to break loose, especially on a stepped hull boat. At that point the boat spun and they all went down. Then it came over to port and was very close to rolling in when the chine cut in (Mom got a face full of water). I have seen at least 3 race boats and one 38 Fountain pleasure boat spin in the exact same way, for the exact same reasons. (The pleasure boat was only moving about 40 but in a hard turn and the driver backed off the throttles). All that being said, how many of you guys have come down hard on one side or the other of the boat off a big wave? Although I think he could use a little throttle work, otherwise it was a series of small mistakes that bit this guy. And I wish everyone a speedy recovery.

Somethin' Sexy

As you can see, I've been a member since 2010. I normally don't participate in forums and was on here looking for something else.

Likefastboats

iTrader: (1)

OMG! Can't we just end this thread now!! Everybody has seen it and made their comment, some great comments and some stupid ones. We can all armchair quaterback this event forever but none of us that weren't there will ever really know what was the real cause. What we should all take from this is to be more responsible and slow down when we see we are getting in over our capabilities as a captain. Sure it's fun to go FAST, that's why we all spend money like it grew on trees on these boats. Speed has never injured anybody, it's the sudden stops that hurt! So when conditions call for slow use some "common scense" and slow down. This shows how **** can go all wrong so fast!! Lets all use it as a wake up call to be a reponsible and safe captain for all our passengers. That being said lets end this thread with a call out to the injured for a quick and speedy recovery. That's all I'm done.

weekend@burnies

+ 1 on that

GLH

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