speedy59

Im a West Coaster, GET OVER IT!!!

Ted G

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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

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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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huskyrider

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WOW !!!

This thread is unreal reading.
What I can't get over is how many long time members have saved their first post since joining for just this type of thread.

I, truly, believe that although being an incredibly unfortunate accident that a lot of good will come from this.

And bashing the Captain serves no purpose. I sure he's bashing himself. I still think that the left handed throttling might have caused some of the clumsiness in control of the sticks.

See ya,
Kelly

Interceptor

Can you imagine this poor guy attempting to get a new boat insurance policy ? Every underwriter in the country has the video saved on their desktop.
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lucky strike

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There is an old saying" Don't wash your dirty laundry in public "

Big Time

The twist on that is that he is probably the last guy on the water to ever try something like that again.