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Originally Posted by articfriends (Post 3896766)

Reading thru the fishing forums it has been repeatedly said that there was no insurance and that the motors/drive are still sitting on the bottom in 12-14 foot of water. They also claimed thery were 1000hp w/ # 6 drives but I see here it said they were 700's?

well that shows how much they know , my bet they are wrong about the insurance too.

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Originally Posted by mikes280 (Post 3896014)

Did you guys see me blame the builder,,all i stated was this is the second velocity that i herd that exploded into pieces....i NEVER blamed the mfr,,just stating what i see.....

No i did not and i thank you for it , have seen many of these things turn in to a finger pointing thread and i am glad to see this one has not. Bottom line a life was lost and many people hurt plus it 's a bad mark on the sport we all love so if anything we need to learn from it to try to keep it from happening again.

Sad to hear this RIP!

Sad to hear. Hope we all are a little bit safer, and thankful, after hearing about this.

99.99% do not feel there is anyone to blame or sue. Don't agree or believe in that.

I personally like Velocity. Would consider owning one. I have driven both a 26/28 and a 41, both 85mph boats.

I also have heard of a Velocity thoroughbred that came apart (no one was hurt) and the factory warranty it.

A well respected member of OSO, T2x, posted something along the lines of liking Velocity Boats but would have them lay the boat up heavier. You can find the exact quote somewhere in this thread http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...m-history.html

Obviously any boat that crashes can come apart. But we all can agree that in this case the boat seems to be in more pieces then normal. We can also all agree that Velocity's are REALLY fast, ESPECIALLY for not having any steps. Yes a lot of the speed comes from the pad, but it also comes from a light layup. Does that mean the boat is less safe, or more apt to break apart, who knows. But a crash like this makes me want to learn and research about my future hull even more.

Again, so sad to hear about story's like these. Hope there are less and less of them of them in the future.

I and several of my boating friends run Formulas. We would not expect such a disintegration from one of them...but I don't think any of us are going to go out and test one to such a extreme degree to find out. The human body can only withstand so much blunt force trauma before it fails...regardless of weather the vehicle housing it fails or not.

This was an extreme circumstance that took design and materials beyond limits....hopefully it doesn't repeat it's self.

so sorry four all involved,prayers sent

Thoughts and prayers, very sad to hear.

There's absolutely nothing left.....