Crash at DS.
04-30-2013 | 11:49 PM
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Pause the clip at 2:56. Who is pinching who there? It appears from the video, which I understand only gives us a limited view, that the boat on the far right is pinch the three boats on the left. There appears to be open water to the right side of the lake at that time while there is a boat going the opposite direction on the left along with the spectator fleet. The boat on the right seems to be pinching the three boats on the left side. Thoughts?
THE 41 DCB (boat on the right) had PLENTY of room to take that left hand corner WIDE. There was no reason for the Silver 41 dcb to change coarse like that.
05-01-2013 | 06:15 AM
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YES I agree that the silver DCB 41 on the right took off and cut off the boats on the left, at those speeds everything happened so quick, and with a boat coming the other direction, the 35 dcb that crashed was ACTUALLY on a GOOD line, especially considering there were other boats to his PORT side that needed room to pass the boat coming the other direction!
THE 41 DCB (boat on the right) had PLENTY of room to take that left hand corner WIDE. There was no reason for the Silver 41 dcb to change coarse like that.
THE 41 DCB (boat on the right) had PLENTY of room to take that left hand corner WIDE. There was no reason for the Silver 41 dcb to change coarse like that.
I think everyone should learn from bad things that happen. That is the way we prevent things from happening in the future. The message I get is that I can't depend on other captains to necessarily pilot their boats according to what "I THINK" is the right line because the "RIGHT LINE" is very subjective and can go bad with our competitive nature. As Gary pointed out, this would not have happened if everyone would have listened to Bob's instructions.
No one got hurt, thank God for this. Let's learn from what happened.
05-01-2013 | 08:38 AM
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From people involved we know two things happened that violated the poker run rules.
1. The boat should have kept right of the center line going into the curve.
2. A number of boats jumped the start prior to the curve.
1. The boat should have kept right of the center line going into the curve.
2. A number of boats jumped the start prior to the curve.
05-01-2013 | 12:23 PM
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05-01-2013 | 12:58 PM
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I was viewing the aerial video from the helicopter. Looks like everyone held their line except the person driving the larger DCB on the outside right. Looks like he pretty much cut every body off. The rest of the boats are going in a straight line heading towards the center of the lake, and the larger DCB punches it and turns left right in front of everyone.
05-01-2013 | 02:39 PM
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While it did violate the instructions given at the drivers' meeting, doesn't the boat to starboard have the right of way? I thought the 35 DCB should have just chopped the throttles and given up the right of way, as should the boats behind him. Nevertheless, some serious douchebaggery going on by the Dave's Custom Buoy drivers.
05-01-2013 | 02:51 PM
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While it did violate the instructions given at the drivers' meeting, doesn't the boat to starboard have the right of way? I thought the 35 DCB should have just chopped the throttles and given up the right of way, as should the boats behind him. Nevertheless, some serious douchebaggery going on by the Dave's Custom Buoy drivers.
05-01-2013 | 04:40 PM
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