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TeamSaris 05-27-2013 09:24 PM


Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER (Post 3932183)
Not trying to be funny, but it seems these spinouts are common with the twin step cigarettes? Why is that? Lots of Formula's, Fountains, Donzi's, Sunsations, etc with steps, do those spin out as easy also? Im a straight bottom guy so just curious

I was putting a 39 TG into turns at over 90 on an oval course two weekends ago. They handle really nice, and there arent many brands left I havent run.
Glad everyone is ok!

Full Force 05-27-2013 09:26 PM


Originally Posted by TeamSaris (Post 3932281)
I was putting a 39 TG into turns at over 90 on a closed course two weekends ago. If you spin a TS Cig out, your doing something wrong..or running really, really hard.

OR,...... Mechanical failure....

Allicat38 05-27-2013 09:29 PM

Look at the drives in the video. Its looks to me to be mechanical failure or he hit something. I believe it has nothing to do with the boat or driver. At least it didnt happen at 100.

TeamSaris 05-27-2013 09:29 PM


Originally Posted by Full Force (Post 3932283)
OR,...... Mechanical failure....

True but Im not one to speculate. Glad everyone is safe!

ItsPeanut 05-28-2013 02:44 AM

Nice job to the salvage crew. Glad to hear the passengers are OK. This was posted under the youtube video if anybody didnt catch it.

Published on May 26, 2013
This boat capsized and sunk near Kelleys Island in Lake Erie this afternoon. Crews from Rescue Marine, Lake Erie Towing, New Wave SCUBA, and Shrock's Marina worked together through the evening to right, refloat, and safely hoist the vessel from the water.
Once all of the passengers were safe and accounted for the salvage plan was outlined. There was no pollution so the SCUBA diver strategically attached an air lift bag to roll and refloat the vessel. While in-tow the other vessels on-scene monitored the vessel's stability. Once the situation was safe, personnel and salvage dewatering pumps were transferred to the vessel.

stainless 05-28-2013 03:03 AM

Very cool recovery operation, hats off to everyone involved!!

TxHawk 05-28-2013 07:05 AM

Trim and other electronically controlled items go nuts once submerged. Don't read into the trim position just yet. Everyone did the same thing when the DCB went over ad DS.

THRILLSEEKER 05-28-2013 07:18 AM


Originally Posted by TxHawk (Post 3932401)
Trim and other electronically controlled items go nuts once submerged. Don't read into the trim position just yet. Everyone did the same thing when the DCB went over ad DS.

Not to mention that the stern of the boat was sitting on a rocky lake bottom with the weight of the boat possibly pushing against the drives.

DogDaze 05-28-2013 07:27 AM

The guys at Lake Erie Towing - Towboatus Sandusky, Huron, Vermilion, Lorain AND Shrock's Marina Inc. are pretty experienced in the area.. & always do a great job in towing and salvage. Glad no one was seriously hurt. They brought a 45' Cary in last summer off the Cedar Point break wall.. but were not able to pull it up and out like they did this one.. it came submerged all the way back in.

36Tango 05-28-2013 08:33 AM


Originally Posted by rlj676 (Post 3932090)
Seems like a ton of drag, what the hell pulled it

at :23 to :27 the video shows a plume of diesel smoke from up high, so I am thinking that it was a pretty heavy duty commercial type tow rig, not the typical twin outboard setup.

I am impressed how they went about thier business.


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