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TooLateVTEC 07-08-2014 03:02 PM

Ouch......

pbekemeyer 07-08-2014 05:15 PM

That look like a hard hit.

Awash 07-08-2014 06:30 PM


Originally Posted by glassdave (Post 4149797)
How people hit channel markers is beyond me. In our river they are not lit but they also do not move, if you do your homework and become mildly proficient at navigating (and boat sober) you should not have a problem staying in a channel without them. I had one customer hit the same marker twice, i had both tracks stored on his gps right into the buoy and you could see where he circled around after the collision. Fifty thousand plus between both hits (better yet maybe its ok if their not that great at navigation :D)

LOL..... Possibly he saved the tracks so he could do it over, like ground hog day on the water!!!!

glassdave 07-08-2014 09:04 PM


Originally Posted by Awash (Post 4150072)
LOL..... Possibly he saved the tracks so he could do it over, like ground hog day on the water!!!!


I had actually been working on it for a week or so when I thought to check the gps and see, sure enough a nice line right into the marker and a big ark where he swung around lol. I think he was navigating on dps (drunk positioning system) lol

pbekemeyer 07-08-2014 09:37 PM

I'm sure that's what happen. lol

Speedracer29 07-09-2014 08:05 AM

I got chocolate wasted, threw a kid with Cheetos overboard (kid had USCG approved jacket), turned off all nav lights and went WFO to the boat launch while screaming 'Merica!!! at the top of my lungs over the Star Spangled Banner playing on my custom Kraco 8-track, all while playing a spirited game of "eyesies closies" with the crew. I may not win the skipper of the year award, and I may not have skill, but I'm a lucky sumb!tch, and I've never read the words "lucky sumb!thch" in an obituary....:party-smiley-004:

pbekemeyer 07-09-2014 11:47 AM

http://montgomerycountypolicereporte...-claims-lives/

Just read this bass boat hit family deck boat almost cutting it in half. It was in the dark , wonder how fast the bass boat must have been going? People were killed also in this boating wreck.

Budman II 07-10-2014 12:14 PM


Originally Posted by redwhite (Post 4149927)

That adds new meaning to the boater's navigation adage: "Red - Right - Returning"...

pbekemeyer 07-10-2014 06:05 PM

Or red head on. lol


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