Catamaran incident at Lake Lanier...
 

speedonthewater.com
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Although complete details are not available, speedonthewater.com has confirmed that Art McMahan's 388 Skater flipped coming back from today's Cheeseburger in Paradise lunch during the Pirates of Lanier Poker Run. Search and rescue teams are on the scene.

Terrible. I hear no jackets let's hope for the best.

I moved this to a new thread vs. being on one of the picture threads.

Keep the occupants in your thoughts and prayers.

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http://www.11alive.com/news/local/bo...ants/274562698

from another site:

Complete details are not available at this time but PowerBoat Nation is live at Lake Lanier and we can confirm a catamaran belonging to Art McMahan was reported overturned. The initial reports are that 4 or 5 occupants were onboard and two bodies have been recovered. The Fire Dive Rescue Team is on scene working the incident. We will provide updates as accurate information becomes available. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their family and friends. More details will be posted as they become available.

Not good......

Jeebus, that looks like the rear bolsters sitting on the shore :(. Prayers for all involved...

From a friend who was there, Art and his wife, and his good buddy Anthony Reese (Saddle Up) and his wife Tammy are all gone.

They were all Lake Cumberland boaters. I ran Poker runs with Anthony years ago when we both had 38 Fountains - way before Saddle Up. You would not find nicer more down to earth people than Anthony and Tammy - despite their obvious success. I am sick as can be. I am at a loss for words. God's speed.

wow.....so very very terrible. at loss for words

good friends with Nick and his family from Statement and they are devastated

God bless . All involved

So Tragic... Prayers and condolences.

OH no. We met them at Lake Cumberland in 2012. Such nice people My heart brakes for them and their families. I had just lost my 24 yr old son in a car accident and they were so nice to me. Ill be praying for the families involved. I know the pain.

Hey Robert.

So sorry to hear about this accident.

Oh damn this is awful news. Prayers to all.

Another friend is telling me that there were 6 in the boat - including another well known performance boater in the community. I"ll just wait until the official reports come out rather than tell second and third hand reports This is just a sad sad day for the Lake Cumberland performance boating community.

Oh man...

Dam it.... prayers to all involved and families.... sucks :traurig001:

I'm just blown away. This is horrible beyond words. Things happen fast. RIP to all

facebook live feed on the news

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Aweful thing to happen ... to anyone , thoughts and prayers to all .
no life jackets ?

Condolences and Prayer go out to all the families and friends. Very sad news to read about. RIP

thoughts and prayers to all involved ,,,,,this is very bad news,,,,,,,RIP

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My prayers go out to the families of all involved. May God touch them and help them during this tragic time.
God Bless.

Wow! I respect this guy, he did a good job. The news team hit him with speed questions a dozen times. He wouldnt release anything that wasnt definitive.

Godspeed to all involved. Very sad day for the powerboating community. I hope there are positive outcomes.

So tragic and sad. . . . .

Prayers to their families and friends. Tragic loss for all.

F me. Condolences to family and friends. Tore up over this.

So sad Prayers for All !!!

So sorry to hear this, my thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of all involved.

My thoughts to family & friends. :(

Holy Crap! Just read and watched news on this. Unbelievable. Prayers to the involved and to the ones who knew them.

Sickening, prayers to family and friends

Terrible news. Wear the jackets kids! Ones that are rated for the speed of the boat! Lifeline, SRP etc.

So sad. Prayers to everyone involved...

from early reports i am not sure that made any difference but regardless its a time to remember life and people and not what they or we should have done or did

Terrible news!!! Prayers for the departed and the ones left behind. Rip

Nate,

I think this is the best time to talk about things like Lifejackets. Lessons like this are written in blood and the pain needs to be real for people to take it seriously. I don't think its disrespectful to learn from accidents, in fact I think the opposite. If I were to die in a way that could have been avoided I would want people to learn form my mistakes.

Crashes like this are absolutely horrible and as sad as can be. But we need to learn from them. Year after year there are deadly accidents at boat events and still I see so many people moving fast in boats without simple life saving devices.

So I second Jrider, Please Please wear life jackets out there. So many reasons why they help. at a minimum it could make the recovery easier.

RIP.......

Mike

There aren't words

Sickening, Prayers sent to Family and Friends,