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speicher lane 11-08-2019 09:17 PM
Made it into the Yahoo news ticker reel...

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/two-racing...074925019.html

gmhdfan 11-08-2019 11:15 PM

gmhdfan 11-08-2019 11:17 PM

Robertjr 11-09-2019 10:33 AM
Originally Posted by douglasmarine28 (Post 4714217)
I watched it again and you are right. It was the bottle. Yikes! That had to hit hard and now everyone needs to look at how secure their air tanks are. I'm glad they are ok and got them out of the KW waters quickly with that much blood in the water.
Looking back I remember to the mid 90's an air bottle came loose in a Top fuel Hydro 1/4 mile dragboat crash and beat the driver to his death. Granted that crash was at a much greater speed,but I think everyone here gets the drift …………………………...………...Robertjr

offshoredrillin 11-09-2019 11:58 AM
Originally Posted by douglasmarine28 (Post 4714214)
Wow! What did his leg hit to cause it to bleed so much and quickly?
the dash, watch his legs go up, then the bottle comes up.. id be adding some padding on the edges of the dash.. hopefully it will never happen again.

Alwhite00 11-09-2019 12:47 PM
He chopped the throttles as soon as she started coming up but too late, damn, hell of a ride. Glad everyone is ok.

diesel2fast4u 11-09-2019 05:29 PM
Originally Posted by Alwhite00 (Post 4714331)
He chopped the throttles as soon as she started coming up but too late, damn, hell of a ride. Glad everyone is ok.
when you cut the throttle, it's like braking in the back causing the stern to go down and bow up = flip. A cat you first trim down. At their defence those cats don't warn you :(

rak rua 11-09-2019 06:44 PM
Might be a silly question but....
Do drivers have training in a pool (or similar) on how to get out of the boat quickly after capsizing? They appeared to handle the situation like it was an everyday occurrence.
Happy they all got out safely.

RR

rak rua 11-09-2019 07:05 PM
Not my photo, I took it from 'classic offshore powerboat restoration' (Facebook group)
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1524784424493562/

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...82ea3813b.jpeg

TENSION 11-09-2019 07:06 PM
Originally Posted by rak rua (Post 4714361)
Might be a silly question but....
Do drivers have training in a pool (or similar) on how to get out of the boat quickly after capsizing? They appeared to handle the situation like it was an everyday occurrence.
Happy they all got out safely.

RR
Yes they do! All capsule drivers and crew have a survival program to pass, the dunk tank!


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