Now this is a bad day on the water
 

I can't even imagine explaining this one

New design, impact absorbing hinged bow (IAHB). :rolleyes:

The front fell off.

So that is the actual video they were taking about......

They must be on LOTO

clarke and daw I think they were, they have a lineup of hilarious videos. Rak Rua would know more they were Aussies that were similar to a Leno or letterman if I remember right.

More like lake mead.

Your funny, apparently you havn't been to the Midwest. Lake Mead is nothing and yes.... I have lived in both places. I would guess the 3 ugliest areas are Hanover Inlet, Lake Superior, (OK, actually any of the Great Lakes) and LOTO. LOTO has the smallest waves, no doubt but it is seriously rough due to the bath tub washing machine waves.

Yeah, the funny guy, John Clarke) died 4 years ago. Together with Brian Dawe, they produced many 2 minute clips, satirical dig at current news stories in Australia. Usually on TV to close the local news on Fridays. Mostly political and all very funny. Their work is all over YouTube but if you’re not familiar with the relevant news story, the humor might not make sense.

John Clarke played many well known characters but always as ‘himself’, no make up, disguises or voices. I think that’s what made their work unique.

RR. (Homesick)

It was a joke dude. And yeah, I’ve been to Loto.

you might want to check out the SF bay and under the golden gate on a windy afternoon.

What ever became of the skater vs apache lake michigan showdown being planned a few years ago??

My bad.... Didn't see the humor, thought you were serious. Maybe next time try a "smiley" to enhance the sarcasm message. It works.:popcorn: See, my idea of sarcasm! :D

Happy reading.

https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...8-vs-40-a.html

Damn you!!! You beat me to it!!!:lolhit:

I just spit my beer out. You owe me a bud light.

:lolhit:

I think bajaholic missed the Lake Mead saga on here! :)

we can’t compare loto to any of those. We don’t have to check the weather to go boating!

Damn..... I did miss that entirely! Now I feel silly, sad and miss informed. Carry on! :lolhit:

Don't be! You'll never get that time back if you've read that thread.
The only way to describe that thread.

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Here was a Good February day Tuesday on GLOC :ernaehrung004:

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This is a rare day on the Straits of Mackinaw. I've also had to get a boat back to the harbor in 10'-12' waves, wish I had that one on video. I've watched waves crash over the top of freighters out here.

I sunk a 24ft party cat on lake mead. 2 year old boat, small craft warning. The bilge couldn't keep up, motor compartment was full of water and as soon as the motor drowned she went completely over backwards. Took 6 hours to float to shore on an inflatable air mattress, got picked up by ranger Rick. Hypothermia in 80 degree water, sick for a few days, had to pay to get the boat pieces of the boat, floated back to the surface and piled onto the trailer. Mead is my favorite.

He's baaaaack!!!

lol🙃

:lolhit:

I came close to doing the same, fortunately I made it to the harbor without sinking. I was in an 18' Glastron bow rider trying to get it back to the harbor in 5-6' waves on Lake Huron. That open bow acted like a big scoop. I had the bilge pump on manual and it couldn't keep up either. I could feel the boat flexing as I went over the waves. I had my jacket on and stayed close to shore in case it sunk.

lol. Lake Huron? Yes! And open bow boats are giant water scoops, just watch some Haulover Inlet videos!

I had neighbors in Sebastian Fla do similar and are lucky to be alive.

Problem is they both laugh it off like it was a joke.
People that shouldn’t own or run boats.

They took a 25’ Bayliner deck boat (rendezvous) out the The Sebastian Inlet while the tide was flowing out at WFO!

One of the guys (quadriplegic and the instigator!) was in a wheel chair and was thrown out too!

As they were going under the bridge, the boat broached, stuffed and rolled, throwing both passengers in the outgoing tide!
It gets worse, and is a freagin true story!

As they’re holding on to the overturned boat, drifting for the Atlantic and heading east at 5 mph......, the boat gets hit by an outgoing charter boat!!!
(wish I’d kept the pixs)
And the charter boat did not stop!!!

That damaged deck boat was stored in the back yard of the house we rented in Sebastian.
It had prop slices all the way down one side of the hull!
If you told me the motors gear ratio and slip, I could have calculated prop pitch by the slices in the side of the hull!!!

WTF people?