Fountain on the rocks
 

This happened last Friday at midnight in the Northern California Delta. The driver got disoriented, thought he was still in channel. He was doing about fifty or sixty. Nobody was hurt or arrested, the boat however suffered about $100K in damage. The boat sat there throughout the whole memorial weekend for everyone to see. It was removed today

Sorry about the white area, had to remove some text

Whoa..........50-60 is just too fast at night, even with a full moon (which I don't think there was).

ouch

Ouch thats gonna leave a mark!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watch out for it on EBay

I guess he's not going to make the S.C.O.P.E Poker Run this weekend in Long Beach California ;)

Here's another shot in the photo section........

http://www.offshoreonly.com/gallery/...9_1903-med.jpg

Not to good - glad to hear no one was hurt.

We had a guy do the same thing out here about two or three years ago, he thought the runway lights at the airport were the channel markers and put a 29 Fever on the rocks. The boat was 4 mph faster with the fixed / blueprinted bottom it got.

Better hope the insurance company doesn`t do a Triple By-Pass on the claim (100k).

Triple Bye Pass is probably what I would need if that was mine.

Ouchhh.

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Thats bad, but this was worse...:(

Its got a number on the bow, I think its a ski race boat (was). If you look real close you can see the fine line where they cut off the beak to make it a 39 footer. Theres a lot of ski racers in Nor Cal. I think I know the owner but I'm going to make a call before I mention a name...

I don't see it, where?

Well, what do you expect - put the throttles on the wrong side of the wheel, the poor guy is bound to get disoriented! :p ;)

50-60 at night is Darwin at work, IMHO. Guy is lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else.

50 or 60 at night...........hello!!!:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Like drockr said, lucky he didnt kill someone.....like the two couples out in the canoes for a paddle at midnight with no lights...........

Glad no one was hurt. Too fast at night.

He may of had less damage if he had Volvos. :D

Nice...what a shame. :(
Could have been a lot worse.

Glad to hear nobody was injured.
Lucky it didnt roll...
I would think 50-60 would have gotten him further along that bank. By the look of it the boat stopped within 50 feet or so.

If the boat was going 50-60, would it not have gone further up & over the rocks?

Tantrum- Didn't mean to repeat you, After I started doing my post I had phone call & it took me a while to get back & finish post. I then post & see you asking the same thing.

Judging by the short chop and color of the water, I would think the boat was already decelerating through the shallow water before it made it to land.

Also, from the angle it kooks like he saw sumptin and was trying the turn and went up ata 45* angle.

Glad no injuries were reported..

Please tell me this was a twister or hurricane!

Ya, back4more....what's the story there?

I was told he realized his mistake just before hitting the rocks and tried to reverse

A 2001 35 Fountian did the same thing on Lake Murray SC a couple of years ago. Guy was running to fast at night and hit the dam.

When whe got the boat backed he named it
"On The Rocks"

Maybe we should name this one "Runaground Sue" :p

That pic is from an incident that happen about 3 or 4 years ago.
Two guys from Wisconsin were on their way down to Indiana and did not see the break wall in Chicago.
Tried to turn at the last second but still hit and rolled it over.
Driver was ok but the passenger got hurt badly.

:(

Guy in a Fountian did the same thing on Lake Mead about 4-5yrs ago and killed 4. Speed at night is stupid, add booze and ya got double trouble. Glad no one got hurt in this time.

What is it about Fountains and all these accidents?:rolleyes: :o

Probabilities... there are a lot of Fountains out there and they are fast.

My guess would be closer to 30 mph. Not enough damage for 50 to 60 on the rocks. Seen a 28 foot cuddy climb a rock cliff at 30. Killed the passenger.

This one was also from N. Cal Delta also.Probably not far from the other one.
The website it came from said that 2 people died in this crash.
Alcohol was a factor. :(

http://www.wakepics.com/media/Picture_41-sm.jpg

Just came across these pictures from Lake Travis dated May 18th.

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No wonder he crashed....
How the hell can you see where your going with the cockpit cover on??

Wow, another one to watch out for on ebay!