Victory 1 crash
12-12-2009 | 08:07 PM
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MikeFin, I too put my regulator where it was easy to reach, but did you think maybe they got knocked out. It does not matter where the regulator is if you are out. At the speeds these boats are capable of you need full time oxygen. very sad news, thoughts and prayers. Roger f2-15, VL-15, V-15.
12-13-2009 | 07:51 PM
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Aqua-Mania Flipped at around 80mph or less...this one was doing a lot more.
and if you check the clips..what I know Turbine cat guys use these...or equivalents
http://www.tigerperformance.com/mil_SBAhome.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGNU9z4-zw
Which these guys didn´t.
I myself strap the regulator beneath my right shoulder belt while strapped so that I can reach the regulator.
Didn´t see the regulator anywhere close in the clip with the cockpit cam.
and if you check the clips..what I know Turbine cat guys use these...or equivalents
http://www.tigerperformance.com/mil_SBAhome.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGNU9z4-zw
Which these guys didn´t.
I myself strap the regulator beneath my right shoulder belt while strapped so that I can reach the regulator.
Didn´t see the regulator anywhere close in the clip with the cockpit cam.
Terrible accident, so sad, makes me more attentive just thinking about them.
12-13-2009 | 09:40 PM
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I am continually amazed that these teams, many of which are funded by their governments, cannot get their safety equipment up to the highest standards. They should look to the Miss Geico team to see how cockpit safety should be done.
To race a 150mph+ boat with open face helmets and part-time oxygen is totally irrational.
To race a 150mph+ boat with open face helmets and part-time oxygen is totally irrational.
12-14-2009 | 06:53 AM
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My thoughts and prayers I offer out to the families and friends of the fallen... Very sad day in racing...
And just to add; in an accident of this caliber and being that the impact was so violent, had they been wearing face mask style breathing equipment the chances are very high that they would not have stayed on their faces anyway. The face mask are designed for aircraft use where they never see G Force's of a Offshore Crash. This is a dangerous sport and some accidents are simply not survivable... Very sad indeed.
Ben
And just to add; in an accident of this caliber and being that the impact was so violent, had they been wearing face mask style breathing equipment the chances are very high that they would not have stayed on their faces anyway. The face mask are designed for aircraft use where they never see G Force's of a Offshore Crash. This is a dangerous sport and some accidents are simply not survivable... Very sad indeed.
Ben
