Notice I DIDN'T post anything NEGATIVE about the boat, operator, incident or location! I am very happy all are ok. It could happen to any of us. I will still get labled "that guy" for hanging out with these clowns though. :rolleyes:

Only reason I'm riding this topic is cause of the owner. Go back in time and look at allll the other sunny crash threads, no 288 kid to be found.

It's strictly a personal thing. I will say the drivers dad is a very nice guy and we had a hour and a half conversation about oil on the torch sandbar before I even owned a boat. Shame the apple didn't fall closer to the tree.

:lolhit::lolhit:

Sweet! Getting another PQ?

My Fiance doesn't like to go fast so I was actually thinking of buying a PQ :evilb:

:eekdrop: That comment should bring in boatnt in here....

Looks like this thread is the new pq general discussion :whistle:

:lolhit: The PQ's are starting to grow on me due to their size and amenities (seen some nice ones out on the lake this year). But in a few years when I get ride of the lil old Sunny I'm thinking of getting a small cruiser to keep in the water behind the house and building up a 28 Pantera for the "toy" boat.

LMFAO!!!!! :Score-101010:

Oil on the sandbar??? Motor oil or suntan oil? LOL

Glad all are okay and this should be a reminder to all that chit happens QUICK on the water!

OIL!!! O i see the problem now! You no like the son because he did not use enough oil!

It's a lover's quarrel! :argue: What happen on LSC should stay on LSC! Nasty!!

I had to make the same decision years ago. My wife does not like going fast. Then I said I can make a FAST boat go SLOW but I can't make a SLOW boat go FAST. The wife is not always in the boat.

That's what I do now. The Fiance has been with me every time out so far this year. Need to get out there without her, I haven't been able to see if the new prop I bought over the winter is going to give me anymore MPH's

Ahhhh not worth it...

Glad no one got hurt...

you better put the order in now then...

Imagine what a nightmare this would be if it happened to any of us. I don't think anyone should be giving the driver any shi+ right now.

Couple of comments here if I might.

#1. If the drives hit hard enough to roll the boat there damn sure would be damage. Probably no skegs at the least. Props would also have battle scars. Especially at 45 MPH's. Anyone seen the drives yet? At higher speeds where the drives are semi surfacing and the hull is flying damage may have been more minimal but at 45 it'd be like hitting a submerged telephone pole.

#2. Is it me or does the deck at the bow appear to be seperated from the hull in the picture of the boat upside down?

I'm with you 100%. This could happen to anyone. I was told when I boat a step bottom, "there are 2 kind sof step bottom owners. The one's who spun them and the one's who are going to".

Haha, I noticed.

I suspect had there been any injuries at all there wouldn't any joking around here of course.

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:lolhit:

Is Pantera no longer building boats?

I will never be able to buy new anyways. I have to get old boats a rebuild/fix them up myself.

Careful! Don't make too much sense thinking about drive damage if they indeed hit! No one wants to hear solid logic in here I've found.

Looks like a split by the rub rail indeed.

As I said in my earlier post I grounded my drive out buy the moot my first time out this year.

Normally that area is no problem for my little 24 it drafts very little on plane. This year I heard the water level was down so I was taking it easy just on plane at 25mph and I grounded it, and it was the first time I have every grounded. And it was not fun it slowed me down real fast. I killed the engine and jumped off the boat to check everything. Everything looked ok so I walked the boat to deeper water before I tried to start it again, and it was good so I went home.

The big difference between my grounding and this guys is I would never do 45-50mph in a shallow area, and I was a dumb a$$ myself for doing 25mph just because I could last year.

Again I'm so glad everyone is alright!!

One more thing to add,

This is a dangerous hobby we all share. So glad everyone in this accident is OK and nobody was injured or worse. None of us are perfect and we all make mistakes, lets all take a lesson from this. I know I will never run fast again in a known shallow area, and I bet the owner of the boat in this thread will not do it again either.

Be safe out there guys!

Correct... The top shell and hull are split and the side of the boat is blown apart... Didn't a 37AT hit a sandbar at speed and not really do any damage structurally...:party-smiley-004:

Are you looking at a AT yourself? Are we getting back to brand loyalty? :daz::daz: LOL

And again... No one was hurt, otherwise we wouldn't be poking...

If anyone wants to go roll my boat for me I welcome it! Then we could do a side by side comparison and id end up with a ass load of cash to go throw down on that canopy cigarette gladiator!

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Was this 32 a MCOB? If so it wouldn't be an apples to apples comparison when water comes in from two places (cockpit and open bow area) and there is less sealed structure (open bow vs closed deck).

LOL no no no, I'm lookin but not at an AT, nothing available in my price range except that 32/496HO boat... Got something in the works, will keep you posted :P

No, that was his old boat 'beaver retriever'... This was the new one, closed deck

I can't remember who it is on here but after the new 29 Outerlimits rolled that guy changed his signature to "Outerlimits, How do you roll?" I was LMFAO

Hmmm. Maybe we will see Skippy as a new screen name.

Re: 42 Fountain upside down on Wolf-River!!!!!

« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2009, 09:32:59 PM »


Quote from: MacGyver on September 25, 2009, 04:46:54 PM

From the driver's post on SeriousOffshore:

I believe the drives grabbed the bottom as we entered the turn the steering wheel jerked real hand and next thing you no the ass end slid out and rolled the water was at 4 ft and we werent going all that fast we took harder and faster turns out on the sea trial. cant explain what really happened but everyone is alive. i'm sure some of the so called experts will put there 2 cents in above not nowing how to drive ive been boating for 35yrs 12 of them in go fast. so have fun with it.

As a 2nd note for those of you said the drives were in they were at 3 on the gauge and our speed was at about 40 thats why we are not dead!

Exactly proving the point! Be careful in shallow water!

You missed the facebook chit yesterday. I even heard there was a rumor I was in the boat. :lolhit:

Our chit won't roll but our foam decks might blow off...:party-smiley-004:

AJ....are you really going to try and compare a grounding with an AT and this particular instance.....come on now you have to be smarter than that. Was the AT on the same body of water in the same area in a turn or were they running along on plane going in a straight line? Also you may want to do a little more research on some things before speaking....Big Dan just started racing boats 4 or so years ago....his first race was in Michigan City. He was not racing boats back when the other incident occured. I also didn't recall any other owners razzing him in that thread but instead it was chain boaters. I am just glad that everyone was able to walk away from this incident unharmed! I have no issues with you or the Kid but let's not turn this into a quality issue. Hopefully you guys can make it up to Hardy Party this year.

Off topic, but speaking of brand loyalty isn't it ironic that sunsation owners use pictures of Fountain dashboards / mechanical indicators in their neat little how-to-drive manual? I guess they are trying to help people learn from the best v-bottoms around. Nuff said.

Where did you find that at....on the Sunsation Forum? If that is what you are referencing it was an owner posting information that he came across....it wasn't something that Sunsation hands out or promotes. I have all of the original paperwork that came with my boat and they sent the Mercury High Performance Drivers manual.

Hey didn't you know he wasn't just a factory worker but a structual engineer as well? LOL More whining coming soon as he just can't help himself! LOL
Think him and Daddys boy need some more love seat on time together on the AT to brainstorm their next braniac thoughts decifered from two pictures. Freakin hilarious!

BTW, I'm just messing with you boys. Don't take me to seriously. IT'S JUST THE INTERNET! ;)

I was simply poking fun at the fact that every dominator that rolls just happens to come apart like a pretzel:lolhit:
as far as Dan goes, i never said that he was a racer at the time, just that he was not a rookie driver with no experience like all the thread bashers were saying. His credentials werent until a few years later... even says so on my shirt haha:angry-smiley-038:
Ohh and btw ZP'd... there are actually three pictures, BUT we wont post the third one, all it shows is a badly torn apart hull and two drives... that just happen to be pretty far down :P but it will remain in my email inbox. Stay tuned for my next ride its coming very shortly... but it doesnt have a side by side seating setup so you probably wouldnt want to ride... and dont be jealous KID doesnt have to pay any sort of living payment each month, Id take my mortgage payment any day of the week over being yelled at to clean my room each week:evilb::daz::evilb::thankyouthankyou:
what kind of boat do you have anyway??

[QUOTE=ajfisher;3710141]and dont be jealous KID doesnt have to pay any sort of living payment each month, Id take my mortgage payment any day of the week over being yelled at to clean my room each weekQUOTE]

Kid still lives with his parents? I wonder if mommy packs him a lunch everyday!