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Terrible Story ... Incredible Pictures
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:16 pm
hate to link a story but this is a must see
This guy catches a crashing wave over the bow his 55 foot boat ... boat rolls ... he falls out
unfortunately the captain does not survive the accident
unbelievable line of pictures
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This guy catches a crashing wave over the bow his 55 foot boat ... boat rolls ... he falls out
unfortunately the captain does not survive the accident
unbelievable line of pictures
LINK
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Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:30 pm to TJohnson
Wow
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:30 pm to TJohnson
holy shite, that sucks. those waves are very deceiving looking.
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:37 pm to Chad504boy
thats what I was saying
wondering if he took them head on instead of quartering if he'd a been alright?
wondering if he took them head on instead of quartering if he'd a been alright?
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:45 pm to TJohnson
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thats what I was saying
wondering if he took them head on instead of quartering if he'd a been alright?
looks like he may have been alright if he was just wearing a seatbelt.
Posted on 9/27/10 at 3:51 pm to Chad504boy
Wow what a terrible accident in a 51' boat no less.
The waves don't look too bad until you see the boat in the trough. Hard to believe a boat that size would do that.
The waves don't look too bad until you see the boat in the trough. Hard to believe a boat that size would do that.
Posted on 9/27/10 at 5:03 pm to Da Hammer
Why didn't homeboy put down the camera and try to help the guy out???
Posted on 9/27/10 at 5:35 pm to slinger1317
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Why didn't homeboy put down the camera and try to help the guy out???
How? I bet the captain was killed when he struck the deck. There doesn't look like anything the guy on the other boat could do.
Posted on 9/27/10 at 7:41 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
captain had a bad shoulder supposedly so he wasn't able to control the boat as well as he should have. That inlet is world famous for being hard to navigate. sad story. Good article from Peter Wright about it.
its the september 13 blog post
its the september 13 blog post
Posted on 9/27/10 at 7:45 pm to Hermit Crab
Camera guy was on land, Its a very narrow inlet. Major swells because of large volume thru a narrow inlet. They also have several full time live cams on the inlet.
Boats get swamped all the time there.....
Boats get swamped all the time there.....
Posted on 9/27/10 at 9:26 pm to TJohnson
Incredible pics
Posted on 9/27/10 at 11:06 pm to TJohnson
wow. that'll make u think twice ab going offshore in a smaller boat
Posted on 9/28/10 at 7:35 am to The Sportsman
That inlet in notoriously dangerous and very hard to navigate in normal conditions. The seas have been very rough here because of the hurricanes.
I know some hardcore kingfishermen that have refused to enter the inlet until conditions changed.
As someone pointed out a seat belt probably would have saved the captain's life. I'm also curious about how he tried to overtake that wave and why he even attempted it if conditions were that bad.
I know some hardcore kingfishermen that have refused to enter the inlet until conditions changed.
As someone pointed out a seat belt probably would have saved the captain's life. I'm also curious about how he tried to overtake that wave and why he even attempted it if conditions were that bad.
Posted on 9/28/10 at 9:26 am to TJohnson
Sad.
Posted on 9/28/10 at 10:45 am to roadGator
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As someone pointed out a seat belt probably would have saved the captain's life
never seen a seat belt in a boat, much less a 50+ foot sportfisher
Posted on 9/28/10 at 11:03 am to Hermit Crab
I haven't seen one either. Just noting that it would have saved his life had there been one.
I just wonder how he got caught in the trough and if the conditions warranted waiting out at sea for a bit. He evidently had been there 10 years so he had to know the routine.
I just wonder how he got caught in the trough and if the conditions warranted waiting out at sea for a bit. He evidently had been there 10 years so he had to know the routine.
Posted on 9/28/10 at 11:15 am to roadGator
the article I posted earlier kind of explained the situation. He had a torn rotator cuff and probably wasn't able to operate the throttles and the wheel at the same time very effectively. Had he been able to it wouldn't have happened the way it did
Posted on 9/28/10 at 11:33 am to Hermit Crab
Just read that. Makes sense. Man, sad to think curtains may have saved his life.
Posted on 9/28/10 at 1:43 pm to slinger1317
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Why didn't homeboy put down the camera and try to help the guy out???
The captain broke his neck when he hit the deck, and was taken off life support the next day.
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