re: Bayou Black Boating Accident

Y'all are underestimating the speeds of these boats.

70 mph is not really close to what a LOT of these boats will do.

For the lighter boats (like Bullet and Allison), rigged with the bigger motors (250-300 h.p.), you're looking at mid 80's to mid 90's. Some are even faster.

The boat that crashed was a Bullet. Based on a 2009 post on another board, the deceased listed the top end speed of this boat as 88 mph with two people on board and a "full load" (full live well and full gas tank).

Clearly, just because a boat is capable of going fast doesn't mean the driver will choose to go fast. And I'm not in any way suggesting that the deceased was running at full throttle.

But WAY too many boat operators want to drive at full throttle. And there are very few waterways in Louisiana where running these boats at full throttle is a good idea.