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re: Bass Boat Crash (Video)
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:12 pm to redneck
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:12 pm to redneck
I understand not wearing them offshore and even some inshore, but in freshwater you never know if you might hit a random stump or some dumbass like in the video will be rounding the turn from the opposite direction at WOT. I'd rather not chance it.
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Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:14 pm to Boats n Hose
quote:
you never know if you might hit a random stump or some dumbass like in the video will be rounding the turn from the opposite direction at WOT
thats what i figured, it definitely makes sense to wear em in freshwater
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:16 pm to tcomea3
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CENTER CONSOLE AND IN THAT SHITTY BAG THEY HAD IN THE CAT BOAT...
trying to figure out who you are based on the screen name but i cant, give me a hint
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:17 pm to flip82lsu
quote:or German?
idiot or Un-lucky?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:28 pm to redneck
quote:Lifejackets are only good if you wear the kill switch too. otherwise, the prop is a worse enemy than the water.
maybe wearing lifejackets is a freshwater thing
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:36 pm to redneck
quote:
trying to figure out who you are based on the screen name but i cant, give me a hint
I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY MET YOU.. I JUST KNOW YOU GO WITH THEM FROM THE PICTURES. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A TRIP TOGETHER.. WHICH IS WEIRD FIGURING ON HOW MUCH I GO (OR USED TO.. HAVENT GOT TO THIS YEAR BC I AM GETTING MARRIED IN 3 WEEKS AND BEEN DOING shite FOR IT ALL SPRING) AND YOU GO...
Posted on 5/10/11 at 5:49 pm to tcomea3
ahhh i gotcha, pissed i couldn't go last weekend, they SLAUGHTERED em 
Posted on 5/10/11 at 9:41 pm to flip82lsu
idiot
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:26 am to ktc22799lsu
That was a pretty stupid move on this guys part. Seen the video before, still pretty sobering to the affects of being irresponsible on the water. My buddies dad would still be alive today had he been wearing a lifevest and kill switch.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 9:59 am to tcomea3
An idiot + inexperienced at crossing a wake.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 10:00 am to 4X4DEMON
"life jacket and killcord saved his life"....but his retardedness in the first place put him in a position to risk his life. Should have never gotten in that situation.
In any case, wearing a killcord in bigger boats is your choice but now mandated by LDWF for tiller motors on smaller boats. About 4 years ago, I found a guy drowned one day in Lake Pontchartrain who was still being dragged behind his little 15ft flat with a 25hp tiller motor. No joke. I wear mine in my flat boat (with console steering) religiously ever since then especially when duck hunting and running around in the dark.
In any case, wearing a killcord in bigger boats is your choice but now mandated by LDWF for tiller motors on smaller boats. About 4 years ago, I found a guy drowned one day in Lake Pontchartrain who was still being dragged behind his little 15ft flat with a 25hp tiller motor. No joke. I wear mine in my flat boat (with console steering) religiously ever since then especially when duck hunting and running around in the dark.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 10:36 am to flip82lsu
Maybe I am wrong...but I lol'd at his dumb arse getting thrown around like a rag doll.
He has to be a complete idiot running that fast over a wake in a bass boat.
He has to be a complete idiot running that fast over a wake in a bass boat.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 10:36 am to flip82lsu
dumb arse in bass boat....go figure
Posted on 5/11/11 at 11:18 am to Tiger 79
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dumb arse in bass boat....go figure
Seems to be a recurring theme doesn't it?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 12:57 pm to Boats n Hose
You think he swamped anybody in a kayak that day?
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:54 pm to 4X4DEMON
Same thing should have happened to me last summer. I was WOT and an unexpected roller came up fast. I was very lucky for that fleeting moment.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 12:27 am to flip82lsu
This is video from Ross Barnett reservoir in ms. The guy driving the boat is or was a mechanic for a local boat shop "the prop shop". They had worked on the boat and were out checking it out I think. The guy driving has tons of experience but just made a mistake. I don't know him personally but know people that know him. Not saying it wasn't a dumb move but it wasn't due to inexperience. He had experience. It can happen to anyone if you aren't thinking. He was lucky to live
Posted on 5/12/11 at 7:41 am to flip82lsu
He don't have his trim set right. Idiot.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 8:09 am to Bayou
quote:Now that tugs use the Red River, people have to be really careful. They make a really large rolling wake that runs backward. You really can't see it until you can't do anything about it. I've been airborne before, but always at a good angle to land. Scary shite.
Same thing should have happened to me last summer. I was WOT and an unexpected roller came up fast. I was very lucky for that fleeting moment.
Posted on 5/12/11 at 1:23 pm to AlxTgr
I do not know this guy personally but I know a guy who is good friends with him. The guy driving that boat has tons and tons of hours driving a high performance bass boat. These guys live for speed. I have been driving a high performance bass boat for 30 years and have owned my own for over 20. Though most of my boats are fishing boats, they are still dangerous.
What this shows you is that no matter how much experience you have driving boats that will run in excess of 70-80 or even 90 mph, one wrong thing and you have no way out. No amount of experience will have you prepared for the unpredictable.. The guy in that crash was OK and thankfully he had on a vest and his kill switch was attached.
Lesson learned here, If you play with fire, eventually you will get burned.
My opinion = idiot. All of us who drive boats over 75 mph are idiots.
What this shows you is that no matter how much experience you have driving boats that will run in excess of 70-80 or even 90 mph, one wrong thing and you have no way out. No amount of experience will have you prepared for the unpredictable.. The guy in that crash was OK and thankfully he had on a vest and his kill switch was attached.
Lesson learned here, If you play with fire, eventually you will get burned.
My opinion = idiot. All of us who drive boats over 75 mph are idiots.
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