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Did anyone see this in the narrows over the weekend?
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Apparently somebody ran their boat aground. I found these pics on craigslist. Someone was asking for info on the crash.
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WOW!
They really had to be running pretty good to get it up that far. I hope everyone on board is okay.
I have seen some real doozies out there at times. Most of them either involved alcohol or lack of sleep or common sense. Just shows how careful we all have to be when we are plying the waters no matter what sort of craft we prefer.
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Saw that on CL too.[inline "Boat Crash.bmp"]
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Here is someone's post from CL with the 411....
[url "http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/boa/1841770357.html"]http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/boa/1841770357.html[/url]
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"BTW the a-hole on the Sea-Doo fled the scene."
what a d bag.
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Wow. It can be very dangerous through those narrows.
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From CL
"Brand new 29 hallett, i know the owner of the boat, & his fiance very well, also another 2 of my very good friends (another couple), were on the boat along with 3 other people i don't know (7 total).... everyone is going to be ok, bruised up a bit and very sore, a couple of the passengers were air lifted as a precaution but no major injuries from what i've been told.
An idiot on a sea doo cut in front of them in the narrowest part of the narrows and then did a 180 right in front of them. The driver was forced to make an evasive turn in one direction to miss the sea-doo, then an evasive turn back the other direction to stop from running up onto the rocks. It was at this point the boat spun out and ejected all 7 passengers. Since there is no kill switch and no self returning throttle on the boat (like most other boats that size) the boat then took back off and ran itself up the rocks.
Another friend of mine was up in front of them when it happened in his eliminator, he just happened to look over his shoulder when it all went down, he hauled ass to the opposite side of the narrows from where all the passengers were in the water (thinking everyone was still on the boat up rocks) and was yelling into the boat if anyone was ok, he then turned around and noticed everyone back on the other side a couple hundred yards away i'd guess, he went over there and started throwing life jackets and shit in the water, and doing a head count, everyone was there (no one drowning or under water)
BTW the asshole on the Sea-Doo fled the scene."
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Thats a dam shame[frown]
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