Fountain @ LOTO passengers injured in near rollover
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Yep, you two could be twins! Ha ha, sorry for throwing it out there, but you do make a GREAT video!!! I had my 26 footer for 11 years, Hang on to it, an excellent size for alot of reasons!
I am glad you watched my video to the end, I imagine most people don't.
I wish I had that Fountain over my little 26'... I probably wouldn't be on this forum crying about cruiser wakes.
I can completely understand the confusion, us shaved head guys all look alike. But the guy in the Fountain is much better looking and is doing something in life right to have a boat like that. Me on the other hand for the last 10 years have been trying to figure what to do when I grow up.
You are absolutely right, my trailer could easily another 6"-12" of bunk height. Now I have the IMCO 2" shorty, good news I can put it almost all the way down. But the funny thing, with it being down more, I just struck a brand new BBlades lab'd prop in less than one minute of being in the water and only 2 hours out of the box. So along with my U-joints, brand new prop and wallet.... EVERYTHING IS COMPLAINING!
I wish I had that Fountain over my little 26'... I probably wouldn't be on this forum crying about cruiser wakes.
I can completely understand the confusion, us shaved head guys all look alike. But the guy in the Fountain is much better looking and is doing something in life right to have a boat like that. Me on the other hand for the last 10 years have been trying to figure what to do when I grow up.
You are absolutely right, my trailer could easily another 6"-12" of bunk height. Now I have the IMCO 2" shorty, good news I can put it almost all the way down. But the funny thing, with it being down more, I just struck a brand new BBlades lab'd prop in less than one minute of being in the water and only 2 hours out of the box. So along with my U-joints, brand new prop and wallet.... EVERYTHING IS COMPLAINING!
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I do a lot of boating on Lake Travis. I had thought rough water was coming out of Devil Cove in on a holiday weekend was rough. That water is not as rough as going back home from Aquapalooza when Brad Pasley played. There were several thousand boats all going the same direction close to the same time and the water was rough to say the least.
Even though the water was rough it was nothing like going over some crusier wakes. When I had my 26' eliminator and going fairly slow over them there was a time I top one wave and fell into the valley between the tops. I had even tried gettng off plane and trying to idle over them to see if I could get over them easier. I was so concerned about these waves hitting them at speed I took Tres's boat course to learn how to get over them better. I was taught a lot and now when I ride with friends I tend to tell them what they are doing wrong.
In reading a number of the posts I get the feeling that there are a lot of people that really have not seen some big cruiser wakes.
Knowing that these wakes are out there has slowed me way down with the fear of hitting them at speed.
Even though the water was rough it was nothing like going over some crusier wakes. When I had my 26' eliminator and going fairly slow over them there was a time I top one wave and fell into the valley between the tops. I had even tried gettng off plane and trying to idle over them to see if I could get over them easier. I was so concerned about these waves hitting them at speed I took Tres's boat course to learn how to get over them better. I was taught a lot and now when I ride with friends I tend to tell them what they are doing wrong.
In reading a number of the posts I get the feeling that there are a lot of people that really have not seen some big cruiser wakes.
Knowing that these wakes are out there has slowed me way down with the fear of hitting them at speed.
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Here on the Detroit river not only do we see some big cruiser wakes, we are, in some places, forced to deal with them in very tight areas. Due to very shallow waters you have to stay in the narrow shipping channels.. So when passing (or in opposite direction) a big cruiser you usually have to do it fairly close to the source. I just wave (no pun intended) and go about my day...
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This was me in 1995 on Lake Lanier in a 24ft Python. I was alone hot dogging around early on a Sunday morning in October. I was teathered but not well enough. I was ejected at 74 mph and the boat continued on and went 300 feet into a parking lot. The good lord was watching over me, cause the park was closed for the season and I wasn't knocked unconcious. I did shatter my leg on the windscreen as I went over. It all happened in a fraction of a second. I am very lucky to be here today. It could have been FAR worse.
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Yes you did. I can't remember we're but some where in the middle of all this is Tres' explination....
Here on the Detroit river not only do we see some big cruiser wakes, we are, in some places, forced to deal with them in very tight areas. Due to very shallow waters you have to stay in the narrow shipping channels.. So when passing (or in opposite direction) a big cruiser you usually have to do it fairly close to the source. I just wave (no pun intended) and go about my day...
Here on the Detroit river not only do we see some big cruiser wakes, we are, in some places, forced to deal with them in very tight areas. Due to very shallow waters you have to stay in the narrow shipping channels.. So when passing (or in opposite direction) a big cruiser you usually have to do it fairly close to the source. I just wave (no pun intended) and go about my day...
ed
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This was me in 1995 on Lake Lanier in a 24ft Python. I was alone hot dogging around early on a Sunday morning in October. I was teathered but not well enough. I was ejected at 74 mph and the boat continued on and went 300 feet into a parking lot. The good lord was watching over me, cause the park was closed for the season and I wasn't knocked unconcious. I did shatter my leg on the windscreen as I went over. It all happened in a fraction of a second. I am very lucky to be here today. It could have been FAR worse.
Did you have a life vest on?
Sorry about your misfortune, but glad things weren't worse. Thanks for posting. It sure is a good reminder of how fast things can go wrong.
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I do a lot of boating on Lake Travis. I had thought rough water was coming out of Devil Cove in on a holiday weekend was rough. That water is not as rough as going back home from Aquapalooza when Brad Pasley played. There were several thousand boats all going the same direction close to the same time and the water was rough to say the least.
Even though the water was rough it was nothing like going over some crusier wakes. When I had my 26' eliminator and going fairly slow over them there was a time I top one wave and fell into the valley between the tops. I had even tried gettng off plane and trying to idle over them to see if I could get over them easier. I was so concerned about these waves hitting them at speed I took Tres's boat course to learn how to get over them better. I was taught a lot and now when I ride with friends I tend to tell them what they are doing wrong.
In reading a number of the posts I get the feeling that there are a lot of people that really have not seen some big cruiser wakes.
Knowing that these wakes are out there has slowed me way down with the fear of hitting them at speed.
Even though the water was rough it was nothing like going over some crusier wakes. When I had my 26' eliminator and going fairly slow over them there was a time I top one wave and fell into the valley between the tops. I had even tried gettng off plane and trying to idle over them to see if I could get over them easier. I was so concerned about these waves hitting them at speed I took Tres's boat course to learn how to get over them better. I was taught a lot and now when I ride with friends I tend to tell them what they are doing wrong.
In reading a number of the posts I get the feeling that there are a lot of people that really have not seen some big cruiser wakes.
Knowing that these wakes are out there has slowed me way down with the fear of hitting them at speed.
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