Fountain @ LOTO passengers injured in near rollover
09-03-2012, 08:29 PM
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It almost looked like the deep cockpit, and full wrap windshield kept the people in the boat. Thankfully they all stayed in the boat. they all had some serious injuries, and being hurt, disorientated, and thrown into the water at that speed without a life jacket on would have been a disaster. I'm so happy that everyone will recover and be ok.
09-03-2012, 08:46 PM
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09-03-2012, 08:49 PM
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09-03-2012, 08:53 PM
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Let me first jump on the Tres band wagon as I didn't want to "have" to take the course... Been running fast boats for years with nothing close to an incident. Wanted a cat and ta da... "have" to take the course. Well I can say that it probably saved me eventually having something happen catastrophic. You might be like me and not think you need any instruction but if you learn just one thing about your boat or the trim angle or the tab settings that could save you... what's the price of you or your passengers safety? for many of us the price of the course is a lot less than our deductible so stick your pride in a sock and give Tres a call.
I am like others and really hate that somebody posted that video. If you have a video of something bad happening ... keep it to yourself as it does nothing but promote that our sport is violent and for crazy folks. Don't think for a second that the insurance industry isn't watching and just can't wait to raise our rates or deductibles or whatever. The water is the last place in America we can get out with some freedom and use big horsepower. The YouTube jockeys are ruining it for us all!!
I am like others and really hate that somebody posted that video. If you have a video of something bad happening ... keep it to yourself as it does nothing but promote that our sport is violent and for crazy folks. Don't think for a second that the insurance industry isn't watching and just can't wait to raise our rates or deductibles or whatever. The water is the last place in America we can get out with some freedom and use big horsepower. The YouTube jockeys are ruining it for us all!!
09-03-2012, 09:09 PM
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Yes it was on fox news today. This is disappointing, as it may be used in the future for any reason for example our boating rights!! The fact that anyone may have been tossed out without PROPER life jackets may have been tragic. This with proper instruction could have been avoided. Settings and reactions are contributors as well the conditions. This bothers me just to watch as some may laugh, the insurance companies will not. Without high jacking this thread, Tres Martin’s Performance Boat School will donate a Lifeline Jacket to every person who enrolls in the month of September 2012 for HPC and UPC course only.
Hoping for a speedy recovery to all those injured in the boat.
Good knowledge and skills can save lives!
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(Jackets will be issued after the completion of the course, high performance pleasure jacket only #160, a $360 dollar value, tax and shipping charges not included)
Hoping for a speedy recovery to all those injured in the boat.
Good knowledge and skills can save lives!
www.performanceboatschool.com
(Jackets will be issued after the completion of the course, high performance pleasure jacket only #160, a $360 dollar value, tax and shipping charges not included)
09-03-2012, 09:46 PM
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I hope all a speedy and well recovery, another reason runs will come to a end in a few years, we need to self regulate ourselves, I hope this video tells us that, but someone should have thrown that camera in the drink asap,
I have never been to LOTO, but our river gets like that, waves bouncing off each other all day can lead to a nightmare, its not like running in the open lake in predictable waves,
I have never been to LOTO, but our river gets like that, waves bouncing off each other all day can lead to a nightmare, its not like running in the open lake in predictable waves,
09-03-2012, 10:58 PM
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Most of us are nothing more then weekend warriors, no professional training. We all need to use common sense. I am guilty of not wearing a life jacket (that will change). I also try to learn something new everytime I hit the water, we all have made mistakes in boating and if you haven't yet, you will. With that being said, it sounds like the man driving this boat has a bit more experience then most, and I think the common sense factor went out the window. When people come on are boats we are responsible for them. The people in that boat looked like popcorn way before things took a turn for the worst.
09-03-2012, 11:03 PM
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We don't know what the water was. Full on full off in sec's We don't know what it looked like or what they were thinking. If the cam was facing the water then we might could say what we would have done. I know now that LOTO is like offshore or worse. Judge not an learn. Artie
