Kook flipped boat?
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Originally posted by MIdnightRider
It was an accident, 75mph isn't anything that would be considered dangerous in todays speed driven boating market.
It was an accident, 75mph isn't anything that would be considered dangerous in todays speed driven boating market.
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Kook,
Sorry to hear about your accident man. When it rains it poors.
I've been reading about your boating problems lately,but this is something I didn't expect to read about.
I will pray for the speedy recovery of your friend and hope you start to feel better also. Good luck!
Sorry to hear about your accident man. When it rains it poors.
I've been reading about your boating problems lately,but this is something I didn't expect to read about.
I will pray for the speedy recovery of your friend and hope you start to feel better also. Good luck!
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Audacity- For a racing guy, 75 must seem like neutral. I know on my old Baja at 75 we were eatin' donuts and drinkin coffee wondering why we paid for marina service when we should have bought a blower. But we better just leave the real judgments and discussions to experts like yourself. Kook- I, though I'm no expert, think it's all good man, your buddy will bounce back. Midnight
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my perspective is very much the same as a video game when it come to speed for me....the same as it is when i ice,rock, and mountain climb...but i do RESPECT speed, the water, the pavement, the mountains, the 1000' frozen water falls i climb....and i know what they can do....some say i just manage choas....75 is 75!...respect it...
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my perspective is very much the same as a video game when it come to speed for me....the same as it is when i ice,rock, and mountain climb...but i do RESPECT speed, the water, the pavement, the mountains, the 1000' frozen water falls i climb....and i know what they can do....some say i just manage choas....75 is 75!...respect it...
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my perspective is very much the same as a video game when it come to speed for me....the same as it is when i ice,rock, and mountain climb...but i do RESPECT speed, the water, the pavement, the mountains, the 1000' frozen water falls i climb....and i know what they can do....some say i just manage choas....75 is 75!...respect it...
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I think its getting time to start popping the pop corn.
But seriously, 75 in any boat should not be taken lightly, regardless of size, HP, conditions, or experience. It's obvious that Kook did take the speed seriously or he and his partner would not have been wearing jackets. In the time it took to read this sentence... you just traveled a football field. Its easy to get used to running at a speed, but that doesn't speed up your reaction time or how fast something can happen.
Be careful and know your limits. Its not just about the boats limits.
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But seriously, 75 in any boat should not be taken lightly, regardless of size, HP, conditions, or experience. It's obvious that Kook did take the speed seriously or he and his partner would not have been wearing jackets. In the time it took to read this sentence... you just traveled a football field. Its easy to get used to running at a speed, but that doesn't speed up your reaction time or how fast something can happen.
Be careful and know your limits. Its not just about the boats limits.
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Ditto on the your friends recovery...
Not knowing the area and where exactly you were running, but is there any possibility you may have hooked a stump or log vice a rogue wave? I'd say for learning sake if the "rogue" was small enough not to be really seen or anticipated that the trim had to be way up to lift the bow like that. I reading all this and figuring, ok, what could've prevented this from happening?...
Otherwise a sad ending to a long boat story this year. I hope you don't give up and quit...
Not knowing the area and where exactly you were running, but is there any possibility you may have hooked a stump or log vice a rogue wave? I'd say for learning sake if the "rogue" was small enough not to be really seen or anticipated that the trim had to be way up to lift the bow like that. I reading all this and figuring, ok, what could've prevented this from happening?...
Otherwise a sad ending to a long boat story this year. I hope you don't give up and quit...