Biggest boat ramp fail I've ever seen
07-27-2015, 09:42 PM
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Someone on another forum said those come with a LH prop and the guy probably swapped it for a RH and freaked out when it went the wrong way. Made sense to me, if you look at it in the beginning it looks like he's trying to pull back up to the concrete and it goes in reverse. Probably panicked after that. Not sure why it sounds like its on the limiter lol that was just a bad decision.
07-27-2015, 09:49 PM
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Ive grabbed the throttles and shoved em full throttle a couple times thinking I was shifting into forward till my brain realized shifters are not on the right hand side anymore on the new boat.
07-28-2015, 06:58 AM
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I'd love to know what happened here....at first I was thinking the rough idle may be the rev limiter but you can hear him rev it up past that at 10 seconds in the video so no clue if he has some 1000hp dragster engine or what the heck I'm hearing.
07-28-2015, 07:11 AM
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to me it looks like he gassed it a little to get off the trailer..... at that point the throttle stuck at a high idle. Then looks like he jammed it in forward and the rest is the result..... I've seen the exact thing happen at my marina once and after a bit of panic the guy pulled the kill lanyard, problem solved..... but in a panic sh*t happens.......
07-28-2015, 07:23 AM
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if you keep watching the video , what is up with all the people watching people launch their boats? is there nothing to do there or there must be some really great entertainment at boat ramps in havasu .
07-28-2015, 07:27 AM
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I think hit reverse and throttle at the same time and the rest was pure panic.
I know on my old profile the sticks were mounted low on a floor pod, there was more than one occasion when I shoved it into gear and my forearm hit the throttle...talk about dockbuster! Actually a huge safety issue, if the automotive world it would have been a recall.
I know on my old profile the sticks were mounted low on a floor pod, there was more than one occasion when I shoved it into gear and my forearm hit the throttle...talk about dockbuster! Actually a huge safety issue, if the automotive world it would have been a recall.
