PDA

View Full Version : Another idiot with deep pockets.

cvette98pacecar
09-05-2012, 11:12 AM
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34726/bizarre+speedboat+accident+at+lake+of+the+ozarks+c aught+on+videotape/

40' Fountain Value $300K+
FU
09-05-2012, 12:11 PM
He didn't have the dead-man switch attached to him and was going 90+ MPH. Notice he accelerates while air borne then get's thrown out of the bolster. Jerk.
Lucky for all of them they were in a Fountain , many other boats wouldn't have behaved as well.
cvette98pacecar
09-05-2012, 12:32 PM
He didn't have the dead-man switch attached to him and was going 90+ MPH. Notice he accelerates while air borne then get's thrown out of the bolster. Jerk.
Lucky for all of them they were in a Fountain , many other boats wouldn't have behaved as well.

I saw that and wondered what was he thinking. I had a small 33' Mach 1 with twin screws and when she was airborne I would throttle down. That has to be a newer boat with rev-limiters on the electronics.
USAFPILOT
09-05-2012, 03:27 PM
dumbasses
Blue Flame Restorations
09-05-2012, 04:16 PM
So many smartass things I could say right now. Just don't have the heart to do it.....although those bikini tops sure did bounce good!;)
tomtom72
09-05-2012, 05:59 PM
Gee, I thought that he was trying out for the airborne division?

He should have the tee shirt with "have you dried your bottom today?" on it.

I guess with the advent of modern engine electronics you don't get kill switches with lanyards any more as standard equipment???? Although they do attach to your class I vest, if I remember right? I don't remember seeing anyone with a vest on though.