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LargeOrangeFont said:
Understood. The geriatric members sometimes get confused easily.
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pixrthis said:
Has the brains to be able to buy a boat like that but not enough brains to be or have a designated driver. Sad to hear about the passengers who trusted him.
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Just imagine if it was a production boat the armchair quarterbacks be screaming stupidity etc but since it’s quad mercs and expensive boat it’s different circumstances IMO luckily no serious injuries and stupidity comes in all forms.
 
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LargeOrangeFont said:
If the guy was in a $50k boat and people here didn’t know him, you’d get the typical RDP hyperbole saying he should be dead, or how they would kill him if they were one of the ones affected.

Funny how the softballs get lobbed when it’s an expensive boat and/or the operator is someone people know, or are a degree or two of separation from.
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When I first joined the fuckery that is "RDP", it was due to a night time wreck that took the lives of several. At first, it was never mentioned about booze being an issue, pretty sure most knew it though. I didn't know the people, but I felt for their families and friends.

Everyone makes mistakes. Maybe in this case they assumed the operator was ok to drive. Maybe it's because they knew they weren't, maybe their judgment was impaired? Mistakes were made. Financially and also it seems criminally. Maybe they'll learn a hard lesson, but they may learn.

I don't know them, just as I didn't know the first group mentioned. If this were on the river, and lives were lost, I'd volunteer again if a search were needed.

People screw up. No reason to berate them while they are in the hospital as well as others. At least that's my feeling. If there's a history of it though, that may be a different story...
 
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Justfishing said:
A boat like that must have some high end navigation. Gps, mapping. You should be able to navigate no matter the darkness or weather
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aaaand that's were the....impared.....would come into the convo sadly. Too toasted to understand the map? Maybe he confused his return path line w/something else? Sad deal for all........choices, they really do matter.
 
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Justfishing said:
A boat like that must have some high end navigation. Gps, mapping. You should be able to navigate no matter the darkness or weather
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I think they said it was a 2014 model. Accuracy might be up to 300’ off.
 
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These types of crashes are always going to be part of boating. It is just the way it is.

This crash is hardly unusual. Same thing happened 1 mile from my home just last week. Another in Tampa the week before. Miami last month.
 
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RVR SWPR said:
“Coming in Hot” does not come close to describing this so called accident. The bottom of that boat appears to have little damage except at the transom.
He did not lift till he hit the house.
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Starboard side appears to be fuckered
up from the dead rise back. Hit it at an angle, bounced and rolled off the facia?
I’m surprised it stopped where it did. Bounce off the break water must have absorbed a lot of energy and sent it up?
 
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C-Ya said:
These types of crashes are always going to be part of boating. It is just the way it is.

This crash is hardly unusual. Same thing happened 1 mile from my home just last week. Another in Tampa the week before. Miami last month.
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Were they drunk as well?
I don’t consider drunk driving or drunk boating as “just the way it is”?
(And I drink)
 
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Singleton said:
I was raised no wake once the sun has set.
No matter what the law says, that is the rule I will always follow
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Exactly, slow down. Operate, navigate. It's similar to not quite flying flying, but on water. You hit the water at 40mph, you know it.
 
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was thatguy said:
Were they drunk as well?
I don’t consider drunk driving or drunk boating as “just the way it is”?
(And I drink)
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Drunken boating is never going to go away. That truly is…… the way it is.

I am not encouraging it, I am just being realistic. I must ad……. There will always be “that guy”. Lol
 
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I’m sure it had giant screens for navigation. They are pretty acurate with land and where you are. So either the guy was very very intoxicated like 1.5 or something. Or was preoccupied with another passenger.

Sucks for those involved. Healing is the first step
 
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I’m fairly certain the driver will be at home eating dinner at his house tomorrow while the rest of the families are suffering.
 
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I did a lot of night cruising around Vancouver in the past, never exceeding 30 mph. Looking at this picture, this boat didn't just grounded, he had to haul at speed to fly into the house and ending upside down on the lawn The operator is in deep sh....t IMO.

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Well,at any rate the initial hit was shoreline rocks,that boat was well on plane when he hit the rocks.Not much bottom of that boat hit rocks. Next obstacle was the house and the landing on the lawn bottom up. How anyone survived should be considered act of God.
 
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Joker said:
I’m fairly certain the driver will be at home eating dinner at his house tomorrow while the rest of the families are suffering.
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Having been passenger in high speed boat accident I can assure you that the drivers problems are just beginning. The accident that I was involved in the driver was sober and no charges were filed. If the driver was in fact intoxicated he has to deal with the legal system and that’s just the beginning of his problems. He is going to get sued by every passenger on the boat. He’s going to have to retain a lawyer for the foreseeable future. He might be home eating dinner but his nightmare is only just beginning. In the immortal words of Joe Exotic ~

“I Am Never Gonna Financially Recover From This”​

 
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Kfabe said:
Having been passenger in high speed boat accident I can assure you that the drivers problems are just beginning. The accident that I was involved in the driver was sober and no charges were filed. If the driver was in fact intoxicated he has to deal with the legal system and that’s just the beginning of his problems. He is going to get sued by every passenger on the boat. He’s going to have to retain a lawyer for the foreseeable future. He might be home eating dinner but his nightmare is only just beginning. In the immortal words of Joe Exotic ~

“I Am Never Gonna Financially Recover From This”​

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I believe it was posted that the owner/operator received a skin graft on his back. If that's the case, he won't be in his own home tonight. Depending on the skin and muscle damage, sitting back in a chair (or on a flight) may not be an option for a bit :(
 
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Anyone here ever gone boating with a bunch of friends and not gone home with all of them? I haven’t, but I’ve seen it several times when I was working at Pyramid Lake. It’s indescribable.

You’re all out there to have a good time and something terrible happens because the driver chose to drink and drive and make stupid decisions.

Is it that difficult to wait to have those drinks?
 
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monkeyswrench said:
I believe it was posted that the owner/operator received a skin graft on his back. If that's the case, he won't be in his own home tonight. Depending on the skin and muscle damage, sitting back in a chair (or on a flight) may not be an option for a bit :(
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It was a passenger that had the skin graft on his back.
 
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Bpracing1127 said:
I’m sure it had giant screens for navigation. They are pretty acurate with land and where you are. So either the guy was very very intoxicated like 1.5 or something. Or was preoccupied with another passenger.

Sucks for those involved. Healing is the first step
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Intoxicated, preoccupied and the zoom was out too far on the nav?
 
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The drivers house is close to us, he also has a big MTI. Prayers to all involved.
 
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That looks like the 39 sport (because of the dive door) capable of doing almost 90 with a set of 450s. I would say that boat was probably around a 70 mph boat. Depending on options they weigh 12000 poundish. They are built to withstand offshore boating so they have a very strong hull as evidenced by the fact that thing hit that house while being airborne maybe 3 feet. When I was there I don't remember building any without GPS systems and I built a number of them with FLIR. Judging by the fact that these were 300's I'm assuming this was more of a "budget" build so they probably didn't have a FLIR system.
 
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You guys are brutal. Boating is fun and can be dangerous. Most people here chase that magical 100mph performance mark - kinda dangerous itself. Most people drink on the water, it's almost a tradition, it doesn't mean anyone was "hammered" or incapable. Nightime makes everything dicey when there is a shoreline near. I had a friend involved in something similar in LHC years ago. Have some sympathy, help with the boat, and learn from your experience. If you want to be REALLY safe, stay at home.
 
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C-Ya said:
These types of crashes are always going to be part of boating. It is just the way it is.

This crash is hardly unusual. Same thing happened 1 mile from my home just last week. Another in Tampa the week before. Miami last month.
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Yup I remember several nights sleeping in our cabin cruiser on the California delta and hearing loud fast boat's hauling ass in the middle of the night usually with the same results
 
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