Bat boat roll

[Pete B]

7 second clip, Of the bat boat roll, the view from midway down the course


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx3UEZAn7YA

 

[Slandrew]

No tabs on them but hard to see picture could have stuffed a little??

 

[MANITIE]

That looked vilant....

 

[sbracing]

We were a little closer...

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150101949874816&ref=mf

 

[Ratickle]

Cool, got it....


No wonder they were wondering what the heck happened. That was really vilolent......

 

[Ratickle]

No tabs on them but hard to see picture could have stuffed a little??

After talking with the guys, and looking at the boats involved, pretty much what happened is one of the steering rams failed completely and the boat made an instant hard left. They think, and maybe from the vids we can tell, that as they were sliding sideways the impact from the Cotner Trailers boat instgated the roll. But it looks to me as if the roll happened before the impact.

Chris said when it rolled the first time the hatches were torn open, and on the second roll their helmets were actually ripped off from the water intrusion.

 

[sbracing]

We saw it rolling before it hit us.

 

[Ratickle]

We saw it rolling before it hit us.

Have you started on your hull yet?????

 

[sbracing]

Have you started on your hull yet?????

Pulled drive and motor and removed seats etc.....from cockpit. Going to cut out floor to get fuel tank out this week.

 

[Donskihp]

The rolled bat boat, what is the history on that boat? I was told that there were only 7 (24') made. Scott Utah from Reilgh NC. had one that he aparently lost in a repo after losing the motor last year, in Clearwater race?