Geronimo36
Charter Member
Yet another reason and example for people to STOP jumping boat wakes....:dupe:
:leaving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEETjztLqI
:leaving:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEETjztLqI
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Don't jump boat wakes....
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waterboy222
New member
wow, how he didnt crater his head on the hullside is BEYOND me!
Sunsation96
Charter Member
That is crazy glad to hear he is okay.
JupiterSunsation
New member
If it took the friends 10 minutes to retrieve his unconscious body they should be shot!
Sucks but those boats suck for anything wave related.....
Sucks but those boats suck for anything wave related.....
Geronimo36
Charter Member
I guess ok is a relative term ie; cracked sternum, broken ribs, bleeding around sternum and almost broken neck and collarbone! :lurk5:
Seriously though, I've seen and experienced more accidents pleasure boating over the years from boat wakes than anything else.. My friend billy broke a few vertibrea from a tug boat wake in the east river on a 35' Sonic... It wasn't very fun watching it happen from a hunded yards away, jumping on the boat and holding his neck straight in fear it might have been broken... and this was only @ 70 mph. Live and learn I suppose....
Davidmnc
Contributor
I guess ok is a relative term ie; cracked sternum, broken ribs, bleeding around sternum and almost broken neck and collarbone! :lurk5:
Seriously though, I've seen and experienced more accidents pleasure boating over the years from boat wakes than anything else.. My friend billy broke a few vertibrea from a tug boat wake in the east river on a 35' Sonic... It wasn't very fun watching it happen from a hunded yards away, jumping on the boat and holding his neck straight in fear it might have been broken... and this was only @ 70 mph. Live and learn I suppose....
The more painful a lesson is, the memorable it is. Funny how that works.
Trim'd Up
New member
That's what I was thinking when I watched that. He should have been out of the water quick with someone right there watching. That boat was on the edge in the whole video.
fund razor
Founding Member
Oh my God. That was nasty. I hate those little boats.
Boat wakes can be ok. I mean... that video of No Reservations (41 Apache) hitting a cruiser wake with lots of hull in the water at a very reasonable speed, he got a little lift but the boat barely changed it's attack angle to the water, which was dam near parallel.
The boat was in complete control the whole time. I don't even think that his drives left the water. It was really an overtaking situation, but the boat he was overtaking had a wake.
You won't get me in one of those bass boats.
Boat wakes can be ok. I mean... that video of No Reservations (41 Apache) hitting a cruiser wake with lots of hull in the water at a very reasonable speed, he got a little lift but the boat barely changed it's attack angle to the water, which was dam near parallel.
The boat was in complete control the whole time. I don't even think that his drives left the water. It was really an overtaking situation, but the boat he was overtaking had a wake.
You won't get me in one of those bass boats.
fund razor
Founding Member
No doubt.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
Neck injuries are weird. A friend crashed skiing on Gun Lake, broke his neck, drove himself to the doc. Held his head the whole time himself. As I said, weird.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
Good point. Experience is so exagerated these days. I'm sure the attorney told them to say that because it's gonna be the boats fault.....
2TR
Competitor
I like how the poster of the video replied to one person comment that the Bass boat driver was experienced and had has jumped waves before. Well just becuase you have ass in the seat time doesn't always mean you know what your doing.
Guys lucky he did not snap his neck and end up in a wheel chair eating with the assistance of a tube.
Guys lucky he did not snap his neck and end up in a wheel chair eating with the assistance of a tube.
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Wrinkleface
Founding Member
ouch!!
redhotsommer
New member
Don't be jumpin' boat wakes...oh...ya mean like THIS?!
This is bound to get some comments from our little peanut gallery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHa9M9wAV_g&feature=related
This is bound to get some comments from our little peanut gallery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHa9M9wAV_g&feature=related
Perlmudder
New member
ouch!
