Boat on the loose

[Meaney77]

Saw this on KTLA this morning, anyone else see it?
Supposedly the driver was thrown out along with the people on the towable.

http://instagr.am/p/CAjXPXQHtmD/

 

[Bob Bitchen]

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[Ziggy]

Geezus!

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

I really hope no one was hurt, but that was FUNNY...

 

[hallett21]

We were there when it happened. Didn’t see it until after it hit the sail boat


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[liquid addiction]

Oh shit!! You would think a smaller boat like that has a lanyard. But it needs to be used.

 

[hallett21]

Took the life guards 10-20 mins to get a handle on the boat. They ended up capsizing it. It was making tight 10-20ft donuts at that point


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[Bigbore500r]

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[Ziggy]

I really hope no one was hurt, but that was FUNNY...

Read one injury on the sailboat requiring stitches.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

It was on thequalifiedcaptain, if you have instagram like that page, the stuff they post is crazy

 

[sintax]

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new Tesla boat?

 

[RitcheyRch]

Hopefully they had insurance on it.

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

Read one injury on the sailboat requiring stitches.

not as funny as it first seemed...

 

[Mototrig]

This is what scares the shit out of me with hand throttles. I'd really like a hot foot in my next boat. Hope all who were involved are not injured

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

Oh shit!! You would think a smaller boat like that has a lanyard. But it needs to be used.

kinda looked like a zodiac think a lanyard is standard with them.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

I had tiller boats since I was like 10, I dont recall kill switches on them but the throttle was always spring loaded

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I had tiller boats since I was like 10, I dont recall kill switches on them but the throttle was always spring loaded

Lets get real though, they should all have a kill switch regardless of throttle type.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I don't think I've seen an inflatable boat towing an inflatable...

Those things look like they haul ass...with no passengers.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Lets get real though, they should all have a kill switch regardless of throttle type.

They didnt have kill switches 40 years ago, just the twist throttle, im guessing in this day in age they have a teather.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

They didnt have kill switches 40 years ago, just the twist throttle, im guessing in this day in age they have a teather.

40 years ago they towed the boat back and forth across the desert to the river with the family station wagon. Now you need and F650 to tow your jet ski from your vacation house down to the launch ramp 2 miles away.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

And yet the sail boat appeared to never even try to move .......

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[MSum661]

Lets get real though, they should all have a kill switch regardless of throttle type.

I've never owned a boat, since I was 19 years old, that didn't have a kill switch.
All my boats get a kill switch. Even my newest purchase. after the sea trial.

 

[RiverDave]

Lanyards don’t work if you don’t wear them. Lol

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

And yet the sail boat appeared to never even try to move .......

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Where would you advise him to go?

 

[MSum661]

They didnt have kill switches 40 years ago, just the twist throttle, im guessing in this day in age they have a teather.

The Mercury racing snap cap style has been around for at least 35 years.
There has been a variation in name only that has come and gone over the years but Mercury racing is the easy go to these days.

 

[GRADS]

Damn, if only boat manufacturers would make something that if you fell out of the boat it would shut off, it would probably solve this problem.

 

[liquid addiction]

And yet the sail boat appeared to never even try to move .......

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Power boats are supposed to give way to sail boats, correct?

Always a pain in the ass on the Delta when there are 20-30 of them bastards and they are jogging from one side to the other. Do your best to power straight through the middle of them.

 

[DILLIGAF]

See a video like this every single year. Like clock work

 

[Flying_Lavey]

Where would you advise him to go?

Either direction would likely be a start

Power boats are supposed to give way to sail boats, correct?

Goddam Casper not knowing the right-of-way rules.....

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