Unbelievable that someone would drive a boat like that. I have been thrown out of two boats in my younger years. Needless to say I don't ride in boats with anyone! I only drive or don't go. Doesn't surprise me the boat has NV #'s on it either.
Someone else brought up self preservation earlier too, why didn't she do anything for herself "just in case" kinda deal.When I was younger I had a friend that was 23 with a lot of money big house etc we were all single. We all spent a ton of time at his place etc. One Friday night I showed up and first thing he says is hey jump in my new car lets go for a ride and I say ok. I had no idea he was drunk and willing to drive his new LS1 GTO like that with 100 miles on it. We get in and he starts really getting after it, we get to a straight away in a residential area with new building and go past a parked flatbed at about 110. I said Brent dude slow down but he was totally out of control and had this big stupid grin on his face with a big dip in. He than turns downhill in a neighborhood and accelerates to over 100 tries to make a turn on his street and we wipe out about 20K in landscape and send red GTO parts like fucking confetti all over the neighborhood. Keep in mind this is 2 houses down from his house. My point is I knew I was in trouble but I didn't demand anything I was just trying to be cool. If I had to do it again I would have knocked the mother fucker out at my first chance and walked away.
Someone else brought up self preservation earlier too, why didn't she do anything for herself "just in case" kinda deal.
Your experience alone shows just how easy it is to loose your own fate.
She just as well probably had too much faith, afterall, supposedly he'd been spinning the boat out all day. Possible her faith was out of focus from "having a fun day" partying and dancing in steamboat all day.
Plain and simple is the captain is responsible to bring all passengers home safe and sound. Something this guy didn't do.........at all.[emoji22]
There's more to it. Not my place though and I'm sure it will all come out eventually
Of course more facts will emerge. Right now its raw with speculation, shock, anger and emotions.There's more to it. Not my place though and I'm sure it will all come out eventually
There's more to it. Not my place though and I'm sure it will all come out eventually
When I was younger I had a friend that was 23 with a lot of money big house etc we were all single. We all spent a ton of time at his place etc. One Friday night I showed up and first thing he says is hey jump in my new car lets go for a ride and I say ok. I had no idea he was drunk and willing to drive his new LS1 GTO like that with 100 miles on it. We get in and he starts really getting after it, we get to a straight away in a residential area with new building and go past a parked flatbed at about 110. I said Brent dude slow down but he was totally out of control and had this big stupid grin on his face with a big dip in. He than turns downhill in a neighborhood and accelerates to over 100 tries to make a turn on his street and we wipe out about 20K in landscape and send red GTO parts like fucking confetti all over the neighborhood. Keep in mind this is 2 houses down from his house. My point is I knew I was in trouble but I didn't demand anything I was just trying to be cool. If I had to do it again I would have knocked the mother fucker out at my first chance and walked away.
I had a friend in HS that was an idiot behind the wheel. He wrecked numerous cars and never got hurt. When he came back from Viet Nam he was worse. It was like he had some kind of death wish. I got into a situation with him one night and was crazy scared at how he was driving. We were drinking and when he pulled over to take a leak, I reached over, dropped the car in gear, and ran it into a ditch.
He started going off on me and I just told him I'd walk as far as needed to get back to my car, but I was not riding another foot or allowing him to drive another foot......Frickin' idiot
This clown one time moved a guy's 65 Mustang so another car could leave a late night poker party. He came back in a few minutes later and handed the owner his keys. When the party broke up around daylight, the4 guy says, "Hey Wally, where'd you park my car?" He casually replies down there......Down there was at the bottom of a hill about 40 feet down up against a big tree. Complete idiot thinking it was funny.....skull
Hard to understand anyone still riding with the guy if in fact that video was prior to the crash. One of those sweet pit maneuvers and he would be taking me to the shore for my exit and an ass beating. You couldn't get drunk enough as a passenger for that to feel fun. That video is pretty violent and there is no way all 6 of them stayed in there seats during that. However after the spin it sounded like he pulled back on the throttle. I can't understand anyone continuing to ride in the boat after.
This just gets more bizarre by the hour.
Couldn't see the video, but I can't imagine anyone trying to swap ends on a boat. At least more than once.:eek
Are you still friends with this moron?
Served in AZ he may stay there for a while, rightfully so. Served in CA, not so much.Wow. That's a bunch of jail time.
Not to take attention away from the point at hand or thread jack, but i have an honest question. I have only driven a handful of stepped v bottoms and the largest was a 28 heat so i dont have any real seat time on a stepped v. What is the best manner for a sharp evasive turn? Trim in and back off the throttles so the transom plants in the water?
I don’t think this dipshit was just making a turn and this happened, he was trying to spin the boat out like a jet boat several times that day on purpose. If he knew these driving tips it wouldn’t have mattered
Exactly, I'm going with speed and alcohol like the article said, oh yeah, and dipshit. What a tragedy.I don’t think this dipshit was just making a turn and this happened, he was trying to spin the boat out like a jet boat several times that day on purpose. If he knew these driving tips it wouldn’t have mattered