Tree Kills Plastic Boat!

[Chris.]

There is a message here about appropriate speed .....
The caption under the photo reads:
This $375,000 boat was only 1 week old. The owner was going 80 MPH when he made a sharp turn. It threw him and his passenger out of the boat. He didn't have the kill switch on so the boat kept going until a tree stopped it. Location is stated as Lake Hartwell. Anyone know it? Bloody lucky it wasn't another boat it went through .....

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/weird/weird458.jpg

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/weird/weird457.jpg

[ 08-31-2004, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: Chris. ]

[jonsailr]

Wonderfull picture smile.gif

[Big Red]

Who would pay 375 grand for a plastic sh*t box like that? Needs his head read. Pity it didn't burst into flames ;) Hope the tree was alright.

[Norske3]

Hey...a boat wanting to be made of wood real bad.....a tree hugger....good thing the passengers were throw out before that...

[John Bell]

Hartwell is a big lake on the Savannah River, on the GA/SC border.

We've got a few of those big, dumb Fountains on our lake. That's one reason we tend to skedaddle from our slip to a cove ASAP. Penis boats, my wife calls 'em. Makes up for the owner's, er, shortcomings.

[Torna]

The only tragedy is that the 'boat' was probably insured. You and I just paid $375k of our hard-earned for that thing.

I wonder what the engine sounded like as it was hanging there in the tree. At full throttle with no load on the prop and no cooling water, how long do you think its death scream lasted?

-leif

[Bob Adams]

Assuming the occupants are OK..... :D

[Ken Hutchins]

I am keeping a copy of that photo to take to my insurance company and insist they understand wooden boat people do not do things like that. There have been problems with getting insurance for wooden boats, lets all make an effort to turn the tide of insurance denials against the fast plastic idiots.

[Victor]

The good thing about Fountains is they leave less wake than a jetski.

[Norske3]

EXCELLENT point Ken!

[JimD]

Needless to say the tree that kilt it wuz made out of wood :D

[Venchka]

Where's the Gummit when you need them? A low flying Cruise Missle like that needs all kinds of redundant safety features to stop the engine without relying on the "responsible adult" behind the wheel to do the right thing.

Floozie is a prime example. Video Guy has to jump through hoops to register his boat. Meanwhile, any IDIOT with enough cash can buy and operate a lethal weapon on any body of water he chooses.

Makes you wonder, eh? :confused:

Wayne
Content with 5+ knots in the Swamp. :D

[Ronin NW]

This photo actually was published with a short blurb in the BoatUS newsletter. They described that the boat wasn't insured because the owner didn't have any previous experience with a boat like that. The column ended something like:
Q: was this boat insured?
A: No.
Q: Does BoatUS insure go-fast boats to owners with no experience operating them.
A: No. And now you know why.

The only way this could happen is one big idiot with too much cash and no brain. They also mentioned that the driver & passenger were thrown into the water and were okay... relatively speaking. We'll hope it knocked some sense into 'em, but I'm sorta doubtful.

[Hwyl]

I sort of like Fountains (O.K. I like all boats) but they are the only boat that I've gone 100mph in. I guess they are similar to Lamborghini's, I like them but cannot imagine a reason to own one.

In the world of go-fast boats, I think they have a great product. I wonder if it was bought from a dealer and if the dealer has an education program.

I wear the "dead man cable" even when I'm going fast in a whaler.

[ion barnes]

If you go to Wrecked Exotics, those pix are on page 2 of Weird/Funny group, but go to page 9! Not all fools have a need for speed, non-attentive skills required.

[Hal Forsen]

VROOM! VROOM!
D'OH!
HF

[John Bell]

I tend to agree with you Hwyl, that any boat can be cool. Even flying phalluses (phalli?) like this one.

Hard to beleive it was not insured, though. Especially if a bank was involved.

I've always thought Fountain was a marketing genius. The signature feature of all their boats is the big reverse curved beak on the stem. This makes what would be a 35'er by any other builder measures 38' on a Fountain. This makes Fountain's 38'er less expensive that the other guy's 38'er. Besides, everyone knows bigger is better, and if you can get a 38' boat for the price of a 35, you win! :D

[Big Red]

Is it right to feel such glee at its destruction?

So what kinda tree was that? Tough bugger whatever it was. Good for boat frames or no?

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

and guys with glass boats are forever saying they don't need maintenance.. :rolleyes: :D

[Dan Cavins]

I was hoping that with the advent of Viagra we'd see less of these boats. And yeah, who the hell would pay $375,000 for one of those boring things?! Geez. Dan.

[Steve Paskey]

Q: was this boat insured?
A: No.
Q: Does BoatUS insure go-fast boats to owners with no experience operating them.
A: No. And now you know why.
When I applied for insurance with Boat US, they asked me how many years experience I had, I told them, and that was that.

Granted, I was insuring a small sailboat, not an expensive go-fast powerboat, but do they actually verify experience? What's to prevent a novice owner from lying?

[ 09-05-2004, 04:41 PM: Message edited by: Steve Paskey ]

[Bruce Hooke]

Originally posted by Steve Paskey:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Q: was this boat insured?
A: No.
Q: Does BoatUS insure go-fast boats to owners with no experience operating them.
A: No. And now you know why.
When I applied for insurance with Boat US, they asked me how many years experience I had, I told them, and that was that.

Granted, I was insuring a small sailboat, not an expensive go-fast powerboat, but do they actually verify experience? What's to prevent a novice owner from lying?</font>[/QUOTE]What's to prevent a novice owner from lying? Nothing, until they wreck or damage their boat in an idiotic way and the insurance company starts asking for some evidence that they have the experience they claim. If they can't produce such evidence then the claim could be denied because the applicant would be deemed to have knowingly supplied false information in the application. Heck, if it was really blatant I wonder if they might even go after the applicant for attempted insurance fraud...

[botebum]

I never could figure out how to fish out of those go-fast boats. Getting to the fishing grounds fast (and back when a storm's brewing) can be handy but... well, I guess he's shore fishing now anyway. Silly Boy! Tsk Tsk.