Nandy
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Everyone is ok... I went boating today to Mountain Island lake. Took the kids with me. We went to the sand bar and had a good day. In my way back to the ramp I decided to take one more spin around the island just to cruise a bit. My step brother has always warn me about "last somethings..." as I head to the bridge no wake zone I saw this nice Chris Craft getting off the no wake zone... Before I could count to '10 Mississippi" that boat was in top of us. I had shift to neutral to stop the motor thinking he saw us but then when I realized he was trimmed to high to see us. I tried to back away from him but his was in a course straight to us... He hit our bow and he still didn't knew he hit a boat...
He did not have any damage other than the rubber from my rubrail in his gelcoat. Later on I was able to scratch it out with my nail. I was not that lucky. My bow is pretty much torn... Bow light came off the screws but stayed connected by the cables. He stopped and you could tell he was in shock. He was a true gentleman. He asked us to follow him to his house in the lake and we could do any calls we needed there. He was just testing that boat, he has not bought it yet... Dang! He called the owner and made sure the insurance is in effect. I have no insurance for he boat, I will change that coming Monday... We exchanged info and I called the NCWRC. They say that unless someone is hurt or there was over 2k in damages I did not have to report it. The officer gave me his number and told me to call him later if I found out the damages was over 2k.
I think this is a very bad way to end the day or try a boat... I was not mad... Somehow I was very sorry this happened... But I replay it in my mind (believe me I had 100 times in my mind so far) and I dont think I could have avoid it other that if i had decided to just go to the ramp... Let's say my season ended the same day it started...
Anyway, I need to take it to some place for an estimate. If anyone from the NC gang can tell me where to take it that will be great as I have no idea right now... Here are some photos...
He did not have any damage other than the rubber from my rubrail in his gelcoat. Later on I was able to scratch it out with my nail. I was not that lucky. My bow is pretty much torn... Bow light came off the screws but stayed connected by the cables. He stopped and you could tell he was in shock. He was a true gentleman. He asked us to follow him to his house in the lake and we could do any calls we needed there. He was just testing that boat, he has not bought it yet... Dang! He called the owner and made sure the insurance is in effect. I have no insurance for he boat, I will change that coming Monday... We exchanged info and I called the NCWRC. They say that unless someone is hurt or there was over 2k in damages I did not have to report it. The officer gave me his number and told me to call him later if I found out the damages was over 2k.
I think this is a very bad way to end the day or try a boat... I was not mad... Somehow I was very sorry this happened... But I replay it in my mind (believe me I had 100 times in my mind so far) and I dont think I could have avoid it other that if i had decided to just go to the ramp... Let's say my season ended the same day it started...
Anyway, I need to take it to some place for an estimate. If anyone from the NC gang can tell me where to take it that will be great as I have no idea right now... Here are some photos...