Dad Wrecked the New Bass Boat

[DayCruiser]

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Recently here we had one bass fisherman killed and another in that boat injured. The one killed was chopped up by the prop. The other said he didn't know what happened. Just woke up(from being not conscience) in the water. I remember a couple years ago this Cig boat landing on the shore in the trees.
Speed can kill the experienced driver on a straight track with known variables. Much more so on a chaotic Lake. I don't know if speed was a factor in the bass boat but I can't think why else they ended up in the water. They obviously didn't use the safety shut off switch

 

[sasto]

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We lost 2 this past weekend. They were determined to be going just under 30 mph. I have a friend that is paralyzed due to a hard grounding at 25 mph. A young man being pulled on a tube hit a bridge piling a couple months ago, doing 12 mph, died. A guy I worked with lost his son a few years ago, stepped from the dock to his boat at night, found him 2 days later. Another guy I worked with spent 5 years in the hospital due to a crash in a boat race. He was strapped in a safe racing seat with a canopy, going 50 mph!

Keep safe out there!

 

[southkogs]

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Glad your dad has come through the event with minimal damage.

Frankly, I've gotten to like the competition style bass boats less and less. Especially since moving to TN I've seen them get waaaayyyy too fast and I've seen them nearly do what's in that video several times. A nice center console rigged out as a destroyer of fish is equally as "cool" but MUCH more stable.

I still like fishing out of the old 14' tubs with a 10hp tiller outboard.

Hope he gets to keep fishing for a long time to come.

 

[Lucy7]

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Lucy,
Your posting re the bass boat purchase - you wrote [quoting you]

So, we loaded up his truck and headed to the lake. He loves driving that boat fast. I'm so glad we went with the fast one. I even got to drive it. I can definitely see how much fun it is! Wow! [end quote]

I'm happy to hear you Dad's ok - however I agree with Thajeffski - your Dad is/was foolish - a 21 foot boat with
250hp ..............and your considering repairs -

I know you right. Is there anyway to put a smaller, slower engine in it? I don't want him killing himself and someone else. That would be my fault.
After reading all your entries, we were lucky he didn't die or another person. It's time to be Momma.

 

[ezmobee]

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I know you right. Is there anyway to put a smaller, slower engine in it? I don't want him killing himself and someone else. That would be my fault.
After reading all your entries, we were lucky he didn't die or another person. It's time to be Momma.

Absolutely. You could put any outboard motor on it. They make 'em in all sizes.

 

[lncoop]

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From the sound of it there's a good chance the boat will be written off, at which point it will be a matter of starting over any way. If you want to slow him down you should be able to buy a really nice slower rig with the payout.

 

[marapoint]

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I know you right. Is there anyway to put a smaller, slower engine in it? I don't want him killing himself and someone else. That would be my fault.
After reading all your entries, we were lucky he didn't die or another person. It's time to be Momma.

Lucy,
I'd reduce the hp and insist he take a Boat Handling and Safety Course before he gets the keys back. I have and it was well worth it.
Best of Luck to you and dad,
bobby

 

[Bamaman1]

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I have 4 friends on the Bassmaster Elite circuit, and high horsepower big engined bass boats are their lifelines to a paycheck. The sometimes have to run an hour at full throttle to get to the best fishing holes. The faster they get there, the more casts they make, the more chance they pull in that big lunker and they then make the big $. Large 21' hulls are the only way their bodies can stand the pounding of white caps on a big lake. FYI: Pro fishermen carry so much tackle, and their boats are very heavy--about 74 mph max carrying 50 gallons of fuel. Most 21' bassboats with 250 hp motors are running well over $50K.

As far as Lucy goes, the Forum has ruled that "Dad" needs to step up and take financial responsibility for the collision. He's just fortunate to be living. If he really wants to fish, he needs to get a boat that's less dangerous--and slower. Don't enable him to get back in the same position again.

 

[smallboatlover]

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good to hear that your dad is ok. That could have bin bad. Just my advise even tho no one cares ill give it a shot.
get the bass boat fixed up if it's cheap enough to. Then take him to look at lund fishing boat. i know this was mentioned before just saying the benefits of a lund. there real nice fishing boats not speed boats. there very stable and will ensure that this won't happen again. get him a nice little 16-18' lund with a 40-60hp on it and a trolling motor that should be plenty of speed but safe since deep v hulls don't ride on a pad of the boat but most of the boat. atleast take a look at these types of boats see if you can get him a way from a bass boat and into a fishing boat.

 

[wingmastr23]

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good to hear that your dad is ok. That could have bin bad. Just my advise even tho no one cares ill give it a shot.
get the bass boat fixed up if it's cheap enough to. Then take him to look at lund fishing boat. i know this was mentioned before just saying the benefits of a lund. there real nice fishing boats not speed boats. there very stable and will ensure that this won't happen again. get him a nice little 16-18' lund with a 40-60hp on it and a trolling motor that should be plenty of speed but safe since deep v hulls don't ride on a pad of the boat but most of the boat. atleast take a look at these types of boats see if you can get him a way from a bass boat and into a fishing boat.

This is exactly what you should do.....and if he doesn't like it - buy him a lawnmower instead.

 

[royal0014]

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Glad Dad is ok, but somebody needs to be the adult here. Time for a good hard talk, what we in the South call a 'come to Jesus meeting'. Make him tell you what actually happened. And have him read this thread......

You have recieved some good advice here, I hope you listen :facepalm:


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[dockwrecker]

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OK, I need to man up here. I was one of the original peeps that said what Dad wants and you can afford, go for it. I would think that this incident SHOULD have put the fear of God in him, not many people walk from a 70 mph boat crash. What's Dad saying about all of this? Does he get it yet?

 

[cavalier858]

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Can I be Dad?

 

[Frank Acampora]

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First of all, Dad needs to "man up" and take responsibility for his actions. You were a very good daughter to buy him the first boat but that should be it. Easy come, easy go! He will never respect his things if you always buy them for him.

It is out of your hands now. You need to step out of the picture. Let him do what he will with the boat. Lessons learned hard often stick better.

And unless dad is incompetent, then you cannot and should not try to control his actions.

He may be a danger to himself, but that is nature's way of getting rid of the chaff.

 

[mancho]

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Greg in that video doesn't look too bright. Hope your dad is smarter. Is he working on his bucket list oe something?

 

[Sharp Shooter]

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Boats can be dangerous slow or fast. In my business (Filming boat races and regattas) I've lost a lot of friends. I've seen and even video taped dosens of boat flips. By a large margin most aren't fatal.

It's good to hear he's ok.

Keep on boating!!!

 

[aerobat]

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ladies and gentlemen. with all respect and without blaming anybody - are you sure this thread is real? ever thought about this? i must say the story is more than strange... so what? the family is smart enough to have the money for a bassboat as a gift-going +70mph where alone the outboard will be a size where you can imagine how much it would cost. the gift is a boat which has no space and no joy and no sense beyond speeding with it. daddy, a 65 year man and a beginner in boating has no other idea than firewalling the lever but is smart enough to survive a 70 mph crash.

well, and then instead of keeping being smart and calling the insurance company instantly it is debated at a public forum what and how to repair, when it should be obvious that at a crash with 70 mph there is not much to repair and beyond this its a mircale that daddy went away from this flipping over and hitting something other than water at that speed. there are no informations where it happened and no photos of the boat.

i must say in real boating life i never heard something like that , anybody of you?

best regards

 

[blifsey]

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aerobat makes a good point. Between first thread and current thread there have been no pictures of the boat pre or post wreck. Plus, how did the dad "trip" in a bass boat going 70mph? The dad hasn't even expressed truth in what happened but we know he was doing 70mph?

 

[DuckHunterJon]

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Lucy, glad to see your Dad is OK, but as a brand new father (daughter is now 5 weeks old), that's pretty awful. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he tripped and hit the throttle accidentally. BUT - that boat should be equipped with a kill tether, as mine is. The motor should have shut down when he tripped.

I have a similar boat, that will do similar speed. It needs to be respected. Hopefully he learned a lesson, but the fact that you are concerned about fixing the boat says he hasn't. A decked out Tracker, Lund, Crestliner, etc will catch just as many fish, just as well as what he was on. If he's bent on the speed part, please talk him into automotive drag racing, where he is not posing a danger to the general public.

 

[skargo]

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