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had a scare today

stclairriverblaster

stclairriverblaster

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had a scare today.

was out. st clair river again.. wot. the motor bogged and as i looked back i hit a set of rollers and almost sideflipped/backflipped the boat.. the driver rear corner hit and then the nose went under( aka a stuff) even though it was a minor one.. and wwater went flyin over the nose. i had about 1/4 boat full of water. lets just say i was bilging for awhile

just when you think your comfortable wiht something.. and have it down pat. the min you loose respect for it it bites you in the ass.. lets just say im very lucky..

but that feeling when your just barely touching the water. sort of in a floating limbo.. its extacy.. its addicting and thats what im in this for..

people say boating is stupid and pointless. they just havent experienced what boating is truely about.
 
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The good news from all of this is that all the water you took on and bilged covered the fact that you wet yourself! lol

Good to hear you made it through...
 
You're right about the respect thing...same thing goes for on a bike, once you loose respect, someone is gonna get hurt. I haven't had a scare like yours ever yet, but sometimes it takes one to regain the respect we all need. I've totally learned that it does not matter how fast the boat is, ...if the driver is not expierenced or doesn't have respect, then it's a scary (and unsafe)ride. I rode in my friends first boat. He's 30 years old and just got a 24' VIP open bow with a 350 mag. Boat tops out in the low -mid 50's and the first time I rode with him was the scaredest I'd ever been on a boat. His ignorance was horrible.. He said (about boating) What's there to know... Watch out for sticks and boats don't have brakes. What do you tell your best friend in a situation like this?
 
tell him to get he hell out of the drivers chair..

i have been out on the water all my life.. and i respect it dearly.. my eyes are peeled for rollers.. or even a rough patch.. but this time.. somthing in the back startled me.. and i glanced and it was too late.. what was done was done.

i know whatcha mean.. you can easily get killed out there.. and its very awkward to put your life in somone elses hand . when you know they are in experienced.
 
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