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Lake Sammamish in 07. Hit a submerged log near the sunken forest and it threw me from the boat at 50mph. Hell of a ride and was thankfully not injured and the non boater brought the boat under control. He was thrown from the passenger seat into the drivers seat. 9k of damage to the hull. My best guess is that a tree outside the sunken forest bouy line shifted and is now just under the water line at low water. I had driven the boat over that line many times without incident. Now, I streer well clear of the area. I have gone back over the trail left by my gps and found nothing. So I either sheered it off and it's not visible or it was floating when I struck it. Either way I stay well clear of the bouy line.
Mark
Lake Sammamish in 07. Hit a submerged log near the sunken forest and it threw me from the boat at 50mph. Hell of a ride and was thankfully not injured and the non boater brought the boat under control. He was thrown from the passenger seat into the drivers seat. 9k of damage to the hull. My best guess is that a tree outside the sunken forest bouy line shifted and is now just under the water line at low water. I had driven the boat over that line many times without incident. Now, I streer well clear of the area. I have gone back over the trail left by my gps and found nothing. So I either sheered it off and it's not visible or it was floating when I struck it. Either way I stay well clear of the bouy line.
Mark
I learned about barge wakes on the river the hard way. During a qualifier a few years ago, w my new 20i w a 250. going too fast, didn't understand the severity of the barge wakes, my co-angler was motioning for me to slow down, and I slowved from 70 to 50, then all of a suuden there it was the HUGE void right after a barge wake. I launched the boat, prop out of the water for a good 3-4 seconds, landed hard, and got very lucky nobody got hurt. Another boat said they had to look up to see my prop. No real damage to the boat, no injuries to either of us, but another boat had done the same thing, broke the hull, and the back (i think) of the driver. We were lucky, and I feel fortunate to have learned that lesson safely.
I'll 2nd that - Skeeter I Classes land like there on a pillow after going airborne.
Russ
Once on Lk Washington my buddy and I took off before light and we were going pretty slowly when a boat passed us. I didn't like that so I told Bill, "watch this" and opened it up. We went flying by the guy and were going about 60mph when I saw the silhouettes of some birds in front of us, Coots I think. One of the birds changed it's mind at the last second and turned right in front of us. There was a weird splash and wall of water that soaked both of us. About 2 minutes went by before Bill looked over at me and said "my face feels kind of oily". We both had some kind of bird oil all over our faces.
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