- Oct 4, 2006
- 2,335
- Boat Info
- 2003 280DA and 1995 Sea Ray 175
- Engines
- Twin 4.3l and 3.0l, all w/ AlphaI GenII drives
Wow, that is some story. Glad none of you were hurt.
Never been in a boat accident myself, but a friend has. Night time, drunk guys driving around at high speed while they were fishing. It was a rather brightly lit area of the Patuxent River and this guy hit their boat on the starboard bow side and launched right over top of them sitting in the rearward facing seats. My buddy said he vividly saw the registration sticker of the boat pass about a foot in front of his eyes...while he was sitting there. Boat was totaled, they were otherwise fine. DNR hauled off the drunk guys...
We had our first close encounter just three weeks ago while trolling in the Potomac River for some Bluefish. Wife was driving, I was sitting in the rearward seat. It was kind of rough out (~1-1/2ft. waves) I didn't see it, but a boat heads towards us, on a line towards our center port side. About 20 seconds before we'd intersect my wife says "this guys is going to hit us!". I look over and here he is, pounding the waves. She cuts towards him and he passes beside of us, probably 40 yards or so....in this huge river. As I stand up awaiting to gesture towards him, I see the driver and two other guys seated, in this yellow bowrider with tower. None ever look towards us. They are just bashing their way through the waves towards the shore....
Tom
Never been in a boat accident myself, but a friend has. Night time, drunk guys driving around at high speed while they were fishing. It was a rather brightly lit area of the Patuxent River and this guy hit their boat on the starboard bow side and launched right over top of them sitting in the rearward facing seats. My buddy said he vividly saw the registration sticker of the boat pass about a foot in front of his eyes...while he was sitting there. Boat was totaled, they were otherwise fine. DNR hauled off the drunk guys...
We had our first close encounter just three weeks ago while trolling in the Potomac River for some Bluefish. Wife was driving, I was sitting in the rearward seat. It was kind of rough out (~1-1/2ft. waves) I didn't see it, but a boat heads towards us, on a line towards our center port side. About 20 seconds before we'd intersect my wife says "this guys is going to hit us!". I look over and here he is, pounding the waves. She cuts towards him and he passes beside of us, probably 40 yards or so....in this huge river. As I stand up awaiting to gesture towards him, I see the driver and two other guys seated, in this yellow bowrider with tower. None ever look towards us. They are just bashing their way through the waves towards the shore....
Tom