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Jetboaters Admiral
- Messages
- 1,585
- Reaction score
- 1,195
- Points
- 272
- Location
- Rowlett, TX
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2008
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 23
I keep replaying this over and over in my head so I thought I would share.
So we picked up my wife's mom and her husband, and my sister in law's mom and husband for Mother's Day out on the lake. It all went well for us, but we picked them up at a marina to make it as easy on them as possible to get in/out of the boat. We brought them back and the got off with no issues.
When we were leaving, there was a boat next to us. We knew some of the people in the boat so we were chit chatting. They told us they just bought the boat, went out and bought life jackets, etc. etc. My brother in law was driving and we both started to leave at the same time. I said "wait and let them go first", and boy was it a good decision! I had parked the boat in the farthest slip that had one side open to the rest of the marina and swung the back around....essentially like backing in and we were facing forward so we got a good view of what was about to happen.
So they start backing out and all was well. He chose to back out in a different direction than I would as there was open water to one side and a little open water on the other but the dock, store, fishing pier...i.e. structure. I would have backed out straight and used the largest area of open water to turn around. He did the opposite so he had to make a sharp turn towards all the structure. He backed out a little fast and my eyes got big and my wife asked "what's wrong?" I was in shock as I knew what was about to happen.
He turned around toward the dock with a burst to stop going in reverse and was headed for docks and structure. I though..hmm maybe hell give it some reverse and slow down, get over by the dock and push off...nope! He doubled down on making the turn with no possible way of making it. He gave a big burst of throttle and hit the dock and a pole holding up the awning. It bend the pole and broke the bolts off holding it in the wood.
He then panics and throws it in reverse and hits the docks behind him. At that time the Marina manager comes running out and tells him to stop his engine. By this time we are on our merry way just looking back, but there was about a 30 second conversation and we see them pull out of the marina like nothing happened. We also see a post on facebook from them that says "Great day on the lake for Mother's Day"....without a mention of the incident.
Best decision of the day to let them go first! Lot of people buy a boat with no experience and just jump on the lake with kids and friends. All I have to say is keep you head on a swivel and be careful out there.
So we picked up my wife's mom and her husband, and my sister in law's mom and husband for Mother's Day out on the lake. It all went well for us, but we picked them up at a marina to make it as easy on them as possible to get in/out of the boat. We brought them back and the got off with no issues.
When we were leaving, there was a boat next to us. We knew some of the people in the boat so we were chit chatting. They told us they just bought the boat, went out and bought life jackets, etc. etc. My brother in law was driving and we both started to leave at the same time. I said "wait and let them go first", and boy was it a good decision! I had parked the boat in the farthest slip that had one side open to the rest of the marina and swung the back around....essentially like backing in and we were facing forward so we got a good view of what was about to happen.
So they start backing out and all was well. He chose to back out in a different direction than I would as there was open water to one side and a little open water on the other but the dock, store, fishing pier...i.e. structure. I would have backed out straight and used the largest area of open water to turn around. He did the opposite so he had to make a sharp turn towards all the structure. He backed out a little fast and my eyes got big and my wife asked "what's wrong?" I was in shock as I knew what was about to happen.
He turned around toward the dock with a burst to stop going in reverse and was headed for docks and structure. I though..hmm maybe hell give it some reverse and slow down, get over by the dock and push off...nope! He doubled down on making the turn with no possible way of making it. He gave a big burst of throttle and hit the dock and a pole holding up the awning. It bend the pole and broke the bolts off holding it in the wood.
He then panics and throws it in reverse and hits the docks behind him. At that time the Marina manager comes running out and tells him to stop his engine. By this time we are on our merry way just looking back, but there was about a 30 second conversation and we see them pull out of the marina like nothing happened. We also see a post on facebook from them that says "Great day on the lake for Mother's Day"....without a mention of the incident.
Best decision of the day to let them go first! Lot of people buy a boat with no experience and just jump on the lake with kids and friends. All I have to say is keep you head on a swivel and be careful out there.
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