WaveRunner
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We saw this Monday on the lake, and it was very painful to behold.
From the lack of registration markings, apparently this was a pretty new vessel that the owner decided to take for a (very fast) spin Sunday night. At first we thought it may have been stolen, but the story we heard was that it had been piloted by the owner and that he was not (amazingly enough) intoxicated. We were also told that he also wasn't running his GPS system. This part of the lake is at the right side of a bend that is over 1,600 feet wide, so it wasn't tight by any means and would have been fairly deserted at night. We don't know if he was the only occupant of the boat at the time of the accident.
Both stern drives were bent way back and were horribly trashed. Can you imagine how much force it took to get this heavy of a boat up that rocky shoreline and that far from the lake?
The other boat at the left is a Ranger's boat. They were inspecting the hull damage when we went by. I imagine the hull was pretty ugly after this impact. I still cringe when I see these pictures. Safety first, folks.
From the lack of registration markings, apparently this was a pretty new vessel that the owner decided to take for a (very fast) spin Sunday night. At first we thought it may have been stolen, but the story we heard was that it had been piloted by the owner and that he was not (amazingly enough) intoxicated. We were also told that he also wasn't running his GPS system. This part of the lake is at the right side of a bend that is over 1,600 feet wide, so it wasn't tight by any means and would have been fairly deserted at night. We don't know if he was the only occupant of the boat at the time of the accident.
Both stern drives were bent way back and were horribly trashed. Can you imagine how much force it took to get this heavy of a boat up that rocky shoreline and that far from the lake?
The other boat at the left is a Ranger's boat. They were inspecting the hull damage when we went by. I imagine the hull was pretty ugly after this impact. I still cringe when I see these pictures. Safety first, folks.


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