Beached Jet

[dgie]

This guy was out at the lake where I go. I talked to him right after this hapened, as you could imagine he was pretty pissed, but mostly in shock it hapened though. He may need that blueprinting advice :eek!:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/521/18371.JPG

[Wet Dream]

Whats the story behind this one? Tried to turn but forgot the throttle? Looks like hes going to need a new nozzle too.

[dgie]

He said the steering or throttle was stuck. I was told later that he was drinking pretty heavily. If this guys boat is rigged like mine he is still stuck in forward looking at the fore/ aft control lever. The rangers said what really got them, is that there was a water safety manual in the passengers seat, when they went to look at it later.
What kind of boat and year is this anyways?

[chadjones99]

we i guess its a good thing no was killed, no OUI(dui)
if he was drinking....what state ?
lots of rocks , looks like AZ
good luck

[HammerDown]

What ever the damage is...it's still not as bad as if there was a prop from a v-drive/outdrive on it:cool:

[1Bahnerjet]

looks like he Hit the Dam (DAMN) :mad:
one very important thing with Jet Boats is to NOT let off the throttle when it looks like your gonna hit something. it take's practice, in a car if you were gonna hit something the first thing you would do is SLOW down (or try too anyway) looks like no one was hurt :) the Neat thing about Jet Boats is you can slide them up on the shore & do alot less damage than with other style of Boats :cool:

[dgie]

No one was hurt, just a checkbook....The lake is out in Ennis Texas 1 hr south of Dallas, yep got it right it is on the dam. The picture was taken by a Ranger out there.
What kind of boat is this anyways...anyone know?

[1Bahnerjet]

I'm thinkin' Sidewinder.
but really not sure...
does look like set back or e-pump. has ride plate.

[460rogers]

Most sidewinders were right hand drive.
Maybe TAHITI

[ShowDown]

That is a Taylor SS, they are all over the place in Texas.

[oknozelman]

It is a Taylor SS, made in DRumright OK. They are good boats but they are bad about porpusing.

[JetBoatRich]

did you see them slide it off the rocks:(
had to scare the hell out of them when they hit the rocks, lucky no was hurt or killed from being thrown from the boat into the rocks:eek:

[dgie]

I didn't see them hit the rocks. I didn't even hear about it until they got off the boat and walked up the ramp where I was tying my boat down to the trailer. The guy said "Hope your day went better then ours, our boats on the dam right now" I thought they just broke down, not knowing the severity. I was going to run them out there and see if they could get it going, but it was getting pretty dark at that time. Evidently they came out the next day with, from what I hear 15 boats and a ranger to get it back to the launch area to pull it from the water. I seen this picture later my sister knows the rangers and I was surprised to see it like that, thought it was minor, evidently not. Good thing the rocks are really slick or it could have been much worse...

[Debbolas]

W:eek: W
I think that may be worse than our prop "incident' above the Needles Bridge:D

[dgie]

Found out yesterday that there was not even a hole in the bottom of the boat. Lucky hu?

[Debbolas]

Totally amazing!!
Poor Jet Boat Rich, had his hull break just because he came down on a wave too hard!!!:rolleyes: