People ejected from bass boat

[Scream And Fly]

Many times in videos like this, the way people are operating the boat we can see some disaster coming. Not really so in this case. This one surprised me.


https://youtu.be/1AkgjPkCQXc?t=18s

[home made tunnel]

Many times in videos like this, the way people are operating the boat we can see some disaster coming. Not really so in this case. This one surprised me.


I saw that pretty clearly... He was following another boat, went to cross his wake while up on the pad... Mid-boat wanted to keep going with the wake's wave, and off he went. Most of these spinouts I see are usually from going over another boat's wake.
Glad to see they were OK, and hopped back onboard !!! No life jackets / helmets... lucky they didn't smack their heads and pass-out underwater!
I bet they were freezing after the adrenaline subsided haha.

[XstreamVking]

I think I read somewhere that he lost steering. I dunno.....

[FORBESAUTO]

I heard same thing about steering. Makes you wonder when fixen to pass someone though.

[HydroHaulic]

old video.. he lost steering... you can see him turn wheel left and boat dives right.. ejection

[flabum1017]

old video.. he lost steering... you can see him turn wheel left and boat dives right.. ejection


:iagree:

[freeebird]

Yep, I've seen this one. Two things... they were wearing life jackets, and it was a steering part that failed.

[bigbore]

Yup-dual-cable a good idea-although sometimes hydrolic can fail and have the same thing happen (not likely though),the other thing though always closer to the boat in front of u before u shoot across the wake,otherwise getting caught in slow rollers is part of it to.

[FORBESAUTO]

Should have been hydraulic, never seen a Triton without it.

[whipper]

Steering only failed because he failed. At 2.56 his prop left the water on the pad crossing a wake diagonally.{BAD IDEA} the bow touched as the stern was coming across the wake and the starboard side of the boat was listed.The props rotation surfaced at higher rpm at the crest of the wake started the sterns rotation to port. You can see the Port side DIG in. That was the end of control. The sudden g force caused him to snap the wheel Port but as the rotation had started he had no chance of recovery. :rolleyes::rolleyes: lol if his steering was damaged it was because of his studded stop and yanking the wheel. I broke my mid section doing just that. High G force Right turn Klide. LOL At the end you can see the size of the wake he tried to cross. If he said his steering failed it was to only save his ego from being bruised. lol A little to convenient crossing a wake he never should have and at that exact time steering failure. Maybe Im wrong but thats what it looks like to me having did that many many times. haha:eek::D

[home made tunnel]

Steering only failed because he failed. At 2.56 his prop left the water on the pad crossing a wake diagonally.{BAD IDEA} the bow touched as the stern was coming across the wake and the starboard side of the boat was listed.The props rotation surfaced at higher rpm at the crest of the wake started the sterns rotation to port. You can see the Port side DIG in. That was the end of control. The sudden g force caused him to snap the wheel Port but as the rotation had started he had no chance of recovery. :rolleyes::rolleyes: lol if his steering was damaged it was because of his studded stop and yanking the wheel. I broke my mid section doing just that. High G force Right turn Klide. LOL At the end you can see the size of the wake he tried to cross. If he said his steering failed it was to only save his ego from being bruised. lol A little to convenient crossing a wake he never should have and at that exact time steering failure. Maybe Im wrong but thats what it looks like to me having did that many many times. haha:eek::D

I agree - - - So many waves in the Bay up here... I'm used to it also. He may have assumed with the glassy water, he was probably just going to glide over the wake lol.

[W2F a V-King]

Steering only failed because he failed. At 2.56 his prop left the water on the pad crossing a wake diagonally.{BAD IDEA} the bow touched as the stern was coming across the wake and the starboard side of the boat was listed.The props rotation surfaced at higher rpm at the crest of the wake started the sterns rotation to port. You can see the Port side DIG in. That was the end of control. The sudden g force caused him to snap the wheel Port but as the rotation had started he had no chance of recovery. :rolleyes::rolleyes: lol if his steering was damaged it was because of his studded stop and yanking the wheel. I broke my mid section doing just that. High G force Right turn Klide. LOL At the end you can see the size of the wake he tried to cross. If he said his steering failed it was to only save his ego from being bruised. lol A little to convenient crossing a wake he never should have and at that exact time steering failure. Maybe Im wrong but thats what it looks like to me having did that many many times. haha:eek::D


:iagree: But regardless...I can't believe the FOUR boats passing soon after it happened didn't stop to assist ?? :mad: WTH

[speedinstream]

:iagree: But regardless...I can't believe the FOUR boats passing soon after it happened didn't stop to assist ?? :mad: WTHthats why I call them bassholes guys in water at daylight o well we got to go catch are 3lb bass

[W2F a V-King]

thats why I call them bassholes guys in water at daylight o well we got to go catch are 3lb bass

True that for those guys.
I have a bass boat and fish as well, but if someone needs help, you can fish later.

[pt-73]

Steering only failed because he failed. At 2.56 his prop left the water on the pad crossing a wake diagonally.{BAD IDEA} the bow touched as the stern was coming across the wake and the starboard side of the boat was listed.The props rotation surfaced at higher rpm at the crest of the wake started the sterns rotation to port. You can see the Port side DIG in. That was the end of control. The sudden g force caused him to snap the wheel Port but as the rotation had started he had no chance of recovery. :rolleyes::rolleyes: lol if his steering was damaged it was because of his studded stop and yanking the wheel. I broke my mid section doing just that. High G force Right turn Klide. LOL At the end you can see the size of the wake he tried to cross. If he said his steering failed it was to only save his ego from being bruised. lol A little to convenient crossing a wake he never should have and at that exact time steering failure. Maybe Im wrong but thats what it looks like to me having did that many many times. haha:eek::D

I don't think they did anything wrong. If you ever went to a rally and ran with a bunch of STVs and Allisons and whatnot, you will go like that for miles and be going a lot faster. They weren't flying the bow that high.

The bolt broke. It was going to break and it picked that time to do it. Maybe an ARP bolt would have prevented this accident. I don't know what they had.

[H2OPERF]

Sounded like he was slowing down too... but I learned along time ago if your gaining on a boat cross the wake as far back as you can when you get closer it only gets worse... Dave

[AZMIDLYF]

https://www.facebook.com/micke.bengtsson.73/videos/10153003023898543/

How about this spin...

[whipper]

AZMIDLYF not a tunnel guy but spinning out on a straight in a vee probably same thing. To High of motor and to much trim = Spin. Move the fulcrum back so far and lighten the rest of the hull and a gust of wind along with the props rotation can turn ya! haha

[whipper]

Ok Ok i stand corrected. This is what happened. I found this buy following the clips link. haha It was the bolt and they were only doing 57mph thats why not so violent I guess. Hears a quote from one of the parents who was there.{ As a coach for one of the other schools and parent of a competitor I was there during the morning meeting and safety check. Every effort is made to make safety the top priority and thank God these boys survived this without injury. Mechanical failure can happen to any of us. In this case a lock nut that secures the steering arm worked lose and came off just as they crossed a boat wake. The boaters that saw what happened stopped to help. From my experience the others just didn't see what happened}

:thumbsup::thumbsup::reddevil:

[Ira Tindale]

those gator boys are tough

[powerabout]

How fast do you guys go relying on one 3/8 bolt?

[flabum1017]

Some of the guys here put in a new bolt every season, others have ten year old grade 8's

[H2OPERF]

The proper bolt torqued to spec and put into tension should never fail, tightened with an open end wrench between the pan and tiller just hand snug with the lock nut tightened afterwards allows it to work and thats only going to happen for so long till it snaps off. I have taken quite a few off where the bolt turned when i removed the jamb nut.

[90 5.0]

Steering did not fail, it was checked afterwords and yes the nut was loose but that doesn't matter, the bolt threads and it was tight. The lock nut is only there as back up and it was gone but not the bolt

[SANTAFE]

Steering did not fail, it was checked afterwords and yes the nut was loose but that doesn't matter, the bolt threads and it was tight. The lock nut is only there as back up and it was gone but not the bolt

It's kinda like "Why did you T bone that other vehicle? Oh the brakes failed"
Not saying it could not happen but I am not buying it.

[whipper]

Steering did not fail, it was checked afterwords and yes the nut was loose but that doesn't matter, the bolt threads and it was tight. The lock nut is only there as back up and it was gone but not the bolt

haha OK good i stand buy my first reason why then. :reddevil::reddevil::D

[powerabout]

haha OK good i stand buy my first reason why then. :reddevil::reddevil::D
the guy couldnt drive

[Capt.Insane-o]

It was steering failure alright, ;)