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mishman · 08-16-2021, 05:26 PM

I have made my share of mistakes boating but almost always at low speed so the boat and i survived to live another day! The other day while getting gas at Shep Brown's I saw an incident that took my breath away.

A fancy speed boat had just been put into the water by the marina's boat lift machines. Two guys in the boat let the boat drift backwards away from the lifter and then it happened. The boat accelerated with a roar forward onto the paved road and clipping the corner of the dock. The lift attendant jumped off and help lift the bow of the boat off the dock and back into the water. Everyone around just looked at each other thinking the same thing "what an idiot driver" and then the boat just waltzed out of the marina. We were shaking out heads. The gas attendant said he sees crazy stuff like that at least once a week. Unbelievable.

08-16-2021, 05:26 PM	#27
mishman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 167 Thanks: 50 Thanked 81 Times in 39 Posts	had to see it to believe it I have made my share of mistakes boating but almost always at low speed so the boat and i survived to live another day! The other day while getting gas at Shep Brown's I saw an incident that took my breath away. A fancy speed boat had just been put into the water by the marina's boat lift machines. Two guys in the boat let the boat drift backwards away from the lifter and then it happened. The boat accelerated with a roar forward onto the paved road and clipping the corner of the dock. The lift attendant jumped off and help lift the bow of the boat off the dock and back into the water. Everyone around just looked at each other thinking the same thing "what an idiot driver" and then the boat just waltzed out of the marina. We were shaking out heads. The gas attendant said he sees crazy stuff like that at least once a week. Unbelievable.