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06-27-2020, 08:34 PM | #1 |
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Bad Day at Mountain View Yacht Club
Like Ted Kennedy's Delmont 88, cars don't float!
Went in the water today. |
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06-28-2020, 05:53 AM | #2 |
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Not the first time this happened.
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06-28-2020, 06:25 AM | #3 |
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At least it was a car this time, not the Mountain View fork lift!
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06-28-2020, 06:27 AM | #4 |
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I'm pretty sure this vehicle exceeds the legal length limit for I Dock...an email from the manager is on it's way!
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06-28-2020, 06:42 AM | #5 |
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How did the car end up taking a swim?
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06-28-2020, 06:44 AM | #6 |
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06-28-2020, 07:12 AM | #8 |
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Ahh, now it makes sense! Thanks for the clarification.
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06-28-2020, 08:07 AM | #9 |
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"Thought I hit the brakes, but I must have hit the gas."
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06-28-2020, 09:51 PM | #10 |
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We were there just after. Apparently the driver pushed the accelerator intending to stop. When the car didn't stop, he pushed harder and the FWD climbed up and over the steel bulkhead ~10". I think two men in the car and two dogs. The men got out and a valet attendant jumped in, broke a window and got the dogs out. Nobody hurt. Hope that's accurate. The boat in the slip had just been moved. No damage to boats, docks or people. A minute or two earlier or 10-15 feet left or Right could have been a real catastrophe. People on C Dock, across from Valet put out their lawn chairs to watch the tow truck rescue.
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He was only there for a short period of time .
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06-29-2020, 03:42 PM | #13 |
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It reminds me of this picture that I posted in our gallery back in 2002 (yikes!). Forum members of the time had fun captioning it in this thread on our old forum.
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Thanks, Don. Both Rusty Bear and Barney Bear offered suggestions in this thread. Rusty Bear is now in permanent hibernation. 🐻 🐻
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MVYC reacted promptly and well. Besides jumping in to save the dogs, as we were coming in from the lake, they stopped us and asked us to tie up at the guest dock. Special attendant tasked just for this, then offered a golf cart ride to the valet area where our car was parked. Wer went downtown and when we got back we drove to valet, where they had moved our boat from the guest dock to valet.
For those not familiar with MVYC the guest dock and valet are at opposite sides of a huge facility. Golf cars for staff are necessity and sometimes they give assistance to members. Irwin at MVYC does a great job and we love them for it. |
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