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mc_x15 09-08-2010 11:34 AM
Dude gets thrown from boat crossing huge wake/wave
 
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crazy- sorry about the slideshow

plhorn 09-08-2010 11:43 AM
ouch

bcrider 09-08-2010 11:59 AM
Wow, looks like he was close in too shore where the waves were cresting. I'm sure that hurt a bit getting tossed and landing on the side of the boat.

Riteride 09-08-2010 2:13 PM
haha that is funny. Good thing he did not get run over.

bmartin 09-08-2010 2:34 PM
Looks like the captain got tossed and wonder if he had his kill lanyard attached or someone else was at the wheel? Looked like a pretty good bruising or worse.

srock 09-08-2010 2:34 PM
He is lucky he did not get under the boat and chopped up. I cannot tell how they recovered the boat.

I watched a dive boat do the same thing except it did not right itself. It was a 35' single screw inboard. Not enough power to stay ahead of the breaking waves in the inlet. It got caught from behind at the starboard corner of the boat and pushed into the trough and over.

srock 09-08-2010 2:40 PM
Just noticed it's two inlets north of me in Jupiter. Hammer down buddy!

guido 09-08-2010 3:37 PM
Holy crap... crazy. That's a big boat to be getting rag dolled around like that. Looks like whoever grabbed the controls did a great job. That guy's lucky to be alive.

baitkiller 09-08-2010 3:43 PM
The mate scrambled up from the cockpit and saved the boat. Lifeguards watching the surfers recovered the captain. The photog was shooting surfers in the inlet and so happened to catch the action. I think the boat is a 48 Garlington but not 100% sure. I last heard the guy is in pretty tough shape. listed critical and on a ventilator with spinal injuries. There is a thread on THT. (The Hull Truth .com) that has great detail from people involved.

Good thoughts and prayers offered here.

dudeman 09-08-2010 6:16 PM
Serious pucker factor.

tre 09-09-2010 7:10 AM
I hope he is ok. I have no idea how that could happen.

gdavid 09-09-2010 7:34 AM
Unfortunately he passed. He was a very well respected captain and a heck of a nice man.

wakeandsnow27 09-09-2010 10:04 AM
wow. RIP.

psudy 09-09-2010 10:08 AM
Jesus, thats awful. Didn't look bad enough to kill the guy. I guess you can't really see what happened before he went over though. RIP.

mendo247 09-09-2010 11:14 AM
He passed? wow, didnt see that coming. R.I.P

bmartin 09-09-2010 12:34 PM
Wow such a high price to pay. Profound condolences to the family and friends of the captain.


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