Boat that flipped at Desert Storm

**GotHalos** · 04-30-2013, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by rschap1

Just read about the Cig and an 8 year old girl...
:(
VERY sad

BE SAFE !!!

What happened?

**Bobby V** · 04-30-2013, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by GotHalos

What happened?

8 year old last Mon 4-22 fell off the front of the pontoon her dad was driving. Hit the prop and didn't make it.

Cig made a sharp turn and rolled on Sat. No injuries that I know of.

**HB Vic** · 04-30-2013, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by Bobby V

8 year old last Mon 4-22 fell off the front of the pontoon her dad was driving. Hit the prop and didn't make it.

How in the fuck does an 8yr old fall off the front of a pontoon while daddy is driving and hit the prop????

How does that happen??? Why did that happen??

Holy shit I'm in a foul mood now.

RIP little girl.

**Cigalert** · 04-30-2013, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Bobby V

8 year old last Mon 4-22 fell off the front of the pontoon her dad was driving. Hit the prop and didn't make it.

Cig made a sharp turn and rolled on Sat. No injuries that I know of.

I heard about the cig while eating breakfast at the springs sat morning. I guess it happened down there before 8 am. No details outside of "it rolled".

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**kevnmcd** · 04-30-2013, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Hotboat

How in the fuck does an 8yr old fall off the front of a pontoon while daddy is driving and hit the prop????

How does that happen??? Why did that happen??

Holy shit I'm in a foul mood now.

RIP little girl.

Rented toon...I guess the rental company didn't go over (or dad wasn't listening) the very important rule about not sitting on the bow while under power. Very sad!

**GotHalos** · 04-30-2013, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Bobby V

8 year old last Mon 4-22 fell off the front of the pontoon her dad was driving. Hit the prop and didn't make it.

Cig made a sharp turn and rolled on Sat. No injuries that I know of.

That is just awful. You never want to hear a story like that, sad deal all the way around. Thoughts go out to the people involved.

**rschap1** · 05-01-2013, 11:31 AM

Same thing happened in my area a couple summers ago.
Rented 'toon too.
Son was dangling feet over the bow.
Dad couldn't swim...

I just cannot imagine
:(
Such a sad thing and SO easily preventable.
I have yelled at a few doing that same on my lake and get told to "f" off pretty much.
Just HATE it!!
Also see cuddy boats with kids 1/2 out the bow hatches, or dangling legs under railings, or the proposing rig with a crowd leaning into the windshield.
Just asking for trouble.

Luckily I have not seen any injuries in over 10 years.
Hopefully it will stay that way too !!!!

**Slacker** · 05-02-2013, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by GotHalos

That is just awful. You never want to hear a story like that, sad deal all the way around. Thoughts go out to the people involved.

During Desert Storm I still saw it over and over again,,,,as they say you can't fix stupid!

**ptc** · 05-02-2013, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Cigalert

I heard about the cig while eating breakfast at the springs sat morning. I guess it happened down there before 8 am. No details outside of "it rolled".

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I had heard that a kid was driving the boat and lost his hat..... and tried to turn quick to go back and get it... guess he didnt know that you cant turn a cig around at 70mph in its own wake!.....