Boat Crash

[flipin4bass]

Good thing this guy was wearing his vest and kill switch.

[RatherBfishN]

It is always a good idea to wear your vest with kill switch cord attached. Especially if you plan on driving your boat like the guy in the video.

But the video kind of looked like it was staged as possibly a training video. It said he was in the water for 10 minutes..what the he** was the guy taking the video doing while this guy was bobbing in the water?  

RBFN

[Way2slow]

Wonder what the fool was thinking trying to quarter a wake like that with a hull trimed up and flying like that in the first place.   Must have been his first experience with a high performance type boat.

At least it was a good thing he had the since to have a good vest and using his rip cord.

[DINK WHISPERER]

I did that going about 55mph once and i almost flipped over! It was my first boat and i had no idea i was not suppose to cross the wake of another boat. It was a terrifying experience!!!!!!

[smallie.huntin]

Saw this the other day on here, scary stuff.   What is the proper way to cross a wake (read: not jump)?  My boat tops at 45-48 MPH and I know I will come across this this summer on the CT river.  I am pretty sure I would trim down to allow the bow to "cut" through the waves some but is there anything else?  What angle should I hit them at?  

[cart7t]

Saw this the other day on here, scary stuff. What is the proper way to cross a wake (read: not jump)? My boat tops at 45-48 MPH and I know I will come across this this summer on the CT river. I am pretty sure I would trim down to allow the bow to "cut" through the waves some but is there anything else? What angle should I hit them at?

It's usually best to quarter a wave though you sometimes don't have that option.

His problem, besides being a complete idiot who obviously had no idea what he was doing,  was too high a bow attitude, too little wetted hull surface in the water, followed up by what looks like driving into a wind which eventually lifted the hull completely up and nearly created a blow over situation.  Running up on pad like that he had nearly zero control over that boat,  the thing was already a pretty skatey deal anyway.  Did you see that thing chining in the earlier shot and him sawing on the wheel?   :

You're right in trimming down.  Trim down,  attempt a quartering entry into the wave, reduce speed depending on wake size and be prepared.