legs vs prop

sirPARTYman · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 12:57 am Post subject: legs vs prop

One of my riding buddies had his leg run ova on a pick up run.Heres some pretty brutal pics im not sure who the dumb ass driver was but pretty scary....Could have lost his leg,bleed to death or prop to the head Rolling Eyes

fuk that chit.

kartman · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 7:01 am Post subject:

WOW!! thats why i never get behind a boat that im not 100% comfortable with the drivers ability.

heres wishing a quick recovery to your buddy.

TnR6Rida · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 7:32 am Post subject:

DAYUM!!!!

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Holy schit! That's nasty. I'd be so pissed. You have to be really incompetent to run over a rider.

sirPARTYman · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject:

LoudonTN · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject:

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject:

I dont even know how you run someone over like that on a pick up but it pisses me right off. I mean cmon, how does that EVEN go down. I confused the brake with the accelerator and confused left with right? How fricken baked or drunk WAS the driver anyway?

shaggyboarder · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject:

Well as a rider I never kick my feet under the boat, someone would literally have to try to run me over for that to happen. Wonder what the full story is. From the swim platform you have to get past the rudder and everything to touch the prop. Im glad he still has his leg. Hope he has a speedy recovery!

TnR6Rida · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 5:23 pm Post subject:

Yea what is the full story to this?

sirPARTYman · Posted: Mar 30, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject:

prior40 · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 579 City: Palo Alto

Wow, he's lucky to still have that leg. I have met more than a few people over the years that have had a limb cut off by a prop. He's a lucky, lucky man.

dav1268 · Criminal Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 67 City: Boston

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Wow, glad he still has his leg. It could have been much worse. Seems like purely bad driving to be able to do that.

OuachitaWaker · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 577 City: Hot Springs

I still to this day dont see how people can do this. What was his excuse? OH MAN HE CAME OUT OF NO WHERE

kdip · Posted: Mar 31, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject:

How did he manage to get his leg under there. Anyways I never back up into picking some one up, I usually come by slowly and cut the engine so I stop right by them.

Medina · Posted: Mar 31, 2010 10:29 pm Post subject:

WHAT THE Bubb Rubb!!!

Seriously. I have driven 2 times to pull my buddy's arround and i was scared to death to hit them so i always kept huge distant. Approach them only from the driver seat side ect...

I would be really pissed. I hope he can normally walk later... hold fast!

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

He got ran over by a nautique!?!?! Was the driver borderline retarded because you literally have to get run over for that to happen on a wakeboard boat. If it were an i/o i could see this happening with an inexperienced driver but with a wakeboard boat??? I mean you just have to...turn

Boost Deuce · Criminal Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 94 City: Fort Collins

i dont think you need a spotter for picking someone up.

If you run over the guy in the water or even get the prop close enough to them to hurt them, you're a tard.

boardordie · Posted: Apr 02, 2010 7:39 am Post subject:

How many ropes have you guys cut? Personally I've only cut 1 in 20 years of boat driving but a rider could have been in the same spot I ran over the rope and it could have been much worse. My rope cut occurred when I took a wake broad side from another boat and was pushed over the top of the rope at an idle.

Here's my theory on this situation... and this is a huge guess not knowing the whole story

1) Rider falls and "stands" on the board under the water with only chest and head above water.
2) Drive power turns the boat to return to rider.
3) Drive is going to fast back over own wake and doesn't realize how close they are to downed rider.
4) Boat plows through wake and gets knocked off amateur drivers intended course and heads directly at rider.
5) Rider tries to back stroke out of way and driver turns wheel away from rider.
6) Stern of boat swings towards rider as rider's legs surface.
7) Crunch, scream, 911, hospital, stiches = lucky son of a b!tch

The early 90's inboards all had a very small swim platform. My 92' Nautique was small enough that I could get my foot on the prop and still have my chest and head out of the water.

Oh... hope the guy recovers quickly. I also hope he learns to teach his new drivers more then the basic forward, reverse, and steering wheel! Situational awareness is huge on the water since there aren't designated lanes seperated by concrete barriers.

Board2die · Outlaw Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 244 City: Sacramento

Was the boat an i/o or wakeboard boat?

cbc2010 · Posted: Apr 06, 2010 1:14 pm Post subject:

In my experience with newb boat drivers..... A lot of them do not anticipate that when you turn a boat, especially at idle speed, the stern is going to swing around.... I had my friend run the whole back section of my supra along the pointed front of a pontoon boats pontoon.... left a good gash about an 1/8 inch deep and about a foot long.... all because he didnt realize the back end would swing so much when he made the turn.... Lucly guy to still have a leg though..... thats gonna be one bada$$ scar too...

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

wtf!!!!!! arrest the driver for being a moron!!!!

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Apr 06, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject:

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

you can always sue the boat manufacturer and win.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Apr 06, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject:

jumalian, I was about to post that.. Un effing believable...

rc5695 · Criminal Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 94 City: Greenville

That's nuts. Glad he'll be OK. Man, you have to WORK at it to run somebody over w/ an inboard... been driving them since I was ~8 (now over 30) and I've never even heard of anybody getting cut by the prop...

paus21 · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 8:55 am Post subject:

jumalian, WHAT?!?!?! You have got to be kidding me. How was that not laughed out of the courtroom let alone have them win?

Blindside_137 · Posted: Apr 07, 2010 10:17 am Post subject:

Vea · Posted: Apr 08, 2010 12:10 am Post subject:

At least he is alive!
One russian pro-rider was run over with Tige and cut both his legs off!
The guy bled to death...

sirPARTYman · Posted: Apr 08, 2010 12:13 am Post subject:

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Apr 08, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject:

That's amazing. The boat should have had a prop cage to protect him? Give me a break. You know how the boat is designed you know you can technically get run over. Just like when you buy coffee from a fast food place you cant sue if you spill it on yourself because it was too hot.

Some people just p*ss me off. This is how Americans get a bad rep. Idiots like this.

Ralph · Posted: Apr 08, 2010 6:34 pm Post subject:

This is all second and third hand so don't take it for gospel but the story I heard was:
The boys were riding triples behind the boat (3 riders - 3 ropes), the driver was one of the guys girl friends, never driven before and no spotter in the boat, unwillingly she is convinced to drive them. The place they were were riding runs a strong current 5-6 mph and it is quite narrow and takes a few changes of directions in places. The boys fall, she drives up to retrieve one of the guys and gets a little close, swings the wheel, the rider pushes off the side at the back and his legs come up from the side and hit the prop. He didn't know he was hit until 20 seconds later and the blood started flowing. Shortly after the ropes were around the prop and the boat was rendered immobile.

So go easy on drivers fault part the boys put her in a terrible position and the "accident waiting to happen" happened. Hard lesson learnt, no body was killed but easily could have been. To lump all the blame on the driver misses the point, everybody in the boat needs to take responsibility for safety, good times can turn bad in the blink of an eye.