Close Call

[Dave Stewart]

Yesterday we had a close call on N. Barkley that was as close as you can get to a bad accident without actually ending up dead or badly injured.

A couple of guys in a maroon Triton came up from behind me on my right side and made a 90 degree left turn across the bow of my boat. We only passed within inches of one another....got a boat full of the spray off his engine. It was the same time that the FOM guys were all running from takeoff so I suspect it was one of their teams but no way to be sure and I did not get the boat number...too busy taking evasive action and cleaning out my drawers afterwards.

Be careful out there folks...the crazies are loose and have in their hands a lot of horsepower and no common sense and even less experience.

Not likely this could happen but just in case the team that almost hit me does read this: Do yourself and all of us a favor, sell your boat and take up golf. Just be happy that you are still in one piece today...accident or not, if I had been able to recover in time and not had a boat full of clients you would not have made it back to the ramp yesterday without calling an ambulance or more likely and air evac.

[countryboyky]

its sad to say Dave, but there are even idiots in our sport.. Glad ya all are ok. Been there done that before..

[Roddy]

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Damn, how stupid was that. Shouldn't suprise me, I had a boat do about the same thing this sumer while I was pulling Lucas on a knee board . Had to turn and come off plane to avoid the collision.

Glad everones ok, even the idoit.

[JR19]

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Dave if I was your client for the day I would have told you to follow that boat... we need to go have a talk with them

I am not bashing tournament anglers but for some reason adrenalin takes over an common sense goes away when your on the clock

[BumbleBill]

Had something similar happen at Plapps tourney. The guy said he was wearing a helmet and could not see us.

[billius]

Glad you and your clients escaped that one. I agree with JR19, if I had been with you...we would have gone after those a** clowns.!!!!! I've chased guys like that down before. I usually have some commentary to make to them about their ancestory.

[JonBoat14]

Glad all is good Dave. Was in an accident in VA last month from folks doing stupid stuff on the water.

[Dover]

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say it ain't so !!!! ....glad everyone is ok

[S.Curtsinger]

Dave..interestingly enough..we were almost run over by a maroon triton sat morning in the BFL..almost hit us head on..he was running toward the canal.. steve

[Dave Stewart]

Odds are it was the same boat I imagine.

[S.Curtsinger]

guy was a real a-hole...we had to come off plane in order to avoid him..he come within 30 ft of us running wide open...I dont get it..people are willing to risk their own lives and the lives of others out there..

[Dave Stewart]

I will tell you what I am seeing more and more of...folks running wot with their eyes glued to an lcr screen following their gps tracks....reminds me of the folks that I see drifting across centerlines on the roads with a cell phone stuck in their ear......

[fishinbrad]

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Honestly, since Swindle's little escapade in the Classic, I have seen a lot more people taking chances in high-speed boats... Not blaming him, but I think ESPN did all of us an injustice by showing it over and over again - kinda de-sensitized everyone to it, and made a lot of the wannabes think "I'm good enough to control my boat too!"

[S.Curtsinger]

I have seen this alot also dave..especially on the twins..but these guys need to quit depending totally on their electronics...you and I both know the gps is a great tool..but running 70 mph..10 ft of error on that chart could be lights out on barkley right now..aside from the other boats coming at you doing 70 while watching a screen