Bass Boat Crash on YouTube

[12VoltMan]

Just thought I'd share this video with you all. Please wear your life jacket and kill switch. . . because you never know!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEET...eature=related

[walkeraviator]

Yeah, I have seen this video a few times. Nothing i have seen is a better example of a reaosn why we wear life vests and kill switches.

[Basswipe]

Can anyone tell what make/model that boat is?

Another very important lesson from this one is respect the limits of your boat. That boat obviously didn't handle choppy water at high speed well at all. It was bouncing and chine walking all over the place. He pushed it too much.

[CTFSHWHISKER]

i didn't watch this link,i'm on dial up here,too slow..if it is the one i'm thinking of it is a triton tr20 or 21 probably.the reason for the walk is he is running way more trim than needed,plus the wind would cause a lot of ill handling,had to be a descent wind with that size of chop.as far as the wreck part,he did not appearantly know how to handle the boat.do agree with the life jacket and kill switch,but if his head had busted the side of the boat on the way out,none of that would have mattered..anytime you hit,jump waves with that much positive trim the boat will be a handful at 60+

[VMAXX]

Boat brand didnt matter looked like driver inexperience, he couldnt control the chine in the straight runs and then try to cross a wake at that angle...... probably first hi-po boat

[Basswipe]

I disagree on part of that, Brand does matter. Some boats are built to barely catch water and go really fast, some are designed to be more stable, but not as fast.

I'd say his was the type designed to be really fast but not so great in rough water.

I'm not bad mouthing one type or the other, just pointing out a fact.

I do agree about his inexperience. He didn't know the safe limits of his rig.

[raincheck]

I pushed every boat i ever had too the limits.But then i was going fast in a 12ft row boat some 40 yrs ago.Dad put a new 20hp drive it by handle on it.Scare the crap out u from a dead stop jump right out of the water.Never tryed too turn it at high speed and had it in 10ft rollers.Got my picture in the Bay City Times in a speedo shooting carp with a bow.Should have never got rid of it.The bottom line is the bass boat is an accident waiting too happen,slow down save a life.I can think of 2 dead from them in my short time here in Ky.Most bass boat driver,s are going too fast and if this keeps up in Ky don't cry when they put speed traps out every weekend.Goverment wants our money,needs our money will get it 1 way or another lol
Lets Make 2011 a safe yr in Ky.
Terry Adolph
River Bassin USA
Go green stay in shape fish from a kayak.
I'll never drive my kayak on water too fast.

[waterdog101]

I think a monkey could operate a boat like that.

[R19]

I have seen the video about a dozen times on another web site that I go to. There has been a lot of discussion as to what brand boat it was. If my memory is correct the boat was made buy a small company called Dominator that I think is no longer in business. Around 1:04 and 3:43 if you take a good look it appears to say DonimatorX2 on the top cap.

Regardless of boat brand there are examples of what not to do in the video along with examples that saved his life. Thankfully he was wearing a life vest and a kill switch. I am sure the results from the wreck would have been much worse if he was not using his saftey equipment.

I know a lot of boats chine walk but his set up seemed to chine walk to the point of losing control even when he was running in light chop. His set up needs adjustment to make the chine less severe. Crossing a wake at full trim wide open throttle while the boat is in a heavy chine walk is a recipe for what people saw in the video. I mean no ill words towards the boater and I am thankful that he is alive but he had poor driving judgement and I bet he learned a valuable lesson.

If you know somebody that just got their first "high preformance" boat the viedo would be a good one for them to watch.

[walkeraviator]

OK.. so this brings up a discussion.. What causes chine walk, and how can it be cured? I know Dads Stratos will chine walk above 60mph (18ft fish/ski)...

[R19]

I will try to answer your question to the best of my ability. Somebody please "chine" in and correct me if my information is incorrect...LOL

A boat hull has chines (raised ridges) that run from the front of the keel and stop near the back of the pad. Some boats when running near full speed have a problem staying up on the center of the pad. The pad I am refeering to is the somewhat flat V area at the very back near the transom. The chines are suppose to help channel water so the V or pad can run stable and run in clean water. When a boat has trouble with chine walking the pad is falling off the V from side to side...look at the severe wobble in the video that is chinewalking at its worst.

Most boats that have trouble with chine walk are rigs that are capable of 60mph or more. Think about it...the faster the boat the less there is in the water to keep it under control. Running a boat a speeds above 60 is really a balancing act. When all you have in the water is very little of the pad keeping it balanced can be a hand full to drive if your set up is not correct.

To help adjust chine walk you can put a jack plate on the transom. That will move the motor/prop back farther from the pad and let it run in water that is less turbulant. With a jackplate motor height can also be adjusted to help control chine. Typically the higher the motor the less chine. Just dont raise the motor too high or you will lose water pressure. A 4 blade prop gets better bite and helps reduce chine walk. Also too much positive trim can promote chine walk. You also need to have your load evenly spread across the boat. Too much weigh on one side will help promote chine walking. So as you can see there are a lot of variables that play into having a perfect set up...correct motor height/set back/trim angle/prop/weight distrubution. When you get things adjusted as best as you can the boat will be balanced on the rear part of the pad and will not fall off from side to side.

The most common method to combat chine walk is to make steering adjustments with the steering wheele. Look on you tube for instructional video's on how to drive a boat that chine walks. It is an esay method to learn but it does take time to learn if you are going to rely on a video to show you how. I recommend to find a boater that know how to drive a boat that chines because that will make the learning process much faster...when it feels like the boat is going to fall off to the side put slight pressure on the steering wheel like you were going to make a slight left turn then bring the wheel back straight. For boats that chine a lot it will look like the driver is whipping the wheel constantly from left back to straight ahead. You do this as smoothly as possible because you are not tyring to change the boat into a left turn. What you are really doing is applying torque against the rotation of the prop that makes the V in the pad jump back ontop of the center of the V in the pad.

Sorry for such a long reply. Hopefully I explained it correctly and I did not confuse you.

[DJD]

I agree that this is a great example of too much boat for the experience of the driver. Jumping wakes at full speed in a boat might be fun but as demonstrated here can be dangerous.