This is not how it is done!

[Horton]

[MattP]

Who needs a boat lift anyway... Just gas it onto the dock.. wow thats just a sad sight.

[Chuck_Dickey]

Wow! Who's the lucky winner of this insurance claim?

[gregy]

@Horton what's the story? Saw a similar situation where a driver made a u-turn on a narrow lake and was paying more attention to his wakeboarder behind the boat than the dock in front.

[A_B]

It's probably faster than using a winch...although getting it back in the water will be interesting.

[John Brooks]

I see the Ball of Spray decal prominently displayed on the hull. So will this Baller speak up?

[oldjeep]

There are easier ways to get to the prop

[Wayne]

Chuck Norris boat lift, he changes the water level instead of using a lift.

[MattP]

@john brooks that looks like a photoshop job that is covering the Registration number

[chris_logan]

I like the woman lounging in the background as if nothing is abnormal about this situation

[Not_The_Pug]

Another Malibu-boo!

[crashman]

He forgot the Malibu does not rotate in the correct direction

[The_MS]

Flood

[Horton]

I honestly do not know what happened. This photo just showed up in my email .... or something like that

[jcamp]

Coming to a ski-it-again near you.

[Waternut]

Looks like it ran up on the dock rather than a flood. You can see one of the boards kicked up at the prop and other boards kicked down. In all fairness, except for something right at the bow, the hull looks to still be in remarkable shape.

[oldjeep]

Be interesting to hear how they get it off of there. Looks like it would be tough to just push it off without running the risk of sinking it.

[Wish]

Koodose to the dock builder for building a brutally strong dock. No worries about to many people on the dock. At least they know it will hold that hot tub they were thinkn about.

[Horton]

that BallOfSpray sticker does look good

[ctsmith]

I bet that was a wild ride. Good thing they went over the pier vs under.

[jimbrake]

Canyon Lake?

[GOODESkier]

I think it is a lake in WASHINGTON STATE. Looks to me like a Lake Sammamish property. @Horton can you tell me more?

[fu_man]

This is what happens when a G23 drives by with full ballast and 10 people on board.

[Horton]

I know nothin

[LkSamm196]

Not Lake Samm.

[J3]

Looks like Lake Tapps to me.

[Skoot1123]

Looks more like a canal than a private lake. If the boat is ONLY used on a private lake, it may not need registration. But that Ball of Spray sticker is eerily close to where the ID numbers should be.

 

If this boat really did run up on the dock, it would seem that there should be more than just the little brown mark on the front of the hull. Unless there was a ramp of some sort that it went over. Either way - OUCH!

[Not_The_Pug]

@J3 I was going to say Lake Tapps too.

[skinut]

How about the name of that paddle boat. Looks like Sw___ little hummer. Must be used for pleasure cruises ;)

[skidawg]

You can't let horton drive....ever

[E_T]

@Horton were you driving?

[XR6Hurricane]

At least it missed the little boat. The Response can be replaced, the 2-cycle Evinrude cannot.

[OTF]

I think @horton masterfully photo shopped that ball of spray decal on there for advertising purposes. Good thinking John!

[Horton]

I had to remove the registration number so I added in a little something.

[robscholl-OF]

I know the story.....keep guessing......it is Lake Tapps....OF

[Horton]

@robscholl-OF

 

I think you should throw the Baller who sent me the photo under the bus and then move to Alaska.

[GOODESkier]

knew it was WASHINGTON, since @horton left the orange 2014 sticker.....

[MISkier]

I am going to go with mechanical failure on this one. Steering cable or throttle - something that gave the driver very little time to react. Also, I have to believe the speed was not exceptionally high. Otherwise, the boat would have cleared the dock and landed back in the water or up on the seawall.

[oldjeep]

Hmm, how about a kid got in and hammered the throttle lever down when the boat was sitting right at the dock.

[Wish]

Iddling up to the dock and the throttle gets bumped. I've see that happen in open water. With the DBWs, not a lot of pressure is needed to move that throttle.

[Skoot1123]

@horton - I'm assuming a safety lesson is involved with this one?

[crashman]

@wish exactly. I've bumped the throttle with my arm/shoulder in a Malibu reaching down to open the heater vent. It was thrilling especially for my ski partner.

[Waternut]

I've pulled various throttles back with my knee when I go to adjust my position but so far haven't bumped one forward yet....thankfully.

 

Very curious to hear the real story from those who do know. We've all made dumb mistakes...some are just more unlucky than others.

[robscholl-OF]

Short story is owners are out of town and parents are staying at house taking care of their grandson. They go to take boat out on lake and next thing grandpa knows is boat is on dock. So thought is probably bumped or pushed throttle too hard causig boat to ramp up on dock. Boat suffed minor fiberglass damage, broken scag and cracked corner piece of windshield. Insurance is covering boat damage and the hope is homeowners covers dock. They got it off the dock by taking off scags and turning it around. They then winched it off. It was then driven under its own power to boat launnch. It is getting repaired now.

The good part is nobody was hurt and everything broken can be repaired. As you can imagine grandpa feels horrible about it.......OF

 

[MattP]

As long as no one was hurt it is all good and life goes on.

[GOODESkier]

Mental Note: "I headed away for a vacation in October skiing in CA..... Grammy and Grampa are watching our children........ not gonna let grampa have the key pad code for my nautique..........

[Jordan]

I've heard worse...I hit an island once.

Sh*t happens!

[ForrestGump]

Man, I'd have a better story than that. A water moccasin jumped over the transom and was striking at my legs causing me to spill my beer, thus knocking over the throttle. Or something such as that.

[Horton]

you spilled beer?!?

[oldjeep]

I'd go with - accidentally left the Perfect Pass on, grandpa was using a little bit of throttle and couldn't under stand why there was a beep followed by sudden acceleration .