Ouch!

[grant]

Anyone want a cheap boat ???





> Woops!!!!!!!!!!!!
> New boat $2,000,000 claim on insurer Club Marine. !!
>
> Sea trialing of new boat just outside Mackay Marina,
> Queensland...............Auto pilot is on at full speed.
> Decided to back one motor off, full electronic controls, to see how it
> would handle with just one motor. The skipper realized that there was no
> reaction so throttled second motor back, still no reaction. At that
> point they decided to disengage the auto pilot; you guessed it, again,
> no reaction.
>
> They had 1 1/2 minutes to sort things out before hitting the breakwater
wall..........Crash bang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[grant]

more photos.

[grant]

last ones...

This really has to hurt...

[live_baiter]

Hi Grant and everyone!

that would surely hurt as i could feel that crunch what the boat that size gets ready for launching/airbourne! Luckily that owner has club marine to turn to!

[salmon-head]

Imagine fishing the breakwall, hooked up to a fish, and have that coming at ya.

D/

[bradp]

Thats a nice artificial reef for the landbased fisho's up there!!

[Steveo]

i blew a motor once when taking a new vessel for a test drive. but man this takes the cake.

[glensim]

Thats awesome