Crazy video of boat submarining for no reason

[kylesullens]

 

 

 

[Eagleboy99]

Previously posted  Conspiracy theorists said it was faked; others said the boat snagged a course cable.

[jk13]

There's always a reason.

Video was posted a while ago. Running gear caught up in the course cabling when the driver ran over the buoy. Sudden stop from the anchor(s).

Edited September 12, 2019 by jk13

[hawaiianstyln]

yep what they said.  certainly crazy to watch, but underwater gear snagged one of the chains when the idiot went way off course.  I've driven tournaments in elevated winds in Hawaii and Phx and still never got off that bad running a course damn.

Edited September 12, 2019 by hawaiianstyln

[Raleigh]

Yikes! If I ever run a course I will be SURE to go dead straight. That must have been a fun repair bill. Hope everyone was safe!

[Michigan boarder]

Too bad the skier is out of frame, you know he just kept skiing along looking back at the boat like what the heck.....

Edited September 13, 2019 by Michigan boarder

[Slayer]

I've watched this many times.  It's absolutely crazy!?  I'm just confused as to how the driver got that out of line with the course.  

[ahopkins22LSV]

I thought I read that it was a younger driver, I think the skiers son, and he panicked when he got that off course and threw the boat in reverse. The cables for courses are 5-6' down and most courses are set up with the buoys on surgical tubing to give with the waves and wind. I don't think the running gear got caught in the course.

[oldjeep]

2 minutes ago, ahopkinsVTX said:

I thought I read that it was a younger driver, I think the skiers son, and he panicked when he got that off course and threw the boat in reverse. The cables for courses are 5-6' down and most courses are set up with the buoys on surgical tubing to give with the waves and wind. I don't think the running gear got caught in the course.

Most of them are, but some folks run stainless lines right from the anchor block to the balls instead of surgical tubing or bungie lines.

Edited September 13, 2019 by oldjeep

[Sixball]

The thing is you don't see any other buoys move! If they are set up like most courses I think other buoys would have moved or be out of place! 

[oldjeep]

4 minutes ago, Sixball said:

The thing is you don't see any other buoys move! If they are set up like most courses I think other buoys would have moved or be out of place! 

Fixed courses - at least some of them have an anchor per ball with a cable going straight up.  No connections between any ball lines

[Michigan boarder]

Looking at it again, the skier actually drops the rope on his way out of the wake.

[ahopkins22LSV]

1 hour ago, oldjeep said:

Most of them are, but some folks run stainless lines right from the anchor block to the balls instead of surgical tubing or bungie lines.

Never in my life have I seen a stainless line run all the way to the buoy. If you know of a course like that you should have it changed soon. That’s incredibly dangerous. 

[oldjeep]

13 minutes ago, ahopkinsVTX said:

Never in my life have I seen a stainless line run all the way to the buoy. If you know of a course like that you should have it changed soon. That’s incredibly dangerous. 

Seen a couple of them - when I say straight to the buoy though I mean that there is a zip tie that the line is clipped to so that something breaks if you hook the ball.

[Sixball]

5 hours ago, oldjeep said:

Fixed courses - at least some of them have an anchor per ball with a cable going straight up.  No connections between any ball lines

It does look like a place that a fixed each buoy no main line could be.  But as said still should  have safety release.  Skier does look like he has dropped off but then I would also as the driver is so far off course the skier had no reason to sty on. You would think the driver would be eating the dash and yet he is still sitting in place upright. Just looks odd.

[bass10a]

that had to hurt like heck for the driver.... def the prop got caught in a line and stopped reallllllly quick.   I'm not sure if just a prop stopping could do that, my thought is it was anchored to bottom as well