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stampeder
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Initially Posted - 09/24/2007 :  16:16:58  Show Profile
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c19_1188083809

Pretty high on the cool scale.
#@%&**& Powerboats.
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Response Posted - 09/25/2007 :  13:28:55  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by stampeder</i>
<br />#@%&**& Powerboats.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Hey--I resemble that remark... and BTW, the QM is a powerboat, and you apparently think she's cool...
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 09/25/2007 :  14:31:01  Show Profile
Having owned two powerboats, I understand first hand just how dumb a powerboat operator can be.
QE11 is a heck of a powerboat.

Having been a C25 owner, you are exempt from all negative descriptors.
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 :  07:47:18  Show Profile  Visit Justin's Homepage
Very cool video! That one powerboat was producing such a high spray in its wake. I sure would be pissed if they flew by too close! The video reminded me of little water bugs skittering across the water.
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 :  07:56:17  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Justin4192</i>
<br />...That one powerboat was producing such a high spray in its wake. I sure would be pissed if they flew by too close!...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">You'd have to complain to the City of SF... that's the fire boat that's welcoming the ship.
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 :  09:24:58  Show Profile  Visit Justin's Homepage
Oops! I see that is obvious now!
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 :  19:50:24  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
I will never say my small lake is busy again after watching this. I can only imagine the headlines if powerboaters from my lake would've joined the crowd with the level of understanding of nautical laws and ethics they have.

<b>QM2 entering SF, 38 people dead</b>
February 4, 2007 - San Francisco
Small craft surrounding QM2 suddenly began ramming each other causing 38 deaths and 66 serious injuries today. Kevin Powerthruster commented: "I was only going at 75 MPH and looking at the QM2 to my right when suddenly a bunch of stupid sailboats appeared in front of me. Surely they could see and hear me from far away, yet none moved out of my way. Before I knew it I passed over 3 of'em, cut another in half and finaly had to power down when my face was covered with sail material."



"Fk'ing Powerboats" could be a good name for my still unnamed C250.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/26/2007 :  22:31:50  Show Profile
Even better...
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 09/27/2007 :  09:31:27  Show Profile
Very cool video. I was fortunate enough to see the QE2 the one time it came into Long Island Sound -- right after the Falkland War. She was painted grey at the time (I believe only was grey for one year) and was she BIG. I was sailing on a 36' sailboat, which looked much smaller than event he smallest launch/lifeboat on the QE2. The QE2 was going dead slow and, based on the radio chit chat, it took her over a mile to stop so she could start the process of reversing the course (LISound is only 7 miles across where she had to "turn". Would have loved being on the Golden Gate Bridge when this video was shot -- must have been spectacular!
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