45-MPH Boat Crash Cuts Young Girl in Half...

"There were lawn chairs and people flying all over the place," said Richard Eppler, 23, of Whittier, a witness who was with a group of friends sitting 10 feet from the accident. "It was brutal."

The dead girl was identified as Brandy Branchflower.

"I was seconds away from it. We were yelling, 'Get out of the way! Get out of the way!' " Sanchez said. He ran toward the girl, about 50 feet away, but the boat got there first, he said. He placed a red plaid blanket over her body until the authorities arrived.

"She was just a little girl, having a good time," he said sadly.

After a delay, the second day of racing continued at the two-day Coors' Championship...
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-04-22/local/me-22040_1_drag-boat

obervantone wrote:Did you notice the DATE of this tragic story about an accident on Lake Winnip....ummm in California?
April 22, 1985...27 YEARS AGO! Really?  

sumrluvr wrote:1985???????????????????????????????????????

sumrluvr wrote:Also 45 mph.. Apparently 45 mph doesn't make everything perfectly safe does it?

sumrluvr wrote:Well nice try to make it personal. When one has no credibility go personal...

And if you are not trying to incite a debate then what does this tragic accident that happened almost 3 decades ago have to do with Lake Winni?

Trolling are you?

What was your point in bringing up the death of a spectator at a sanctioned national championship race in California...28 years after the fact?

obervantone wrote:Second request:

What was your point in bringing up the death of a spectator at a sanctioned national championship race in California...28 years after the fact?

Olympic gold medal winner Andrew "Bart" Simpson, 36, was killed when he was trapped under the wreckage of the Artemis Racing sailboat that capsized during a training run. Barclay said investigators are expected to announce a probable cause of the wreck early next week.
"There's a lot of speculation of what happened," Barclay said. "We want to end the speculation."
Murray said at a press conference that the 72-foot catamaran was attempting to change direction and turn downwind when it capsized. Though difficult, the maneuver was normal, he said.
"The boat nose-dived, and all that we know from that point in that maneuver is that the boat ended up upside down, capsized, broken into many pieces," Murray said.

One hull snapped. Investigators will have to determine whether a structural problem caused the yacht to flip, or if the capsize broke the boat. Last fall, Artemis said the front beam of the catamaran was damaged during structural tests, delaying the boat's christening.

Outerlimits wrote:Great point OO.
 

sumrluvr wrote:1985??????????????????????????????????????? you are kidding me..... Do you have any credibility left???  

Also 45 mph.. Apparently 45 mph doesn't make everything perfectly safe does it?

What a troll looking for controversy.

sumrluvr wrote:Totally off topic, well kind of.... I saw that NH mentioned the America's Cup.

I was lucky enough to have just been in San Fran and was out there to witness the final race! It was amazing. The wind was right at the max speed allowed before they would have cancelled the race. They were at speeds going upwind that were faster than some of the earlier races going downwind.

What a great experience.



Ok carry on. I am sure NH will figure a way to try to spin this post as well. LOL