Driver was thrown from Tritoon and boat in spin at Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2022 Mark Fargo was thrown from his tritoon on August 28th, 2022 at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout. Driver and first responders all good.
DIRECT HIT SIR, I BELIEVE THAT EXACT SAME THING, TOO DAMN GOOD FOR SAFTEY EQUIPMENT. These folks all were very fortunate that no one was seriously injured or killed.
Very true. Kill switches are made for a good reason. This idiot didn't get the Memo on wearing or clipping the kill switch on. Well at least he will be remembered as the "Triton idiot"
I have recovered 2 of these runsway situations where we dragged a long dockline behind another boat. Dropping that line in front of the runaway boat to foul the prop and stop thr boat.
Tossing ropes in the water to foul in the prop is a much better solution than the commentators "genius" suggestion that another boat should pull along side so a crew member could jump into the runaway boat. 😂
I’m not buying the “kill switch malfunctioned” as a reasonable response. Those things are engineered to withstand abuse and when they do fail (usually a short) the engine won’t start. He put many people at risk no matter how you tell the story.
You never got a bad one? LoL they malfunction and/or get made wrong all the time. I bought one, worked opposite the way it's supposed to. Lock on, doesn't run, pull it out and it runs. 😂😂
He thought he was to good for regulations, assumed he would never need such a device and refused to wear it because it was beneath someone of his importance and skill. Luckily no one was hurt, but it is usually the bystander that pays for the stubbornly arrogant.
Maybe they should "ADD" a requirement for a deadman switch on the drivers seat. Just like they put in most if not all riding mowers. That way you would have to have two failures for this to happen. Thats heavy uncontrolled boat near people who are anchored and can't get out of the way quickly.
I built a one man fishing skiff with electric propulsion and I put a dead man switch on the seat bottom. It works great and it works with any weight driver.
The boat committed many point deductions however in case you didn’t notice it kept cutting the course boundaries short not staying on the outside of the course markers. It was determined afterward to dis-qualify the boat.
Watching these guys in boats chase this boat around trying to stop it needs some Laurel and Hardy music playing. It's the boat equivalent of digs chasing their tails.
Has anybody but me heard of thrown a big huge rope in the water so the prop can get wrapped up and it shuts the motor down wow be nice to see a professional out there
The fire hose into the open engine compartment was the first thing I thought of! I can’t believe that’s actually what they did, and that it actually worked!!
perhaps the lanyard failed, but doubtful. But this also shows a serious problem with any boat that has twin engines spaced apart, including catamarans and pontoons like this one. Any loss of power on one side at a moderate speed will cause a sudden sharp turn. Could be a prop failure, a supercharger belt failure, a electrical failure, etc. I would think twice before I bought one and never operate one without the lanyard.
I have been behind the helm of at least two boats with twin engines and that simply isn’t the case. The boat will continue to track straight with one engine falling off even at wide open throttle. The problem is a pontoon is simply not designed for speed and people should quit trying to make them into speed boats. The slightest turn of the wheel and the boat darts.
I saw the same kind of thing happen with a go-cart, many, many, years ago. It was cool fall morning and my friend and I were playing basketball, in his driveway, across from the school bus parking lot. School was closed and parking lot was completely empty. Just after we started playing, a guy drove up in his station wagon(I told you it was while ago!) The man got out with his two 1st grade children, a boy and a girl. The boy helped his father get the kids sized go-cart out of the back of the wagon. Dad and kids talked about where the cart was going to be ran. The boat went first. He drove 5 or 6 times around the lot. My friend and I were looking over, watching them have fun, just every few minutes. The boy pulled to the loading, unloading place for the cart. The little girl got in the car. Then she slowly took of on the car. She was going a little slower than the boy was going. We were still playing when all of the sudden my friend stops me and says, " Look! There's some going on over there that doesn't look right. The cart was going in pretty tight circles around and around, and around. The dad was talking to someone who had stopped by in their car and wasn't paying any attention at all to what was happening. The little girl was wearing a long wool scarf, dangling over the seat. She was slumped over to one side and not moving at all. We both ran over the go-cart and as we got closer could see the scarf tangled in the drive train and sprocket badly chocking the child. We could tell she was passed out and her lips were blue. I jumped on the rear of the cart and hit the kill switch while my buddy jumped on the side of the cart and began cutting at her pink scarf with the pocket knife he carried every day Eventually, we go the scarf off the little girls throat just as the father was running to us, on the cart. She immediately began to breathing again. The little girl made a full recovery and my best buddy had saved that little girls life.
I’d say the Driver was embarrassed beyond repair! Should be fined significantly enough to make him understand rules are generally for a reason. If that boat had done a lot of damage, guess who’s paying. Kick him out!
If the lanyard was in poor enough condition to fail, it shouldn't have passed tech inspection, it takes very little pressure to activate a kill switch. It should also have a throttle return spring that would bring it back to idle speed, but that must have failed too? They'll have to step up their safety measures after this one
@@idvette No they do not. I have been building race and pleasure boats for 12 years. If the throttles slammed closed everytime you take your hand of the sticks there would be some serious wrecks caused by it.
Living on the Lake of the Ozarks, I'm quite sure that when water patrol finally stopped the boat. It was cited for wreckless boating, and one officer threw all the cushions overboard, stating they had been drinking...
Kelly Anne Bishop. We’re you watching the video or did you make a comment without knowing what happen to the Pontoon Boat. The guy driving was racing the boat to qualify. Drinking was not involved he was throned out of the boat and either wasn’t wearing a lanyard with the kill switch or there might have been a malfunction of the lanyard are possibly the kill switch. No where in the filming of the boat being stopped and water patrol boarding the boat do you see them throwing anything overboard.
Yeah but boat's turn Soo much quicker and with far more g-force then any other motor powered vehicles it is hard to fathom unless you have been in one that hooked and turned!! Believe me, it will throw ANYONE right out like a ragdoll..
Do you see a commercial fishing trawler hanging out or something? These are performance boaters and emergency services. Nobody has a huge fishing net just chilling on their boat there.
I’m thinking a substantial chain with enough floatation to keep it afloat. Wouldn’t be that hard to engineer or build, and could be deployed just by releasing it off the back of one of the service boats on site.
I've lived around & on my own sailboats at marinas for decades. Also owned several different power boats. I don't believe the pilot for one second his lanyard & cut-off switch malfunctioned. I've experienced going overboard myself in a tight turn, and watched it happen to others a few times. Every time the boat goes into a tight turn & remains in a tight turn; however, this particular boat traveled a couple hundred yards in a straight line in each direction, then turned starboard. That, I don't understand.
Same reason you would not try and snag a line above deck, it could work but the chance of causing human injury is way to high. A floating poly line would have been the best way to fowl the props, if no floating line then use anchor line clothes lined between two boats.
My boat will do 60MPH+ it also has SeaStar hydraulic steering, it won't turn on its own, it will go in whatever direction I last touched the wheel. I'm scared to run it without the lanyard.
Years ago a dealership I worked in sales for sold that make of pontoon. I think its ridiculous to create a high performance craft out of a "box" that will run 100+mph. During a test run of a triton powered by an high ouput i/o the owner and another salesman took a turn, the tritoon bit the surface hard, turned sharp, ejected them both. No vest. No kill lanyard. The toon jumped a seawall and busted into a multimillion dollar home. The dealership owner's leg was broke so bad only skin was holding it together. Airlifted. Screwed that leg up for life. Boxes aren't meant to run 100mph. Toons are for slow cruising not friggin' racing. I'm a high performance boat driver. I'm like hell to the no I'm not driving that. Ridiculous
@@ameyring crazy dangerous. I'm Merchant Marine with a 100 ton vessel license. Before that I taught high performance boat driving. Very familure with these crazy fast "boxes" I refuse to even ride in them. Not meant for speed at all. Playcraft is one brand we sold back then. I quit all that after 30 years. Now Captain on a riverboat. Lower Mississippi River
They are actually very fun and multipurpose boats. We have raced boats for years they act alot like a catamaran does. They are wind sensitive and wave sensitive. He was trimmed in way to far probably to keep from porpoising cause of the waves and wind there. The prop he's using was lifting the rear of the boat causing a hook. Plan and simple everything that goes fast must be respected and can hurt you. That's why you do it at an event like this. If you don't like it don't watch or go. Fyi fast pontoons are the rage right now many a twin outboard big hp
How to stop a runaway boat traveling in a continues circle:: Take a heavy mooring rope, 20ft. long Tie any life jacket to each end of the rope Position one of the chase boats on. the inside of the runaways path As the runaway passes by, throw one of tied on life jackets into the cockpit area. Let the rest of rope, and tied on lifejacket, drag behind the boat. Eventually, the remaining rope, dragging off the back of the boat, with the boat continuing to make inside turns, will force the dragging line to get tangled in the prop/props, killing the engines.
For First Responders: Foul the props! A hand held (line) rope stretched between two responders straddling the bow, just drop the line as close to the bow as reasonably safe can be done, then let the props snag the line and choke the engine down. 50 ft. line works well, should have plenty of "loose end" to wrap itself fully around prop(s).
Every time I see these runaways at races I don’t know why the safety boats don’t carry a coil off Polypropylene line to toss in the path of the boat. A length of 1/2 or 3/4” floating in front will stop it or slow it down!
We had that happen with a jet ski. Luckily we had a sped boat with us and got up beside it and my wife jumped on it. Lol look like a seen from a movie. 😂
That was wild to watch. Reading the comments, the rope idea seems to me to be a good idea. I don't understand what the water cannon did? Was it to short out the electrical stuff? I know nothing about boats, only enjoy watching videos of them. Did love going to the boat races when they had them where we live. The alcohol fueled , go super fast and are awesomely loud!! Good times
Assuming the water cannon hydrolocked the engine... Water doesn't compress as air and results in bent or broken rods in the lower end of the engine if it's sucked in.
So how was the boat stopped??? I saw the fire boat spraying water on the boat.. did that kill the electronics and cause the engine to loose power??? Anyone care to explain cause I’m clueless.
Serious question...... was he drunk? The whole turn and him falling out looked like it happened in slow motion. In the famous words of Bugs Bunny - "what a maroon"
How is it steering itself in straightaway then steering itself into a sharp 180⁰ then straightaway then sharp 180⁰. instead of steering consistent either consistent or steering irratticly?
A 25-50 ft bouy rope and two square life preservers tied to each end and two boats with at least two ppl on each boat create a “trip wire for the boat to cross. The two floatees will keep the line close enough to surface of water for the props to pull it in as it passes through it. Boom, kills the motors. Seizes the props.
@@FrankFlatOut No they wouldn't. All it would take is a small, simple device that attaches to the fuel lines between the boat and the engines that has a shut-off valve and a simple circuit board to receive a radio signal. And a small device to select the boat and send a signal. You could make one for a few dollars using RC parts from any RC store - online or otherwise. Maybe a few dollars a unit? Definitely better than risking lives and yet more expensive boats etc.
@@FrankFlatOut Monster trucks have been using radio kill switches for years. Push a button and kills the power. Gets tested before every run. It's a relay in the main power costs about 6 bucks
We got Very lucky no one was hurt ! We have amateur drivers racing boats going much faster than the hull was designed to go. It maybe time to make some serious changes !
