34 Poker Run Boating Accident & High Speed Mishap - Evinrude

TheBoaters.TV EP 34 - Happy Labor Day, Boaters! First up, we have news on a boating accident that occurred due to unsafe boating practices.

On Aug 17th, while John Fiegel was participating in a poker-run in Destin, Florida, his Sunsation powerboat hit what he called an "irregular wave set" and become airborne, injuring himself and another of his three passengers. Fiegel called the occurrence a "freak accident" ...Mind you, he was going about 70 mph at the time.

This story was reported by Andrew Gant of the North West Florida Daily News, and the full video can be found on their website at http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/8695

We wish all who were injured a speedy and full recovery and hopefully this is a boating mishap we can all take a lesson from.

In today's "Ship of Fools" segment, we have a more lighthearted look at why it's wise to watch your speed on the water. The real danger involved in having a boat that goes too fast (hint: hold on to your...clothes).

This video is actually a commercial for the eTec from Evinrude, and it can be found on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEE3LskULg

Finally today, we take a peek at Sunny Ledfurd's music video for his highly acclaimed single "Pontoon Boat."

This video was shot on Labor Day 2006 on Lake Norman in North Carolina (sorry, I said South in the video!). Watch the full version of Sunny Ledfurd's video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou3AHu4ILTw

TheBoaters.TV, hosted by Julie Perry, delivers boating news and stories for boat owners and enthusiasts every M, W, and Friday on our vlog at http://www.TheBoaters.TV - also available for video podcast download on iTunes.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• boating
• accident
• powerboat
• speeding
• crash
• sunsation
• cigarette
• boat
• poker-run
• waves
• evinrude
• pontoon
• fast
• boater
• safety

[BIKENCLIMB]

Just for a geographical clarification...Lake Norman is in North Carolina.

[TheBoatersTV]

Hi - Yeah, sorry about that. My bad. I believe I looked it up correctly but then mistyped it into my script. Once it's in the teleprompter, I just read.

Thanks for the correction.

~Julie

[rick810]

BORING

[TheBoatersTV]

Thanks for the feedback, Ricky.

We do our best to please.

~Julie

[RichardRamkhelawan]

i like you

[Sabeltann9]

Wow, you're hot! >.>

[scottytnt]

Obviously has NO clue how "poker runs" are actually run.  Typical "wanna Be" Something Blonde.

[medjaiii]

give me hawt blonde pls ;)

[glenwoodfin]

Oh man, that boat split in half was YIKES!

[joe27baja]

THAT CHICK GETS ON MY NERVES

[myturbnzdirty]

AWESOME!!!!

[john51880]

Wow how slanted is this video!! 70 is nothing on meny boats and I guess this reporter misses the fact that this boat was in a high traffic area. Their is a time and place for every thing. His poor judgement not speed hurt those people!!

[meatman310]

My Formula has a rather large plauque mounted next to the throttle. OPERATION OF THIS CRAFT ABOVE 55mph MAY CAUSE UNSTABILITY AND LOSS OF CONTROL.

[kroontommy]

the first pic of that boat running into the channel marker(or w/e it was) was done on mythbusters

[conanfertig]

Jouer au poker avec les stars ! On dirait un rêve, mais c´est vrai : j´ai passé toute la nuit en jouant au poker avec les grands acteurs de la scène poker et en plus, j´ai gagné un pot énorme ! Comment ça marche ? - Je me suis inscrit sur Tonygpoker com avec le "Coupon Code" ONEWAY et j´ai tout de suite commencé à jouer avec les $310 de bonus qu´on ma offert ! C´est si simple que ça !