Mark and Kurt appear to be ok,, boat taking on water.
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Mark and Kurt appear to be ok,, boat taking on water.
Wow!
http://new.livestream.com/sbi/saraso...ideos/23757295
Sarasota RAce1 30:13 mark they barely caught them
Man, that's some damage. Glad they are OK.
Looks as if their new seats assisted them in staying safe.
BOAT RACE: Nobody injured in dramatic crash of Phantom 9 Superboat Vee
By PATRICK FERLISE Correspondent
Published: Monday, July 8, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 8:37 p.m.
SARASOTA - Taking a puff from his cigarette, Phantom 9 throttle man Kurt Jagel sat in a lawn chair underneath his team's tent, a somber atmosphere ever present in the air.
He and driver Mark Niemann had just lived through one of the most dramatic crashes in Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix history, and an accident that Superboat Vee class had never witnessed before. Nearing Phantom's third lap in the 11 a.m. race Sunday, the vessel barrel rolled and became airborne, knocking both men out of competition.
"We were coming out of the dogleg and things seemed pretty good, then next thing we knew, we were sideways," Jagel said. "It happened really quick, and it was an extremely violent impact ... my side of the boat just exploded."
The pair cited weather conditions as the cause of the accident, and like other races, they say that is normally the case for any racer out on the water.
The left side of the boat took the brunt of the force, shearing fiberglass off the hull from cockpit to engine block. In Niemann's eyes, parts of the craft are salvageable, but it is a tough hit to their morale and wallet.
"We had maintenance issues, but we finally took it out on the water today and the boat felt super sleek and perfect," Niemann said. "We'll probably have to cut the boat in half and glue it back together, which sounds easy, but it's not."
Phantom had a steady lead over Sun Print, Red Hot Racing/JD Byrider and BoatFloater.com before the crash. It then became a three-way contest to the finish line.
brutal racing conditions in 1' seas, i bet don aranow would crapping his pants in seas that big...
Holy crap that happend fast. Glad they are ok
Great shot whoever captured that !
It always happens way fast. This one surprised me when and how.....
Looking at the frame by frame, it is almost as if when they took the hard hop, the drive broke so they had no control.
Yeah doesn't look like anything broke until it was to late. Just took a bad hop and twisted in the air. I wonder why?
Slow Motion!!
http://youtu.be/p3LjFyc8mmg
I don't know Mark. I think on the hard hit the drive made a hard left as if it broke. Look at it when it hits hard, straight in, then when it is in the air a hard left as if something broke?
Amazing
Looks like they were very lucky
Those must REALLY be some BAD A$$ seats !!!