Boat Crashes Into Stevens Point After Bar Close

[Serious News]

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A boater’s evening on the water came to an abrupt end when his Formula jumped a seawall and grounded on a grassy point at the 8 Mile Marker.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jon Ray, 54, of Blue Springs, Mo., was traveling southeast on the main channel in a Formula named “Coming In Hot” when it collided with the shoreline at Stevens Point.

Troopers arrested Ray for allegedly boating while intoxicated and a failure to exercise the highest degree of care in operating a watercraft resulting in an accident.

The Highway Patrol classified the damage to the vessel as extensive. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash.



http://lakeexpo.com/boating/boat-cra...51fee6a30.html

[Ratickle]

Hmmmmm, wonder what he was saying to himself after that?

[fund razor]

Hmmmmm, wonder what he was saying to himself after that?

Just guessing:

"Thank you Jesus, for not making that seawall 2 feet higher."

"Formulas really are tough boats."

"They did a nice job waxing the bottom."

"Getting a crane back here is going to suck."

"Man, glad I hit the spot with the best ramp."

"Coming In Hot might have been a bad name idea."

[rschap1]

Wall looks worse than the keel.

[fund razor]

Formula: Because you don't plan to hit a concrete seawall on plane, but things happen.

[fund razor]

It obviously landed in the middle of a bunch of Pokémon.

[Wrinkleface]

Just saw some pics of a barge getn that off the lawn!!!

[fund razor]

http://lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/p...2bb0657a7.html

They put it in the water.

[Ratickle]

And it didn't sink!!

Looks like the next Formula commercial to me...........

[rschap1]

Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin
Impressive

[Serious News]

This Is Why You Should Be Very Careful With How You Name Your Boat!
by Andrew P Collins,

Coming In Hot, a massive powerboat worth at least $100,000, lived up to its namesake at about 2:00 a.m. Sunday on the Lake Of The Ozarks when it caught air and crashed onto a lakefront lawn. The driver was allegedly intoxicated and amazingly, uninjured.

Lake News Online identifies the vessel as a “2003 35-foot Formula boat.” More specifically it looks like a 353 FASTech, an 8,500 pound missile with room to host a party that can hit close to 75 MPH according to Boattest. You can pick a decent one up for about $100,000 or a brand new one for much, much more.

Boats like that will usually have two engines making 300 to 500 horsepower a piece, seating for six or so in the area around the steering wheel, and a whole comfy indoor sitting area and bathroom inside that long hull.

But this particular Formula probably isn’t worth much of anything now that the hull has been massaged by some rocks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report simply describes the damage as “extensive.”

Actually looks decent in the pictures, but I guess we’re only looking at one side.

Lake News reports that the boat’s driver (captian?), 54-year-old Jon C. Ray, was arrested shortly after the incident for boating while intoxicated and “failing to exercise highest degree of care in operating a watercraft resulting in an accident.”

Be careful what you name your boats, friends. Or you know, you could probably just not drive drunk and probably save everybody a lot of aggravation.

Hat tip to Jim!

http://www.boatshowavenue.com/marine...name-your-boat