Kev.263 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Over the new year holidays I attended and raced in the Stingray/Cobra/Arrow National titles at Loch Sport on the Gippsland lakes. Fun event, good winds and a fantastic atmosphere with great people and support all round. My cat "Its Magic" performed very well (unlike the skipper...)......Unfortunately though, on my way home on Saturday things went wrong in a very big way......a car travelling in the opposite direction crossed double white lines going around a bend into my path, but at highway speed, I could only do so much...... The photos tell the story........some how I actually walked away unscathed.........and my wife and kids were not in the car with me. Lucky!! As yet I have not fully assessed the damage to my boat, the front beam is gone, and it punched a nice hole in the side of the hull....im sure I will find more out when I get my boat and trailer back. Be careful out there everyone..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Holy crap!! I'm glad your ok!! Cars and boats can be fixed or replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoSport260 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Geez! Lucky to walk away from that mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjay Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Kev, Sorry to hear of your misadventure - hope you are OK. It was good to meet at the Nat's. Let us know if we can help out with boat bits/repairs. regards, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonJr Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 wow that's not good, Lucky to get out of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dowling Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Wow Kev - looks like 1000 corners we all went around on the way home. Glad you got out of that. Yell out if there is anything we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 sorry to hear kev, glad all ok, from all reports your boat was in great nick. mine is up for sale, if you can convince your insurance company... replacing beams on a stingray is not an easy thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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