Posted on 09/05/2020 4:17:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Travis County officials are investigating multiple reports of ’boats in distress’ on Lake Travis during a Trump boat parade.
According to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, they were first notified of the incidents around 12:15 p.m., Saturday.
The image below was tweeted by Austin American-Statesman photojournalist of the boat parade.
Rough waters on Lake Travis as hundreds of boats in Trump boat parade. Several swamped. #Statesman @bobphoto pic.twitter.com/DPpKKhgljF — bobphoto (@bobphoto) September 5, 2020
Several boats were in distress all along the parade route, according to officials. There are currently no reports of injuries.
(Excerpt) Read more at ksat.com ...
We regular fishermen see at launching ramps fairly often.
Running at speed self-bails the boat; going parade-slow with no plug is big trouble -- especially if you have no idea where the plug is...
TXnMA
"A large parade of thousands of cars resulted in several accidents..."
So what...Cars get into accidents, boats sink.
LOL
Here’s an idea for an invention.
A drain plug that is opened by manually pulling on a ring.
When the ring is released, the plug closes.
Like a pressure bleed on a compressor.
Are you good at machining?
If you come up with the product, remember me when the profits come rolling in.
8^)
“...As for Biden/Harris...nothing!!! No rallies, no supporters, no nothing!!! Go figure!!! Oh....I forgot...Sorry Democrat low life, I apologize, Biden and Harris are 100% basement dwellers and “underground” SATAN worshipers....”
They don’t need em. The got mail-in vote fraud on their side...along with Satan. That’s all they need.
Yup. Those rich kids with $100k boats could care less about anyone but themselves. BTDT. I had a 22 foot sail boat and went up a river in FL to get to a lake. No Wake signs all along the river. It was a weekend and the 20 something year olds in dad's boat didn't give a damn. Every time one came by, I'd have to turn the sailboat sideways to handle the wake waves. Sail boat had a 10hp outboard.
I was boating on a lake and speed boats would fly by creating huge wakes!
I was boating on a lake and speed boats would fly by creating huge wakes!
So what’s the subtext here? That having boat parades for Trump is a safety hazard?
Nice. There was a six mile long Trump flotilla here on The Jersey Shore today. Six miles long! It took place on Barnegat Bay which is about twenty minutes southeast of where I live. And we’re supposed to be a ‘’blue state’’.
BTW...The Travis lake west of Austin is known for being difficult to navigate at times, and large wakes could be seen during Saturday’s boat parade it's reported.
I’m trying to locate some of the others as well though they don’t always identify where they are....but lots happening this weekend from written articles I’ve seen.
Lake George
New Jeersey
Yeah I see what you mean by what wakes can do. The Illinois River is an example of what you’re talking about. For small craft on a narrow water way large boats can cause swells of at least three feet or maybe more that will swamp a small boat.
Yeah, that’d count as rough waters to a small boat.
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