Posted on 09/05/2020 4:57:09 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
Several boats taking part in a parade supporting President Donald Trump on Lake Travis in Texas have sunk, officials said Saturday.
The Travis County Sheriff's Office tweeted that it responded to multiple calls involving boats in distress during the parade.
"Several boats did sink," the TCSO tweet said.
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It looked like just too many little boats on the water. Everybody got rescued.
Lake Travis is Austin area-it may have rained there-it is raining off and on from East to the border in West Texas today...
I hope all of their guns were onboard. /s
Possibly overloaded?
Possibly poor skippers?
Possibly drinking involved?
Possibly FR-style boating accidents?
Honey, do you think I remembered to put the drain plug back in?
Did they forget to put the drain plug in? Has happened more than once!
Or
Here hold my beer!— moments.
Travis is not a very deep lake-too many boats close together get the water choppy...
I can sure relate to that. Dropped GF off at the ramp with the boat and went to take the tow vehicle (TV) back to the campsite. Walked down to the shore and she was screaming that the deck was flooding. Just one time of several, you'd think I / she would have learned the first time. Good times.
Amen
Amen
You win the "Perfect Post" award.
For sure he is trolling. And it’s hilarious.
That's my suspicion. And he deserves an Academy Award for it.
Thousands of boats across the country come out for Trump and a few get in trouble and that’s the story huh?
The S.S. MAGAritaville? Well played!
I spend quit a bit of time on the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri. It it a big power boat lake. We have just had our annual Shoot Out unsanctioned race weekend which has pontoons over a hundred MPH and big off shore boats over two hundred.
Deep lake, but the boats by the hundreds raft up to watch the races. When coming in or going out, even with wake-speed restrictions, the mass of boats coupled with wide variation in size and power make the lake churn for the viewers with six foot deep troughs. I have seen 35’ twin engine Formula boats stood on their keel by a 60 foot cruiser getting underway at the same time as someone else starts to move.
Its a factor of boat size variation, movement coordination and sheer numbers in a flotilla like this.
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