What a day!

I took the day off to hit a lake 30 miles down road. Wind was high gusts. Traveling down the interstate one of those high wind gusts got under my boat just as I hit a dip in the road. Snapped the ratchet strap on the bow. I felt something so I looked in the mirror just in time to see my boat standing on end as it flipped upside down on the interstate. Nobody behind me was hit or injured thankfully. Boat contents were scattered 1/4 mile behind me. The hull is twisted about 2". The outboard lost it's prop, cowl, and the rest is heavily scraped. Strangely the motor started and ran fine. Trolling motor battery cables and depth finder cables snapped when battery became air-born. 2 brand new Wise seats are trashed. Other unpleasant war wounds too numerous to mention.

What really burns me is THE FISH WERE BITING WELL :banghead

A lot of boat trailers have a safety chain from trailer frame to bow eye for this reason....my last two boats came with them. Sorry for your bad luck.

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Man that sucks

Routine things can go very wrong in a very short period of time and sometimes it would have only taken a minute or two
more to completely avoid it. Sorry for your mishap.

Glad no one was hurt beside the boat.

That's tough.

I know it stinks, but glad it wasn’t worse.

Wow,hate to hear stuff like that.After hearing your story I might look into rigging a chain or something up like G mentioned for some extra protection should my bow strap break or fail.Hopefully you can get your rig fixed up and get back out there soon.

Man that's horrible.. .but it's all replaceable

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That's tough! I would be sick. I have always had a safety chain.

This could have caused you to wreck easily. Hate it for the boat but glad youre still here to write about it.

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Did you have insurance that covered the damage or a % of it? I'll be getting insurance for my new boat after hearing your tragedy.

Yikes! Sorry for your bad luck. Adding insult to injury, just when the fish were biting just isn’t fair.


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Did you have insurance that covered the damage or a % of it? I'll be getting insurance for my new boat after hearing your tragedy.

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No boat insurance but auto insurance will cover it while being towed.

Man sorry to hear that. I have always feared this happening. I bought a safety chain for mine along with the ratchet strap. Glad that you or noone was hurt.

Hate to hear this. That safety chain is law in Louisiana, but then again we have laws to cover everything that we can be fined for.......

I once turned upside down in a shopping center. Hit the curb with the trailer tire.

Fortunately no one behind you. Easily could have killed someone.


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Glad you were not hurt the boat can be replaced. I know your pain only to well. Several years ago was coming home from shrimping and as I turned left a drunk used the right rear corner of my boat for target practice at about 60 mph. It is tough to have your boat pass you upside down. Everything was a total loss

Sorry to hear about your boat. Like many others have said, glad no one was hurt. It's a great idea to have a safety chain from the trailer to the boat. I use mine just going a hundred yards from the house to the boat ramp.

Having made a living looking thru a windshield for over 25 years, nothing that happens on the road surprises me. Sorry to hear about the misfortune, and glad it wasn't worse. Remember Roadhouse; we didn't sweep up any eyeballs so it was a good night. That applies. Everything can be fixed or replaced. I always wondered why my heavy glass boat had a backup cable. Thanks for the lesson, I now understand why. Hope the insurance folks don't hurt your feelings too bad.

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No boat insurance but auto insurance will cover it while being towed.

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I hope they do. I had a similar bad deal once but it turned out no damage to the boat or trailer. The trailer came loose from the ball (couldn't have been latched correctly), ground the safety chains into (they were too long). Middle lane on I-75 (3 lanes) headed south on the Clays Ferry bridge, boat and trailer went across the interstate, into the emergency lane, traveled along the concrete bridge wall, when at the end of the bridge the trailer fender hit the guard rail where it attaches to the bridge wall and bent the fender down and acted as a brake. Put a small dent in the boat fender and scuffed the front right side of the boat. It was amazing pouring rain and driving 70 I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't there. We pulled into the emergency lane hooked the trailer up straightened the fender the best we could reattached the safety chains and went fishing. Extremely lucky that day. I did not have insurance so I called my auto insurance agent (Kentucky Farm Bureau) and he said they would not cover anything that is towed. He said there is no way to know if I will have $200 boat, $80,000 camper trailer etc. You may want to check with your agents.

We are Farmers (bum bum bum buum)!! ( I could see this as a on TV some day soon)
Sorry for the crappy luck!! Guess I will make sure that safety cable is hooked!!

not good .....hope its insured ....sounds pretty bad

So sorry to hear about your loss! Here in MA, a safety chain is required on all boat trailers. Cheap insurance.

Wow! Hate to hear that, but glad no one was hurt.

Oh man. That's not good. At least no injuries.

Exactly what popped into my head

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We are Farmers (bum bum bum buum)!! ( I could see this as a on TV some day soon)
Sorry for the crappy luck!! Guess I will make sure that safety cable is hooked!!

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Bummer,that would have pretty much ruined my season.The only bright spot,perhaps we can all learn from your misfortune.

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Remember Roadhouse; we didn't sweep up any eyeballs so it was a good night.

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:highfive One of my most favorite movies!

Woooow....