Boat Wreck on Norman

So, this past Saturday morning I loaded up our skiff and me and Bear the wonder Boykin headed out to Norman to do some hybrid and catfishing. The bite was slow and by 11:30 we still didn't have anything to show for our efforts. As I was packing up rods, I heard a boat coming and when I looked up I saw a Carolina Skiff planed out and heading straight for us. I quickly reached down and tried to grab the lanyard that my whistle was on, but missed it. My focus then shot to Bear who was napping b/w the CC and the back deck. I called for him and got his attention, but I knew I was not going to have time to get to him before the other boat hit us. As I glanced back the other boat was now right off the nose of my boat, so I dove head first as far as I could and before I hit the water, I heard the boats collide.
When I surfaced I saw my boat and the damage to it and just knew my dog was dead. I was beyond relieved to see that little brown dog bounce up on the front deck, soaking wet and not a scratch on him!!!!
I swam back to the boat and by this time the other boat had circled back around. The explanation from the other boater was that he just never saw us.
What save my dog was that the other boat ran head on into us, popped the front of his boat up and it landed on the CC, and then pushed forward and landed on top of my Yeti cooler! Between the CC and the Yeti, it held his boat up enough that it was able to run over the top of Bear and not crush him!!
It is nothing short of a miracle that nobody was hurt or killed. In closing, always stay alert when you're on the water. Things can change in an instant, and some of those things are out of your control. Yall stay safe.

Wow, very lucky! Another reason to always wear a pfd! Glad everyone was ok.

crazy story. glad you are ok. Something like that can literally happen to anyone!

WOW!!!!!!

Glad you and the Bear are OK; that is a scary story.

Never think that could be you for sure. Glad everyone is ok.

Another reason not to sit behind a console and think you can see everything. If you can't see the water in front of the nose of your boat.... STAND UP.

I don't know how many times I've seen the nose of boat up in the air and the "captain" sitting.

Glad you're not hurt.

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WOW!!!!!!

Glad you and the Bear are OK; that is a scary story.

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Crazy story glad everyone is not hurt. How about damage to the boats? Good advertisement for a Farmers insurance commercial.

Thank God that you and the wonder dog are okay, glad everything thing turned out alright except for boat damage it sounds like it could have been a lot worse

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Thank God it wasn't any worse than it was. I'll tell ya: It seems like no matter where you go or no matter what you're doing... you can always see people totally distracted from what they should be doing and 90% of time it involves their use of a cell phone, texting, checking social media or just surfing the web when they should be concentrating on driving, walking or in the case of the guy hitting you... safely operating his boat. I'm one that doesn't believe there are accidents, because everything that happens has a moving cause and more times than not, (including your incident), it's just plain ole negligence. I would see to it that he is ticketed for negligent operation of a vessel and causing a dangerous crash and damage to your property.

Call Crumley Roberts on the Hurt Line

Glad all are safe.

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Glad to hear that everyone made it out ok and hope that other guy has good insurance. I’d also recommend that you relay your tale to Yeti. Their cooler saved your dog’s life! They may send you some free stuff if you let them use that story in their advertisements.


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Here a few pics of the boat and thanks everyone for the kind words. Now just working through the insurance process.Attachment 373844Attachment 373845Attachment 373846Attachment 373847

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God had his hand of mercy on you and the other boater for sure. +Cross+

Yeti was worth the extra $$$ this time around! Glad no one was hurt.

I thank the Lord that yall were ok. I appreciate you sharing your story. So glad no one was hurt.


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ALWAYS have your head on a swivel!! I keep my whistle on my shirt collar and I have 3 truck horns my commercial driving partner gave me to put on the boat!! If I can't see the Captain of the other boat, he will definitely hear ME!! I think that will make him stand up or either lose some bodily functions!!!:Rofl

Glad you are okay.


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I'd send YETI this story, who knows maybe something will come out of it, even if it's SWAG it's something.

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I'd send YETI this story, who knows maybe something will come out of it, even if it's SWAG it's something.

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I should've updated the interaction with Yeti. My wife sent the story to Yeti with the pictures of the cooler. By the next day we had a responses from the their head of R&D, their director of marketing as well as the customer service manager. They are giving us 40% off and free shipping on any Yeti product and they are sending matching Seadek pads for the top of my current cooler (to cover up the damage) and the other cooler that we will order from them.

Glad your okay. That for sure is the most important thing. But I’m curious if the guy had insurance to cover your damages and how that is working out for you.


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Well Full Throttle,

I hope you get your boat repaired soon! After sitting inside the house for the past month or so, people are starting to go stir crazy and need to get out!! If you ever decide to find another place to fish, let me know and I can introduce you to Randleman Lake up here near Greensboro, NC. Maybe you can bring the wife and show my husband how to fish. He thinks they are supposed to just jump on the hook as soon as you put it in the water!! Has the patience of a Badger!:banghead

Well that sounds like my wife! She really liked the Striper Run at Ronoake lots of fast action. Or when the Ctappie are biting one after another but normal fishing she'd rather have a book to read.

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Well Full Throttle,

I hope you get your boat repaired soon! After sitting inside the house for the past month or so, people are starting to go stir crazy and need to get out!! If you ever decide to find another place to fish, let me know and I can introduce you to Randleman Lake up here near Greensboro, NC. Maybe you can bring the wife and show my husband how to fish. He thinks they are supposed to just jump on the hook as soon as you put it in the water!! Has the patience of a Badger!:banghead

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Yup, that's my husband too! If the fish aren't on the hook fast enough, he's reading a book! lol

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Thank God it wasn't any worse than it was. I'll tell ya: It seems like no matter where you go or no matter what you're doing... you can always see people totally distracted from what they should be doing and 90% of time it involves their use of a cell phone, texting, checking social media or just surfing the web when they should be concentrating on driving, walking or in the case of the guy hitting you... safely operating his boat. I'm one that doesn't believe there are accidents, because everything that happens has a moving cause and more times than not, (including your incident), it's just plain ole negligence. I would see to it that he is ticketed for negligent operation of a vessel and causing a dangerous crash and damage to your property.

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and a breathalyzer test

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Glad your okay. That for sure is the most important thing. But I’m curious if the guy had insurance to cover your damages and how that is working out for you.


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After 9 days of trying to get information from his agent, they stopped communicating all together with us. We eventually had to go through our insurance company to get a claim going. We started that last Monday and by Wednesday at 12 the adjuster had already looked at the boat and was working on acquiring the accident report. Our agent is now activating the subrogation team and they will take care of the legal stuff.
As far as the charges, I don't know what they charged him with. I just know that the officer informed us that the guy did have charges against him for the accident.

Glad to hear you're o.k.. You definitely have to keep your eye on the other guy, because sometimes they're not paying attention.
Be safe & good fishing.

Jim