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LA Daily News: Mystery over Texas boating death of TCU student finally unravels
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<blockquote data-quote="froginmn" data-source="post: 3172854" data-attributes="member: 67577"><p>"Very clear impression" they were at idle speed?</p><p></p><p>I went back and read it because my 20 MPH was just an example. Actually the story does specifically say that they were traveling at "just over 10 MPH", which is plenty beyond idle speed. You travel 15 feet per second per 10 MPH, which means they were past his body in 1 1/2 seconds, faster depending upon how much over 10.</p><p></p><p>At idle speed he wouldn't have made it under the boat. I would suspect they were traveling quite a bit over ten because the body went over the front and was hit by the prop. At barely over ten I would think the V hull might have knocked him to the side and away from the prop.</p><p></p><p>Try to unexpectedly kill an engine in one second. You'd still run him over and the prop would still be spinning by the time you pulled back the throttle.</p><p></p><p>And boats travel in open water, there are no lanes and directly oncoming traffic, so yes it's common to look from side to side when driving a boat. You aren't just watching for something coming directly at you; you're looking for watercraft coming from each side both nearby and on the horizon, for anything in the way before you veer left or right, fallen skiers in the water both directly in front as well as to either side (during the day) etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="froginmn, post: 3172854, member: 67577"] "Very clear impression" they were at idle speed? I went back and read it because my 20 MPH was just an example. Actually the story does specifically say that they were traveling at "just over 10 MPH", which is plenty beyond idle speed. You travel 15 feet per second per 10 MPH, which means they were past his body in 1 1/2 seconds, faster depending upon how much over 10. At idle speed he wouldn't have made it under the boat. I would suspect they were traveling quite a bit over ten because the body went over the front and was hit by the prop. At barely over ten I would think the V hull might have knocked him to the side and away from the prop. Try to unexpectedly kill an engine in one second. You'd still run him over and the prop would still be spinning by the time you pulled back the throttle. And boats travel in open water, there are no lanes and directly oncoming traffic, so yes it's common to look from side to side when driving a boat. You aren't just watching for something coming directly at you; you're looking for watercraft coming from each side both nearby and on the horizon, for anything in the way before you veer left or right, fallen skiers in the water both directly in front as well as to either side (during the day) etc. [/QUOTE]
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