http://vimeo.com/18234604

be careful out there on the ice all

Damn! Hope you didn't get hurt....:wow:

Wow, a friggen XV no less. That's a lot of boat and thos things can haul the mail. Sucks the axel got trashed but it looks like everyone was ok.


Sucks when people don't pay atttention to what the hells going on around them.

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Comment by MTWater The sailor/pilot of the ice sailboat didn't see me and ran over me.

Looking at the Apexx, the first thing that strikes me is....

Silver, White, Black.... not particularly high visibility on a frozen, snow dappled lake in the winter.

Is it hard to get number/id plates in high-visibility colors?

Some things "ghost" too easy in the winter.

Seem to remember something about NAPKA number plates having guidelines about the legibility of the numbers, but nothing about the visibility/conspicuity of the number plates themselves.

Just thinking out loud...

ATB,
Sam

:wow: Bent the rear axle... heck of a hit.

Gotta disagree Sam - big lumpy thing on a flat surface and he didn't see it? Bollocks - someone was off in La-la-land and not paying attention to their line. Happens all the time here - on the frickin' road FFS :o

Glad no injuries though that's a relief!

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Originally posted by Kamikuza Gotta disagree Sam - big lumpy thing on a flat surface and he didn't see it? Bollocks - someone was off in La-la-land and not paying attention to their line. Happens all the time here - on the frickin' road FFS :o Glad no injuries though that's a relief!

+1 for what Kami says. Thats a pretty damn big sail but if you can't see under/around it, you're not trying real hard to pay attention. The guy was probably just enjoying the sweet cruise and not paying close attention. We all can get wrapped up in that.

Glad you didn't take a skate to the body!

Whoa. I'd consider that your lucky day... The guy wasn't doing 70 mph and didn't run directly over you.

Hope you get some new lines and a repaired axle out of the deal.

Wow, glad your OK.
So the XV has the whole lake and decides to pick you?!?! Must have been target fixation. :puzzled:

Man, that was quite the hit. Glad you're OK and hope he pays to repair your gear.

Like Jaymz says, I can't believe he hit you. Its like when you travel down a highway and come across a lone sign in the middle of nowhere on the road and that's what an unattentive driver hits - not the grass, not the rumble strip, but the only thing standing around for miles. Weird how that happens.

not sure about the buggy orientation to sun before hit but it sure looks as though the front of the buggy is pointed directly into the sun after the hit and the buggy got smashed from behind. looks like the buggy/pilot could have been directly in/under the sun from the iceboat pilot's PoV and the buggy/pilot would have blended in as black to the black tree line on shore? definitely not the buggyier's fault at all but may be a somewhat understandable reason for the collision. iceboat pilot definitely needs to learn from this incident though for sure.

WOW, totally wild. No judgements here, but it goes to say that doodoo ocurrs and one must always be on the lookout for what others may be doing. Maybe a bozo or maybe a super careful guy that just had a bad moment. Either way, we all need to watch out.
Glad your not hurt. Amazing video.

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Originally posted by Kamikuza Gotta disagree Sam - big lumpy thing on a flat surface and he didn't see it? Bollocks - someone was off in La-la-land and not paying attention to their line. Happens all the time here - on the frickin' road FFS

Not trying to assign blame in some weird accident post mortem.

A 2 ton vehicle is a fairly big blip on a flat stretch of road/highway. It's easy enough to lose them in fog, preciptation, glare ice, setting/rising sun, the presence of scantily clad females...err umm... maybe scratch that last one.

Vehicles on the road are more visible under most conditions when they are brightly colored or running daytime headlights.

If I pick them up on my radar once, I know in the back of my mind to try to track where they're likely to be going, where they went to and where they are in relationship to me, until I know they are no longer potential threat.

Not says the ice buggier did anything wrong... left over cyclists/motorcyclist mentality.... no one sees me, everyone's out to get me, you can't trust people to look out for you. Every little thing to you make yourself HUGE on their visual radar is always a good thing.

+1 on being glad no one was seriously injured.

ATB,
Sam

"no one sees me, everyone's out to get me, you can't trust people to look out for you."

No truer words have been spoken.

that could have been nasty!

The look on his face describes it no better way! Oh $*@&! That really could have been way bad! Glad both will live to be on the ice another day!

Stay Alert, Stay Alive....watch words that keep a person from being worm food...Happy all you had was a bent axel.

I'm not assigning blame so much as expressing disbelief that someone could not see youngfellahmelad in a buggy there ...!

But where was stationary buggy guy supposed to go with a yacht bearing down on him? Steam gives way to sail cos it's more maneuverable I guess so you'd figure that something that's moving has the responsibility to avoid something that isn't ... same rule with overtaking slower kiteboarders isn't it? Just answered my own unasked question then didn't I - blame the yacht guy

No harm, no foul though. A gentleman would offer to do something about the axle, but a gentleman would decline

A beautiful day , nice gentle breeze , miles of smooth ice , holy crap who would have thought. Glad he's ok.