JPD

Hi everyone, I just arrived in Vegas yesterday afternoon and unfortunately had to receive several emails regarding this post. Thanks you to those who were concerned, everyone involved is doing great with the exception of a few bruises to the legs.. here is a post I made on the CBAF board yesterday before leaving: I already know how much resentment there can be on this board for people with bass boats so I think I should explain the situation even though I shouldn't have to. Here are the facts from the horses mouth regarding the occurrence, not "hear say" from someone who never witnessed the incident at all... 1. I was passing my friend Doug when this occurred but not at full speed by any means... my boat is fully capable of running high 70's for speed and was only doing low 60's while crossing as I always do. 2. The boat hooking was the direct result of a rogue wave broadsiding us while crossing a series of 3 wakes left by another competitor, when we hit that wave it picked the nose of the boat up and we came down a bit off skew throwing the boat into a full hard left turn instantly... I have done this thousands of times in my life and never ended up with this result, ever! I have fished 2 tournaments with the Puma and passed probably 50 guys with no problems... just a freak occurrence is how I'm treating it. 3. Anyone who can joke about being whipped across the water at over 60 mph should think about the correlation of jumping out a car while on the 400 hwy series and think how much fun that would be... thankfully Greg and I landed well so we can joke about this. 4. This did not shatter either of us, we were in good spirits all day, fished the event and had a great day... what I did take from the day was a new respect of stuff that we can't control and realize that there is more of it out there than I thought when on the water. 5. Life jackets were on and I had forgot the kill switch on the motor but thankfully I have a Hotfoot in the boat which brings the boat to idle speed immediately when there is no pressure on it. Again, thanks for all the well wishes from those who asked.. I'm in a meeting in 45 minutes... then busy filming all week, I'll try to pop in. JP

Great report Solo... always a pleasure to read!

All in all it's been a great experience and a great bunch of people to deal with. Bay City Marine did a great job with the rigging yesterday for the Yamaha and I had a blast breaking it in and twisting her out! I'll update more as time goes on since I know there is more speed somewhere...lol

And finally the first run with the new Puma FTD / Yamaha SHO combo... <object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object>

And here's is a video of the Cat... a basic tour of sorts... <object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object>

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Alright, it's been a while but I finally have some pics and videos of the boat. I'll post the pics in order that Bass Cat sent them to me...

I still use Paul as well Brian but the Yamaha has to be put on by a dealer... I still recommend both for repairs but rigging for the Yamaha for this rig will be done by Bay City. The rims are actually factory Bass Cat. They are by far the most customizable boats on the market.

The clamps are holding down the checker plate that they installed. It's glue bonded onto the fenders. The clamps just make sure there is good adhesion. The windshields are off for that exact reason Roy. They really tighten down the shipping covers so they don't want to fracture them. Thanks for the compliments guys.. I'm dying to drive her but I'm busy right now filming in the Keys... an no, I'm not complaining!