Boat accident

[andre]

Yall be careful there was a death on the Savannah river last weekend , heard it was a Allison. Supposedly the boat got airborne.

 

[tony Atwell]

Heard about it from a close friend. Yes every one be safe this summer

 

[Dave Hensley]

Yall be careful there was a death on the Savannah river last weekend , heard it was a Allison. Supposedly the boat got airborne.

Need more info. What town was it near? Write up in a newspaper??

Found it. Statesboro, Ga. Report said the boat blew over. No detail on what kind of boat.

 

[tony Atwell]

Buddy said it was a 18 ft Allison. Said he was fixin to make a pass in front of the sand bar. Came around the corner and when he straightened up and punched it it took off on him.. left behind a wife and 4 year old son. Thaughts and prayers are with them.

 

[andre]

Need more info. What town was it near? Write up in a newspaper??

Found it. Statesboro, Ga. Report said the boat blew over. No detail on what kind of boat.

Dave would a 18ft Allison be that early bass boat or did they make a 18 race boat ?

 

[Dave Hensley]

Could be an XST. There were some 17' v-bottom race boats back in the day and he might have built an 18' in the 1970's but I can't remember.

 

[racerx]

news papers are not the best on info..

 

[tony Atwell]

My buddy said it was a 78 18ft Allison.

 

[Dave Hensley]

Yep, got one. If you over power them they are a bit kitey. Sad set of circumstances.

 

[Yellowallison]

The boat was this vintage winged Allison that Jack Barsh/Full Throttle just finished doing major rebuild on. God Bless his family.

http://www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?303590-Winged-Allison&highlight=allison

 

[whipper]

I remember that Tunnel, shitty deal for the family . Thats really horrible it always gets me when I hear about boating accidents. Prayers to his family, be safe everyone.

 

[Dave Hensley]

Unbelievable, after all the work to restore a piece of art/history. Condolences to the family.

 

[john4utvols]

My old hydrostream venom blew over last week. Not sure where he was from. I believe he lived. Prayers to this family. Never thought that boat would blow over

 

[Jr in Jax]

That was a one-of-a-kind boat. I looked at it in detail while Jack was working his magic on it. It is sad that this happened.

 

[22R]

Prayers to the family ! I guess the boat was destroyed in the accident. Life is short and full of surprises some good some tragic.
Be safe Ally Buddies.

22R

 

[K.Kiser]

That's horrible news.. As said previously, please think twice, ponder it through and be careful.. A four year without a Dad, that's a lot of life left to be lived not knowing your Pops.. Accidents can and will always happen, but take every sensible precaution and wear good safety gear..

 

[Freebird]

The boat was this vintage winged Allison that Jack Barsh/Full Throttle just finished doing major rebuild on. God Bless his family.

http://www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?303590-Winged-Allison&highlight=allison

I just happened to run across this thread today and checked S&F. Strange nobody mentioned this accident on there. Looked at a similar Allison in Winter Haven, FL a few months ago that belongs to Mike Mull.

 

[WTSJR66]

That was my cousin that was killed in the accident, the boat he was driving was a 18R V-bottom that Jack restored for someone else a while back. The winged tunnel has been put away for now partially rigged with a Twister T2X.

 

[Freebird]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Yellowallison]

That was my cousin that was killed in the accident, the boat he was driving was a 18R V-bottom that Jack restored for someone else a while back. The winged tunnel has been put away for now partially rigged with a Twister T2X.

Sorry about your loss...Jack told me and thought it was the Winged boat he had recently finished. If it was the Orange 18R he restored a few yrs back that was beautiful boat also.