U-88 crashes in Belle Isle Turn, Scott Unhurt

[Hydro Junkie]

For the second heat in a row, the Detroit River claimed an unlimited. Scott's boat got high in the air and appeared to come down on the front of the sponsons, ending up upside down. Scott was able to exit the cockpit on his own and was waiting for the rescue boat when it arrived. In the previous heat, the U-11 with JW Meyers driving, did almost the same thing, also ending up upside down in almost the same location. JW was also unhurt and exited the cockpit without assistance. This was all preceded yesterday by the U-22 blowing over in the "Roostertail Turn" during heat 2. Mike Webster was also uninjured except for some abrasions to his leg.

As for the boats, both the U-88 and the U-11 are still in the water, floating upside down while the U-22 is on its trailer with the right sponson almost totally missing. Updates will be added as information is given

 

[Don Ferrette]

**** that sucks but I'm glad my buddy Scott is ok.

 

[Hydro Junkie]

Update on the boats:

U-11, canard, tails and wing appear to be gone, cowl and left side canoe have some external damage though the internal structure appears to be undamaged as reported by Steve Montgomery

U-88, cowl appears to be gone as are one tail and the wing. There is no visible hull damage but at the distance it is from the camera, any left side damage wouldn't be visible

U-22 is headed for Seattle for repairs

From what was visible on camera, all three boats are repairable and should be in Tri-Cities in two weeks. The U-22 is the question, with the destroyed right and damaged left sponson. I can only guess that it's going to either the former Budweiser facility in Tukwila or Ron Jones Jr's shop in the Kent Valley