Where is the stand-up Jetski that was hit?

[hot_diggity_dog]

I agree with you that the boat had Fountain on it but I'm confused on the color, how big the lettering was and if it was separate from the graphic or was it in the Fountain logo?
I really think we need an accurate description of what we are looking for!
This has become insane!
Unless some one had a scarab boat with one foot large letters that said FOUNTAIN on it, it was a FOUNTAIN. The boat also had the typical fountain front on it.
I hope this helps
Jeff
I've been eyeballing Fountains for the past three years, looking to buy one. Of the many hundreds of Fountains I have seen in photos - I only recall a few where Fountain is written on the side in large lettering. Seen it on the front in the windshield area, but rarely on the side as described.
The mind plays funny memory tricks on you in intense situations. Memory blackouts for witnesses are not uncommon, even for trained professionals. Blackouts when cops shoot suspects, or blackouts when a spouse hurts another spouse - both common. Witnesses tend to engrain an image in their mind, and don't stray from that image, right or wrong. Maybe it is a Fountain, but perhaps the lettering on the side said something else, or the lettering is not as large as believed.
Even with that being said, my 10 year old neighbor can ID most any boat from amazing distances, and he's usually spot on. He know every hull type, lenght, color scheme etc., so if I have to guess, I think witnesses ID'd more on hull type with the beak.
C-2 very good points!!!!
I believe it maybe a Fountain but the descriptions of the lettering have changed from Large Fountain written on the side to Fountain inside of the Logo. HHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Originally Posted on 8-13-07 12:23amI am the paramedic/firefighter who pulled the man out of the water on Thursday August 9 at approximatley 3:30.
My family and I were sitting on the west beach about 2 miles south of Topock Marina. I saw a man and his son on two separate old style stand up Jet Skiis heading south toward Havasu Lake. At the same time a man was driving a 27 foot Hallet at approximatly 35 miles per hour down the middle of the river when another boat, the Fountain, came upon him at a very rapid speed (approximatley 70 miles per hour). The Fountain boat that I saw was between 27 - 30 feet long, all white in color except for a very large "Fountain" written on the side of the boat in red and black.
Due to the position that our boat was sitting on on the beach and the fact that we were sitting in beach chairs eatting our lunch, we were unable to see or hear the actual impact approximately 200 yards away.
An off-duty LA County Sherrif's officer who was sharing the same stretch of beach that we were on approximately 200 yards to the south saw and heard the collision. Sorry
Jeff
Originally posted 8-14-07 4;47pmThe top boat is a very close match to what I saw except the boat was all white and the writing on the boat was the same size and color inside of a red oval.
The same boat that was ID by an off duty sgt LA sherrifs oficer and the boy, the man in the Hallett and the two pontoon boats that stopped to help.
We are all positive!!!
The collision was seen and heard by the off duty Sherrif along with tha man in the Hallett and the boy.
I saw the boat twice that day. The first time about 20-30 min prior going up river and the last time going down river.
http://www.powerboatlistings.com/pow.../Full_view.jpg
HDD

[rrrr]

.....why is it NOBODY connected with this forum has seen or heard of this boat??? Nobody saw it a gas station.....nobody has seen it at their neighbor's house....nobody has seen it leaving a storage area. This guy was boating mid-week, so we can ASSume he's either a local, or was on vacation...probably not just a one time shot, going to Havasu and the river on a Thursday. Didn't launch Friday though, we know the ramps were being watched by then......
Also....If he didn't know he hit someone, maybe he'd turn himself in if he heard he was wanted.....what is the Havasu newspaper reporting?
Very strange deal....lotta questions....I'd just simply like to find the boat involved, and let the legal system handle it from there.
RTJas
I mentioned in another thread about a similar incident here.....this is the only reference to it I could find on Google:
Rodman questioned in boating accident
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The, Mar 13, 1997
A deposition from Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman will be included in a lawsuit over a 1995 boating accident in Lewisville, Texas, in which a woman suffered serious facial injuries.
The Lewisville Leader reported Wednesday that Rodman, who grew up in nearby Dallas, was questioned last Nov. 29 for knowledge he might have had of the hit-and-run accident on Lewisville Lake. Rodman reportedly owned a cigarette-style boat like the one involved in the accident and kept it at the lake.
Stephanie Booker, Kim Colvin and Sabra Scott have filed suit against Pier 121 Marina. The women were sitting in their boat in the marina's no-wake zone on June 17, 1995, when a speeding boat went over theirs and sped away. Booker's face was left with permanent scars.
This boat simply disappeared.....it was said to be 30' or longer. The cops did dive and sonar searches in the lake, checked boat registrations in the area, did a lot of footwork.......nothing.
You people that are skeptical should realize that a trailered boat leaving the area wouldn't exactly attract attention. It may have been sunk, but as someone mentioned you'd think some floating debris would be found.
As for inconsistency, any LEO will tell you that eyewitness accounts of an incident sometimes vary greatly. It doesn't mean the witness is a liar or unreliable.
It's OK to ask questions, doesn't help to be a dick about it.

[Third Alarm]

HDD
There was a red oval with a large FOUNTAIN in black ontop of the red oval.

[Jbb]

But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

You better listen to him....He's Pre Law!

[Old Texan]

It sure seems that "sinking" the boat to destroy evidence is kind of farfetched. Consider the task at hand. You've just committed a crime, you need to scuttle a boat with all kinds of gear, you need a secluded area in fairly deep water. You need to do it in a hurry.
Pulling the plug will require you to get overboard and unsrew the plug which could take some doing. To put a hole in the bottom would require some sort of drilling device, mechanical or electric, how many boats have this equipment as standard fare? If no drill a large axe or sledge hammer maybe?
Even if you could get a hole in the hull imagine how long it would take to completely sink.....:idea:
Then if you did get it sunk how do you get to shore? Have another boat available with a witness who would most likely require some type of expalantion to what in thehell you're doing. Maybe swim a great distance after you've pulled off the scuttle, pretty unlikely.
I don't know maybe it's just me but I don't think anyone sunk the boat. And no "Later" jokes...:devil:
This boat is out there somewhere and it will be found, it's just a matter of time.

[driverno8]

HDD
There was a red oval with a large FOUNTAIN in black ontop of the red oval.
Could that oval be the Fountain Logo?:idea:

[socalmoney]

I was on a trip where a Sea Do ran over an older yamaha wave runner. The wave runner sunk and there was barely a scratch on the Sea Do.
Also....and excuse me for using logic and reasoning hear...but everyone is assuming this is a felony hit and run deal. Would it be possible that the driver of the Scarab Fountain was distracted by an orphaned 9 year old whose mother picked him up prior to spending the night at CPS riding a jet ski while being a passenger on a Sea Do (you have to admit...that is distracting) and the other "jet ski" came out of a cove without looking or pulled an eradic unpredictable maneuver while the driver was distracted and put himself in the path of the Fountain Scarab? And, would it be possible that running over a "jet ski" in a large offshore boat might sound like just another wake, especially if the boat had a gagillion watt stereo system hitting hard on the subs? And ultimately...the driver may have never even known he hit anything? And then just drove around like normal not bringing any attention to himself? And like others have said....actually sustain little to no damage? Nah....that could NEVER EVER happen.
I know...why don't we have a few spelling nazi's come in here and explain to us how the true evil in this whole thing is spelling and grammar?
You should take the BAR exam. All kinds of reasonable doubt in there.

[Sleek-Jet]

It sure seems that "sinking" the boat to destroy evidence is kind of farfetched. Consider the task at hand. You've just committed a crime, you need to scuttle a boat with all kinds of gear, you need a secluded area in fairly deep water. You need to do it in a hurry.
Pulling the plug will require you to get overboard and unsrew the plug which could take some doing. To put a hole in the bottom would require some sort of drilling device, mechanical or electric, how many boats have this equipment as standard fare? If no drill a large axe or sledge hammer maybe?
Even if you could get a hole in the hull imagine how long it would take to completely sink.....:idea:
Then if you did get it sunk how do you get to shore? Have another boat available with a witness who would most likely require some type of expalantion to what in thehell you're doing. Maybe swim a great distance after you've pulled off the scuttle, pretty unlikely.
I don't know maybe it's just me but I don't think anyone sunk the boat. And no "Later" jokes...:devil:
This boat is out there somewhere and it will be found, it's just a matter of time.
No need to sink it...
Two words... Sawz All... I would be suprised if the boat in question is still in one piece...

[ratso]

I would just like to mention, especially being in the boat business my entire life and also the fiberglass repair and gelcoat repair industry... it is highly possible this boat received very little if any damage. I see this stuff all the time. Impacts directly to the side of a boat from a jet ski will generally screw up the jet ski AND the boat... yet in so many instances where a boat runs over a jet ski or even another boat, I see the jet ski or boat that is run over getting the brunt of the damage, and the boat doing the running over getting minor damage in comparison. I'm not saying this is ALWAYS the case, but just as likely as not, the Fountain might have already been polished up with some light sanding and buffing...

[Old Texan]

No need to sink it...
Two words... Sawz All... I would be suprised if the boat in question is still in one piece...
Anybody heartless enough to run most likely is too greedy to destroy the boat unless it is some one else's property. It's either hidden purposely or somewhere out of sight from plain view like private storage.
Even if you cut it up that's a lot of pieces to get rid of....
The more publicity the more "eyes" to find the boat. The odds are against this jerk.
Someone will drop a dime on this rat.