http://earthnc.com/dramatic-destin-pass-boating-accident-on-aerial-video Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://earthnc.com/dramatic-destin-pass-boating-accident-on-aerial-video#comment-8 DestinSharks.com » Blog Archive » Aerial Video of Destin Pass Boating Accident after Emerald Coast Poker Run Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:20:35 +0000 http://earthnc.com/?p=57#comment-8 [...] The accident victims were gracious enough to release the video of the accident to help promote boating safety. As the video shows, the boat was driving mostly south at high speed into the mouth of Destin Pass were it ‘hooked’ after landing from a big wave jump. Destin Pass, like most passes, is subject to unpredictable wave patterns due to tide/wind conflicts, shallowing water, and busy boating traffic by vessels of all sizes. To help provide context to the video, our sister website EarthNC.com - Marine Charts for Google Earth put together the simple map below with the approximate boating path. They’ve also posted a link to their online Google Earth marine chart for Destin Pass here. [...] [...] The accident victims were gracious enough to release the video of the accident to help promote boating safety. As the video shows, the boat was driving mostly south at high speed into the mouth of Destin Pass were it ‘hooked’ after landing from a big wave jump. Destin Pass, like most passes, is subject to unpredictable wave patterns due to tide/wind conflicts, shallowing water, and busy boating traffic by vessels of all sizes. To help provide context to the video, our sister website EarthNC.com - Marine Charts for Google Earth put together the simple map below with the approximate boating path. They’ve also posted a link to their online Google Earth marine chart for Destin Pass here. [...]

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