That boat was the Lake Norman accident in the pic above. Smith guide boat was a 22' white hull Capecraft.

In the picture above the registration number begin with NC so I'd say it's from the NPFL tournament accident... Dan

I copied this from a thread on bass boat central....if this is true,it would explain several things....namely why did he hit the striper boat....and...why no charges have been filed against Flint Davis....hopefully it's true because it's a terrible tragedy for the families and those who died but it takes the blame and terrible guilt off Flint Davis.....




"""The bass boat motor hit the ground and threw the bass boat out of control into the stripper boat if the channel had the proper buoy green he would have went right in safe side . Yes army Corps is at fault and the state this was reported on may 2023 to the State of Alabama !!
I don't have a dog in this fight ! This point has a nick name Calverts Foot because of wrecks !"""

Sure looks like a keel strike happened with enough boat lift going on to be above the gunnels of the CC to me. Good luck with trying to blame the Corps. Modern maps and graphs do a pretty good job at showing your risky areas these days. He knew what he was trying to do.

Not sure I’m buying the buoy is to blame, if he was close enough to get thrown into the CC boat, then he was too close to start with.

Exactly

I read that over there, I'm not sure it's worth buying. I have read it a couple times and is he saying they stuck a unmarked body by the high spot so it could have been confused with a channel marker? And yes either way doesn't make a difference and you would think the guy had practiced and made the run before anyway

This wreck is on that tournament angler 100%. He should carry the guilt because he just killed 3 people.

What’s the legal minimum distance you can pass someone on plane?

if corps. of engineers put buoys out to mark the channel,they need to maintain them in the correct position or remove them from the lake...otherwise it's just creating a dangerous situation by telling boaters it is safe to run where they could tear up their boat and injure themselves and others.....
not sure what happened in this situation and it's odd that law enforcement hasn't issued any statements on what happened or cause of the accident.....

If the Corps put a buoy on every hazard on Table Rock, they'd need about 10,000 buoys. The boat operator is 100% responsible for boat navigation.

I think they are still investigating , Im sure it will take a while to .

We can only speculate at this point as to why, but my guess as is the case in most auto accidents, not paying attention and not being ahead of the situation is what caused the issue. Some will blame speed, but distracted driving may be to blame.

That’s no joke. I remember a spot where the boat was in 80ft of water and I could stand next to the boat in 2 ft.

the point is that if there is a black buoy there,it is marking the edge of the channel or a shallow area and it should be safe to run outside the buoy..............we had this situation several years ago when corps. of engineers quit maintaining buoys on Eufuala (Al.) fortunately the Mayor of Eufaula is tournament fisherman and he was able to convince corps officials to maintain and keep buoys in correct position to mark channels in Eufaula and I'm told they have done pretty good job....