I am hoping one of you great searchers might be able to find out more on this article as well. I can't find the couple's names or if the body of the husband was ever found. I know it is probably a long shot but who knows......Don't want to ignore any chance of figuring this out.....
----Only Newspaper Article I could Find-------
A man knocked out of a speedboat remained missing late Saturday after a boating accident near the Kemah Boardwalk.
Jim Christy, Clear Lake Emergency Medical Corps spokesman, said the man and his wife, whose identities were not released, were returning to Kemah when their boat got snared by submerged crab traps.
Christy said the speedboat was traveling about 55 mph when it became entangled in underwater ropes from the traps about 300 yards from the boardwalk. The force of the impact sent the man overboard, he said.
The accident happened about 7:30 p.m.
Christy said Kemah Fire Department dive teams and rescue boats searched a large area for the missing man, but suspended the search about 10 p.m. due to poor visibility.
He said a Kemah firefighter was injured when he attempted to board the speedboat, which was spinning in circles anchored to ropes from the traps, to help the man's wife. The firefighter was sent by LifeFlight to Hermann Memorial Hospital while the woman was sent to an area hospital by ambulance for minor injuries.
The firefighter and woman were rescued by other firefighters who cut off the boat's engine.
I found the following post on a boating forum. It looks like this boating accident occured in Sep, 2004, so I don't believe it's a match to BK.
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Lost at Sea : All Baja 25 Owners Please Read
My husband and I were boating last year.
Well, first let me say that I just found this site today, and think it is a great resource for power boating and for owners.
That being said. I want to share with each of you that reads this, that I truly hope you will always exercise good judgement when you are out in your boats. Please wear a "kill switch" , and keep it on until you dock the boat. He had taken his off too soon that day.
My husband is gone now, and I think he would like this site too, if he were still here.
We were in our boat last September, less than a 1/4 mile from the Kemah Boardwalk/ Chanel,when he swerved to miss a crab trap, that was barely noticeable because of the poorly discolored float, and also it was in a navigable chanel, and was not supposed to be. We immediately hit another boat's wake that was off to our port side about a 100 feet, and he was ejected from the boat, where it ran over him & he went into the prop and died.
I sustained broken ribs, and an arm, and was knocked out.
I stayed inside the confines of our boat.
I would like to know if any of you has ever heard of such an incident,etc?
I had always felt like our boat was too fast & too light for the type of chop we have in Trinity/Galveston Bay, and that the accident was avoidable, if only some slight changes to the boat were made during manufacturing. and lastly that there were stricter laws for crab trapping in the Gulf waters.
I have been writing to our representatives and trying to get some new laws passed regulating the placement of crab traps.
Our speed at the time of the accident was not very fast, maybe 45-5- mph, again the chop keeps the speed down somewhat.
Not sure why I wrote this today, but I have been planning his one year memorial this past week, and so it is so fresh on my mind, I guess.
Clark was 45, and died one day shy of his 46th birthday.
We had just gotten married a few months before in May in Grand Cayman.
He loved all kinds of boating, especially being in our Baja, as well as sailing, and he was formerly in the Navy when he was younger.
He died September 4th, 2004. His Memorial is going to be held on September 3rd, 2005, at Outrigger's in Kemah, TX, at 2pm. If you think about it that day, maybe you can say a prayer for him. I know he would appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Jacque West
Seabrook, TX
from:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108448
