www.iFourWinns.com

Hopefully, not a member of this board. Regardless, this is very sad and they just announced the 8 year old passed away.

Aboard the Disco Volante, a 40-foot sailboat out on a training exercise, Martinus van Breems, the captain, had seen the boat struggle in the waves, take on water, and flip.

Now, nine people wearing life jackets — eight children and one adult — were about 25 feet from the Disco Volante, drifting away, pulled by the strong current. Perched on the black upturned hull of the 24-foot Four Winns Horizon, a man and woman were screaming: Their 8-year-old son was trapped underneath.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/ ... story.html

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

That has to be one of the most terrifying things that could happen to a parent. Prays go out to the family.

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1990 Four Winns Horizon 200
2005 GMC Sierra

Wow.....I really hope the boy survived. So sad.

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Current Boats:
2012 FW H260, 8.2 B3X (DTS) "Ctrl-Alt-Delete"
Previous Boats:
1984 Century 5000, Merc 260 Alpha 1
2012 Yamaha VXR

Kansas City, MO

Very sad I think the boy did not make it.
Those with bow riders bear this in mind. If you have to go thru a rough inlet or in any rough water put the bow cover on and make a strong support for it. This is what I do when going out in LI Sound. Make 2 strong supports for that cover. Not that flimsy one that sticks through the hole in the cover. Make up one with a triangular support under the cover to protect the fabric, with a strong adjustable support and a strong wood base, two will support better than one. And for those who say they want to use the front seats, well they are for very calm water ONLY.

My next boat will be a walk around no more bow riders for me.
Either that or I will get my glass shop to fab up a semi permenant cover for the bow area, with a center section that flips open to access the bow. Even though the bigger bow riders have self bailing decks, the drains are too small in my opinion.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II