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Mateo_Vargas

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  1. I was driving a few years ago and the skier popped the handle at 4 ball. When I saw the rope floating in front of my face I put the throttle in neutral and got my hands up between the rope and my neck before the slack tightened. The boat then went into full throttle reverse which buried the nose under water and a 1 foot wave came over the windshield. Only about six inches of the boat was above water after it was all said and done but I never felt the tug on my neck. What happened was the rope also got around the throttle and when it got tight it worked it's way up and released the lock putting it in full throttle reverse. It was a horrific sound before the rev limiter kicked in. It probably looked exactly like this:

     

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