Quad Engine Boat Accident in Biscayne Bay Center Console Boat Totally Destroyed (Black Point Marina)

A quad engine Contender Center Console was in a serious boat accident with three boaters on board.The accident happened a couple miles north of the Black Point Marina channel.
All three boaters were hurt. Please keep the family and these boaters in your prayers. The police are investigating the cause of the accident.

[@carloscalzadilla1711]

Alfred can you try to find out how this accident and such a tragic, sad loss of life occurred so as to make boaters aware of potentially deadly serious events that may cause a death and loss of a vessel. Was this a collision into to something, mechanical issues, operator error or just having too much horsepower without the experience to handle it???

[@barrygoldkind99]

The news is reporting that the man who died as a result of the crash was test driving the boat to possibly purchasing it, the boat lost power while at high speed and that caused a loss of steering and the boat went out of control and crashed.

[@tanyasteers4802]

Gotta love the wireless controls dies while you're flying your fucked

[@8180634]

They must have been going too fast for the situation they were in if the steering losing power led to that big of a wreck. They definitely hit something hard. Maybe the motors kept going when the controls went out, a communications bus problem perhaps? But I would think in that case the motors would throttle back as a safety? So many questions.

[@whoogoesthere]

The fact that there is no safety built into this type of design is just nuts. To think a loss of power can do this...

[@reniercrespo2405]

Oyeeeee tremendo desbarate que locura

[@btankful]

Quad 450 was at speed. Lost control. All 3 occupants ejected at speed. Operator at the wheel died. 2 others were airlifted to hospital. 39 foot Contender. Lost electronics, then lost steering. First reported by fisherman that boat was circling under power. No other craft involved.

[@redline8814]

Something really strange happened there because the only way you can have loss of steering if you kill key power. And at that point your engine should shut off.

[@movingearth3726]

How do you know this yet it’s still under investigation no one else seams to know but your self

[@ScarabChris]

@@edwardranno7119 Same here! I'm old school I prefer traditional cable throttle and shift and hydraulic steering. I personally know two people that had a crash due to fly by wire failing. Thankfully they were minor crashes while docking and no injuries, but boats were damaged from hitting the dock

[@zackriden79]

sounds like more money then sense

[@MikeGowan-xo9yv]

Sounds like a bunch of stupidity….so sad ego s get involved…

[@reneap9049]

Prayers for the accident victims and their families. Thank you for your compassion in covering this, and thank you to the first responders.

[@davidfeeman6094]

Appreciated your compassion throughout the video. Very well handled!!

[@gbowne1]

I saw this on the news and immediately when I heard Black Point I thought of you. Thanks for covering this. Best wishes to everyone involved.

[@hazelbermudez3314]

On this boat I lost a.very good friend of mines and my family he is my childhood friend he is a Father of 3 he's a husband a Son a Brother to many he will be very missed R,I,P my BROTHER MICHAEL GARCIA A,K,A BUTTER LOVE YOU BRO....

[@bobtenharkel4367]

Sorry for your loss.

[@paulaheath803]

My condolences to you family and friends

[@JonPaul]

Sorry for your loss and condolences to all friends and family.

[@1RustyShackleford1]

They believe a power failure is to blame for the fatal incident. The man was taking the boat out for a test drive and was looking into potentially purchasing it from the owner, who was also on board. A passenger who was also on the boat at the time of the crash said the boat lost power at some point, causing it to lose steering and suddenly turn, violently throwing the men overboard.

[@kennethmassiello2436]

My new 39 contender did same thing ..we just lost power n steering multiple times on a 700k boat ..contender could careless ...2022...I understand what happened believe me

[@pescatarianfishing]

Excellent coverage on. this tragic event. Your video has more information than the news coverage. We still do not know what happened but for a boat this size to have this amount of damage, it had to be a very hard impact. Such a sad event. Prayers for everyone involved.

[@dvrrocks4161]

Thoughts and prayers to the people and their families. God bless them all. Alfred thank you for the coverage. I very much appreciate what you do. Your content is always exceptionally well done... professional, informative, tasteful and respectful. Keep up the quality work . Thank you.

[@frankieclams1]

Alfred you always do a great job covering the topics at hand. Thank you

[@burkepete110]

Best wishes to all those involved in this crash. The trend to faster, larger boats is likely to outpace the skills and judgement of many operators.

[@forestghost7]

likely to? mate that happened like 50 yrs ago thanks to Don Aronow and his Donzis and Cigarettes (and that cockroach Ben Kramer). most of these overpowered pieces of junk just fall into the wrong hands. it's so dangerous out there Im out of boating, for my family's sake

[@CaptDavesSportfishing]

You got that straight obviously it's all that Cuban penis extender mentality ya'll down have there. "Look-at-me look-at-me I'm so cool" .

[@leonard7736]

Prayers for all involved, hats off to the first responders.

[@drcdrdoct9864]

Amazing how good those sea Tow guys are coming in tandem with a boat sandwiched and yet dropped it right on the trailer without any fanfare. I would love to have a follow up if you ever hear the story about what happened.

[@_AndromedaGalaxy_]

Others in the comments are saying 90mph on autopilot. It went haywire, made a hard left and ejected ppl with one dying. Other two airlifted.

[@GarciaM1968]

A witness from another boat told CBS News Miami there 3 people involved, 2 injured and a 3rd unresponsive, all airlifted to hospital.

[@jamielee9350]

Alfred , my heart goes out to all the people and families involved , also a big shout out to all your EMS over there. My only problem is , why would you try running a 39' Contender with 450 quads when it was only designed to run with 400 quads max. ? Having over 50 years experience in power boat racing , both on shore and off shore , the reasons why the craft was at sea, (Trials in view of the sale of the boat) . We all tend to push things too far sometimes, this was a tragic accident, but I would bet my house on that the boat caught air and flipped , not rolled because of a malfunction.

[@julian-fg4od]

so, the guy that passed was a buddy of mines uncle, the story is, they were moving at about 90mph with autopilot on, the autopilot freaked out and hit a hard left, and moving at such speed that can't be done, so the boat ended up catching the corners and completely barrel rolled hence why the Ttop came off.

[@francoislepine4698]

90 miles an hour with autopilot on??? ON A BOAT ??? Who/why the heck would you do that ??? Plain crazy!

[@Yeah-i2f]

​@@francoislepine4698 I have a great uncle that was friends With a guy that knew someone with A boat and he told me it was aliens 👽

[@thomasbullen5239]

I heard 90mph. And also was way over horse power limit, like 250 horses so it was flying.

[@AtlanticMarine]

Wow, that must have been a crazy accident, great reporting Alfred.

[@EllwoodSunnell]

Thanks for the excellent photo work and explanations. Every boater has to know how quickly things can turn bad for whatever reasons.

[@TOM-C.]

I hope you follow up on this for us Alfred as that was one weird accident. All I see is some damage to the rear port side, and the console completely gone. Seems another boat may have gone over the top of this boat? Would love to hear the outcome! 👍😎✌🗽

[@christinecalifornia8136]

That is what I was thinking or it was a jet ski

[@cjmac4408]

The entire port side is gone. He got hit by something

[@TOM-C.]

@@cjmac4408 Yeah, I don't think a jet ski could do that. More than likely another boat is involved, or like you said, something else?

[@TOM-C.]

@@christinecalifornia8136 Actually, the more I look at it, 14:58 it could have been a Jet Ski haulin azz! I saw the port side rear corner originally, but didn't pay attention to the motor cover, and it does appear that is where the boat/jet ski was able to slip up like there was a ramp. If hit from the side, there is no way a Jet ski could get above the boat as the front is not steep enough, and it would likely go under the boat. That, and the fact there's little damage to the boat tells me it may well have been a Jet Ski?

[@Kiki-Kauai]

@@TOM-C. no other boat involved. Another boater witnessed the boat out of control going in circles very fast prior to the crash. Possibly the way it stopped was the boat laying completely over in the water at high speed and throwing people out. It was very violent.

[@m1ndphaser]

enough has been said about the tragedy, it's truly terrible. I just wanted to point out how well the two tow-boats worked together to land the boat perfectly first try! everyone seemed to know what they were doing, well done respective captains.

[@pamparent9559]

We pulled up a couple of news stations who had posted stories on KZbin. Eye witness said boat was spinning out of control when the crash occurred. Not any details really. Investigation continues.

[@Kiki-Kauai]

Praying for these boaters. Alfred, I can’t imagine what caused this. Quad 450’s are crazy fast. Our two 250’s are fast enuf. If they were going full out, can’t imagine how incredibly violent this event was. This is my biggest fear on the water. Edit: local10 news report- a boater in the area saw this boat “spinning in circles, just doing laps.” He also said one of the boaters told him their electronics went out and their steering went. Unfortunately it does seem one of the boaters was hurt very very badly.

[@dive2deepocean115]

I really want to hear thar full story, but with all that power you should have the kill switch attached to you. But we do get to comfortable

[@Kiki-Kauai]

@@dive2deepocean115 recently we found ourselves in a moment that supports your warning. My hubs unhooked the kill switch from him as he repositioned, with the intention of reattaching immediately as he sat down. Somehow he lost his balance and into the drink he went. It all happened so fast, thankfully we were only going about 20. And thankfully, even tho we’d owned boats on lakes for many many years, I had taken the boat safety course when we bought this boat so I knew instantly what to do. It was surreal and happened in a blink. Certainly highlighted just how seriously we need to be every second on the water.

[@marcusbutzin8368]

Great reporting Alfred, Florida should purchase this video and use it in their safety power boat course!

[@cindyhalford8758]

It’s hard to wrap your head around something like this. One thinks with all the water and space out there how something like this happens Yes it was a violent act and just hope that all parties involved come out ok From Tx sending good wishes

[@eugeniacastillo2145]

So sad. Praying for all involved.

[@capttonywhite4895]

Kudos to SeaTow for doing a helluva job gettin that vessel back in. Such a shame there had to be loss of life.

[@damkayaker]

I don't live in Florida ... but it seems to me people are putting way too much horsepower on the back of their boats ... four 450 hp motors ... is that really needed?

[@sonnyeast3862]

I heard they were going like 75 mph and did a sharp turn and the boat flippped like 3,4 times. Step hulls don’t do well on sharp turnes. 1 dead and 2 critical for what I hear.

[@JayAlmazar-hl8on]

Prayers for everyone on board. Never seen a boat in that bad a shape.

[@manuelfuertes5875]

Prayers sent . Sad moment

[@michaelm1965]

Sadly, the boats captain Michael Garcia 41 did not survive his injuries. Apparently, the electronics and steering failed before the crash.

[@Letmetrytoo]

oh, so you already know that it was equipment failure? Wow, you should go work as an FWC investigator - Are you sure Mr. GARCIA was a licensed "Captain", or, simply captain because he was at the helm?

[@michaelm1965]

@@Letmetrytoo One of the surviving passengers gave a statement that the steering and electronics flailed before the crash. As far as being a licensed captain this is not necessary to describe the operator as the captain. Do some research if you are able.

[@michaelm1965]

@@edwardranno7119 I recently replaced the fly by wire accelerator on a newer Toyota Camry. Cables are no longer used. On my boats now I still use teleflex steering and throttle cables. Good luck and stay safe.

[@Jblaze024]

amazes me how two boats in the open ocean ended up like that. That's the equivalent of two cars getting a major accident on a empty highway at 1:00 a.m.

[@KathyWilcox-vx2vj]

❤sending prayers 🙏 to all

[@garysheppard6636]

Good job covering this! Post the detes asap. For a single boat accident to cause the T Top to be knocked off has me baffled. Unless there's a low bridge in the area that this guy tried to navigate under.

[@jmcimba]

I heard the boat was for sale, and out on a sea-trial. Prays for the 3 that were injured

[@matthawkins9983]

Cool footage Alfred. 🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@maxnichols1727]

I don't think they were waiting for that. Praying for all involved.

[@phetinsixiengmay9027]

Wowsers…hope everyone is okay 🙏

[@adachilders7798]

Thank you fir sharing this devastating accident prayers for all involved was it a racing accident or do you kno update if any

[@pomgrant7680]

I just love watching the schit show great channel

[@OttoTheWeim]

That is catastrophic damage. It looks as if 1 of 2 things happened. Boat struck a Channel marker pole at front port and lurched sideways as the captain turned hard starboard (too late) slamming the rear port into the same pole flipping to side resulting in the console and top being ripped off or 2.) another vessel striking at high speed but since I haven’t seen any reports of another vessel involved.

[@straybullitt]

Something hit that boat HARD on the port side! You can see where it hit towards the stern. Keep us updated, Alfred.

[@rm4po4]

Wouldn't we have seen marks from the other vehicle? Scrape marks, paint, abrasive damage? We don't see anything like that.

[@straybullitt]

@rm4po4 It looked like there was a red splotch on the side with all of the damage. I just can't imagine what else would cause that kind of damage to a well-built boat like that. 🤷‍♂️

[@rm4po4]

@@straybullitt ooh, I didn't see that, I'll take a look. Thank you.

[@JunaediNaedi-bp6oc]

😮A beautiful beach my friend, I hope you have a nice day my friend

[@johnss449]

Crazy! Things can go bad fast!

[@stevebury6560]

I found a report that says the men on this boat were ejected out. the boat was spinning around.

[@philipschneider6396]

WOW ! So many opinions with so little info.

[@transitjoe6560]

I caught the air rescue assignment on my channel, but I won't link it without permission.

[@transitjoe6560]

It happened again today, Alfred. This time a boat hit the channel marker. I got some footage again. Terrible!

[@vicb.2708]

That boat went through some serious violence.

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

The man who died, identified by the FWC as 41-year-old Michael Garcia, was a husband and father of three, the friends said. Garcia was taking the boat out for a test drive and was looking into potentially purchasing it from the owner, who was also on board, the friends said. A passenger who was on the boat at the time of the crash said the boat lost power at some point, causing it to lose steering and suddenly turn, violently throwing the men overboard.

[@MrBobbyBX]

Hey wait, how'd he beat Sea Tow back to the boat ramp?

[@keithscudder7136]

Possibly more than one camera.

[@dwightbernheimer331]

Too much Technology... Is Dangerous... More Money than Brains... Is awfully dangerous 😮😮😮

[@keithkennedy2725]

One thing every boater should remember; Speed Kills on the road and on the water.. God Bless everyone involved..

[@polishchachafishing]

That’s a green monster! Wow

[@debbieploschnitznig2576]

Prayers for everyone involved

[@Tonymike1212]

You have people buying boats That They don't have any experience With boats And that is When tragedy strikes.

[@JohnHagins3]

Same thing happened to the same make/model of Contender about 10-12 years ago in Homosassa.

[@dive2deepocean115]

What did happen?

[@bbrcummins1984]

​@@dive2deepocean115he was running thru a channel to wide and hit a sand bar in a curve it flipped the boat , it killed the captain, owner of a Chevrolet dealership in citrus County

[@joefarmer4238]

Did hit something like sand bar?? Ejecting the people or driver into and through the t-top ripping it from hull??

[@BCtrapcat]

How do we think this happened? Greatest stuffing of all time??

[@joycebevins6014]

I wonder if they put the boat in at Black Point Marina and is their video?

[@thomasromine6377]

This is so sad. I hope everyone is OK.

[@csrboltfan2643]

Driver died

[@bradsaddler7440]

prayers to the family that lost a love one.

[@andrewmarshall360]

If you lose electronics do you also lose throttle control ?

[@catmanrescue1]

Thx , Thx may those involved be Blessed by Jesus .

[@oldmanonewheel1637]

Amazing how good the engines look compared to the whole boat. The hull don't look repairable.

[@noahm4464]

The question is; How fast was this guy going and why?

[@adachilders7798]

Respect to first responders

[@csrboltfan2643]

From the severe damage all the way down the port side, and having the T-Top sheared off, looks to me like he hit a stationary channel marker post. I've watched several news stories about this, but have yet to see either of the survivor's testimonies as to what happened. Has anyone else? Please share if you have.

[@AllenPortman]

The $$$$$$ spent and continues being spent to purcahse and maintain all of these very expensive power boats is unfathomable!

[@jamielee9350]

The trailer is a rental trailer from ASA Boat Trailer Rentals , you probably know them Alfred.

[@melindamiller9515]

They may not want the propellers up until they can examine the boat in the accident condition.

[@stevecrane1125]

John Candy on Planes Trains and Automobiles " Oh this isn't so bad. They should be able to buff this out no problem"

[@peterjacoby1295]

You said the people who were in the boat made it out alive. The mechanism to cause that kind of damage could have done much worse to flesh and bone. So lucky.

[@AlfredMontaner]

Two walked off one was unresponsive

[@peterjacoby1295]

Head injury. In the water. Not good. @@AlfredMontaner

[@gilbertdelgado6703]

This is exactly the reason why pfd’s should be worn by all on board.

[@bobwatenabe9751]

One of the outboards had the lower end missing

[@AndrewTa530]

Were they wearing seatbelts?

[@MrNice-gw5dt]

just goes to show those big boats aren't exempt from nasty accidents.....play safe....! slow down!

[@lordTowle]

What were the tugs at the start of the video for?

[@lordTowle]

Never mind, I saw them at the crash site. The boat appeared to be up right though, not rolled over.

[@4mula353]

Looks like maybe it rolled over.

[@huntspoint3442]

Yep, at high speed. Nothing hit that boat boat except the water.

[@SteveAZ711]

Oh My!😲Hope the people on board are not in serious condition, but that boat sure is. I wonder what happened. Seat belts in cars save lives, but to my knowledge boats do not have them, at least the boats I have owned did not. 🙏

[@Letmetrytoo]

they are called bolster chairs, idiots that have these high powered boats should use them

[@SteveAZ711]

@@Letmetrytoo Well, I did not know that. So I guess maybe they did or they did not. I'd be strapped in with a vest on if it was me on one of those. I noticed that Alfred was not when they lost that Verrado motor. Course Alfred would be front lines with a helmet and a camera in a war zone I guess.

[@abtechgroup]

Nothing is an "accident" - Inattention, negligence, inexperience; key players in any collision

[@G1nn3y]

Stop blaming people, shit happens sometimes.

[@abtechgroup]

People are exactly who are to blame... too much speed, not enough reaction time. @@G1nn3y

[@markspence3750]

Damn. They had that place taped off!.....

[@jimronsivalli1675]

14 minutes in and we still don't know what happened!

[@Honda1k]

Any updates?

[@mickomei]

You so close to the water.. careful to the croc fred.. This prime news

[@erics8696]

News report is one of them died.

[@floridaoutdooradventures8981]

Too much speed on the water and no seat belts. The law of physics still applies unfortunately... Very sad -:(

[@Kilroy_Was_Here_1897]

Sad stuff. I hope everybody involved is safe right now and that any injuries heal quickly. The police response makes me think it could have been a BUI-related thing. Keep the booze well away from the boat, have it when you get home, it's not worth the risk. Out on the water stuff gets pretty real pretty quick.

[@stephengreen9540]

Do we know what Happened to the people on the vessel

[@valerie11112]

Excess power on boats... small d energy.

[@GmanfromTexas]

Don’t know what happened here but It takes special training to boat race. Anyway I’m watching at the airport on my way to Miami

[@blackwidowsm]

With great power comes great responsibility. Twin screw power is enough for any recreational boater.

[@markspence3750]

Quad 450s..... I use a 150cc moped to go grocery shopping here in Nokomis, Florida... Alcohol may have been involved.... don't drink and boat and go 80 mph....

[@ROSINRANCHFL]

🙏 🙏 🙏

[@DeanSchumacher]

Tht sux praying for everyone Im sure alcohol was involved maybe not but... tht boat has to be 1+million very pricey fishing boat

[@jorgefigueroa7573]

Why not close down the entire biscayne bay and all the marina's just to bring the boat in. You have enough firefighters, police, fwc and what else?? Incredible.

[@fposmith]

The kids are playing with their toys !

[@tonychavez2083]

the 450's held on to transom, strong boat

[@francoislepine4698]

a bunch of lawyers won't have to worry about making their rent payments for a couple of years! there's a report below from somebody related to the people aboard...it says that the boat was moving at 90 miles an hour with autopilot on !!! Autopilot made a sudden hard turn and boat rolled several times....Think of it: 90mph on autopilot. (???)

[@alexmikhael5061]

ummm no numbers??? did they strip them off as part of the towing?? salvage?? or ... ummm yea ... intresting

[@jamesglavich1426]

Might be on the T-Top on a boat that size.

[@4mula353]

If it's a documented boat, numbers wouldn't be visible

[@oceanreef9276]

Or a documented vessel which means they would be on a piece of teak/starboard in the bilge

[@joycebevins6014]

Prayers to the families of the man that lost his life and to the injured. Hope another boat is not on the bottom of the ocean. Speed kills on land and sea!

[@scottmonfort]

I don't understand why they would drag the top through the water ... why not just load it onto the boat?

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

The boat is taking on water, so who load it down? The top was floating anyway.

[@slange455]

Probably heavy since it was floating might as well just pull it behind the boat

[@controlledchaosfishingteam3852]

It’s water logged an so heavy. 8 cops barley drug it up the ramp let alone pick it up and put it in a boat.