Don't tip the boat

Makara · May 3rd, 2004, 04:00 PM

Passengers Tip Boat Trying to See Nudists

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Some 60 ``Splash Day'' revelers hoping to see nude sunbathers tipped over their double-decker barge when they crowded one side of the vessel.

They were rescued Sunday from Lake Travis, including two with minor injuries, authorities said.

The accident happened during Splash Day, a semiannual event hosted at the clothing-optional area by the Austin Tavern Guild, a gay and lesbian bar association.

Witnesses said that all of the people aboard the barge moved to one side after it was tied up at Hippie Hollow, the only public nude beach in Texas, creating uneven distribution and making it tilt.

``As the captain was running upstairs to tell them to move away from the railing, it capsized,'' dumping its passengers into about 39 feet of water, Travis County sheriff's spokesman Roger Wade said.

Krista Umscheid, a spokeswoman for the Lower Colorado River Authority, said everyone aboard was safe.

**Confrontational** · May 3rd, 2004, 04:04 PM

Been to that kickass restaurant on Lake Travis many a times...

I knew there was a nude beach on the other side of the lake - but never thought that they gave boat tours with 60+ people on them...

Too bad I wasn't sitting up on the restaurant deck drinkin a Shiner watching all that happen...

FUSCUCLA1 · May 3rd, 2004, 04:04 PM

Damn it, its a repost. I thought you were in the future?

Makara · May 3rd, 2004, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FUSCUCLA1

Damn it, its a repost. I thought you were in the future?

History repeats it's self.

viper spray · May 3rd, 2004, 06:29 PM

That is one weekend every year that my boat stays in the slip and my ass is far far away from lake Travis!