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Sprint boat rescue

Published 1:30 am Monday, July 25, 2022

By Keith Thorpe

“Island hopper” safety personnel race to the Starts & Stripes boat after driver Burt Roberts and navigator Nichole Heaton left the Extreme Sports Park track and crashed nose-first through a safety fence on Saturday during sprint boat races in Port Angeles. The crew was apparently uninjured in the incident and the boat was later trailered back to the pits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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“Island hopper” safety personnel race to the Starts & Stripes boat after driver Burt Roberts and navigator Nichole Heaton left the Extreme Sports Park track and crashed nose-first through a safety fence on Saturday during sprint boat races in Port Angeles. The crew was apparently uninjured in the incident and the boat was later trailered back to the pits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

“Island hopper” safety personnel race to the Starts & Stripes boat after driver Burt Roberts and navigator Nichole Heaton left the Extreme Sports Park track and crashed nose-first through a safety fence on Saturday during sprint boat races in Port Angeles. The crew was apparently uninjured in the incident and the boat was later trailered back to the pits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
“Island hopper” safety personnel race to the Starts & Stripes boat after driver Burt Roberts and navigator Nichole Heaton left the Extreme Sports Park track and crashed nose-first through a safety fence on Saturday during sprint boat races in Port Angeles. The crew was apparently uninjured in the incident and the boat was later trailered back to the pits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

“Island hopper” safety personnel race to the Starts & Stripes boat after driver Burt Roberts and navigator Nichole Heaton left the Extreme Sports Park track and crashed nose-first through a safety fence on Saturday during sprint boat races in Port Angeles.

The crew was apparently uninjured in the incident and the boat was later trailered back to the pits.

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