Hamilton’s narrow miss

Skylar Hamilton encountered an unavoidable situation often faced during summertime tournaments.

He got caught in a pop-up thunderstorm. Call what happened divine intervention, coincidence, or both.

The rain intensified and forced Hamilton to shut down his boat in the middle of the river.

“It was coming down so hard that I had to stop to wipe the water out of my sunglasses,” he said. “Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to see.”

 When the boat came to a stop, Hamilton looked up to see the bright spotlights of a commercial barge. He was only 10 feet away and nearing a head-on collision.

 “I was able to throttle the engine and get out of the way, just in time.”

 Hamilton believes the situation would have turned out much worse had he not stopped to clean his glasses.