Some unconventional boat travel over the May long weekend turned heads on Shuswap Lake, before going viral.
Shuswap resident Rob Winder was with his son and boating near Marble Point, north of Sicamous, on May 16 when another boat on the water made him do a double take.
The other boat鈥檚 trailer was still attached as it puttered across the lake at a slow speed. Winder filmed a 22-second clip of the boat but didn鈥檛 expect what happened next.
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Within hours of posting the video to his Facebook page, Winder saw it had over 10,000 views. By the next day the clip had 500,000 views and Winder had already received an offer from Viral Hog to distribute the video to other websites around the world. By May 22, the video had surpassed 6 million views and Winder鈥檚 original post had been shared 192,000 times.
As for the boater who took to the water with the trailer attached, Winder said he was probably moving the trailer to a boat-in cabin. The trailer appeared well secured to the hull of the boat with straps. Winder said he had heard of people moving trailers this way but had never seen it for himself.
鈥淭o get something that happened on the Shuswap up to 7 million views. It鈥檚 exciting for our little lake,鈥� Winder said.
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jim.elliot@saobserver.net
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