[t6dpilot]

Having my seaplane rating, those exact things jumped out at me too. Never got up on the step and missed a whole shyteload of runway to the right of his t/o path. Seriously, I would like to know what this guy was thinking. Glad to hear everyone walked away, but they might not have been so lucky. Sad that he thumped that beautiful bird. I love those airplanes. One needs to ask, why the hell didn't he just pull the power - even just before he rotated. That big bird with all that drag would have slowed down pretty darn quick.