SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: skee on August 11, 2009, 07:23:56 AM
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So,I went to the River this weekend (met 78cole,that was pretty cool!) Anyway,Saturday was a picture perfect day,boat was perfect,weather was perfect,taught my 14 y/o boy to wakeboard,which was VERY COOL....sunday..well,not so good..(not real bad,but not real good either)made a couple of passes,took the boy and his buddy "boardin'" and took them for a pass on the tube.Went back to camp,had lunch and decided to take both of my girl's and their boyfriends for a ride.. left Needles,headed for "Pirates Cove",got about half way there, where there is not a whole lot of "beaches"in that area,cruisin' down river in very calm water and noticed that the boat is "porposing" (sp)at this point I turned on the bilge,but cant see from my angle if anything was coming out,I could see my older (21) daughter,in the passenger front seat in the corner of my eye looking at me,but I didnt want her to think anything was wrong,so I stayed cool. Tryin' to figure out what the hell was goin on.
I'm still cruisin' (and bouncin' up and down) and my younger daughter (20) in the back seat say's...Uhhh,Daddy???? I turn around and look and water was almost up to the back of the front seats!! I look to my right and there is no shore...I look to my left and there is a "little" sandy beach and no traffic coming the other way....so's I hang a left and tell all the kids to "hang on"! I drive the boat right UP ON TO the beach and as I do the motor stalls! I lift the motor cover and the whole engine and compartment is FULL of water...I let it sit and drain with the pump,so I can see what the hell is leaking,finally drains after about 10 minutes. When I bought this boat back in February,I noticed that the water hoses had been replaced. And done pretty well,insulated with exterior hose and zip ties anywhere they were rubbing.
Problem was...they forgot to replace the one MOST IMPORTANT hose,the intake hose from the "squirt" (jet) to the motor,and it let go!!!! I pull to the shore,find this out and think GREAT..now what the hell am I gonna do??? So coming off that hose is a "T" to hook up a garden hose to run it out of the water,so I figure...well,I'll just use that hose to replace the one on the jet and cut the other one down past the hole and cap that one. Then I find out I have nothing to cut the hose with,my daughter walks over to some peep's that were there and asked if they had anything to cut with...they said all we have is these plastic picnic butter knives . So i take it,come to find out the hose was so soft i was actually able to cut it with that
Anyway...fixed the leak,than the damn thing would'nt start,at that point I realized that the whole motor had been swamped when I pulled on to the beach,so I pulled off the USCG approved air filter pounded/dried out the water the best I could and pulled off the (still point's) distributor cap and dried it with my t-shirt.....Got it fired up,headed back to camp,"SAFELY",drank 2 Ice cold beer's and headed for home! Long story short....Holy Shit! What a day...but the MOST IMPORTANT thing was I got my kidz home safely and DID'NT sink the boat after all. It's kind cool havin' some boating experience and common knowledge in what to do in case of emergency!
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<~~~~ Skee at the River!
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Lol Sounds like a familiar story................Nearly sank Moo on her first run at Mead, kinda similar (Loose hose clamp). But was just as scarey! Exciting huh? ;) Crewcheif and OC2vegas followed me in as I beached on some pretty good sized rocks in a helluva hurry! lol.
Need to change your oil (As well as your shorts) and oil filter, run it til it warms up and do it again, probably milkshaked it pretty good if the water was that high.
Ray
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got to love how a $2.00 part can fock so much other $hit up.
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I have a huge box of "Hardware store" junk and "monstrocities" we have removed from boats over the years, have seen some of the most amazing "concoctions of" brass and PVC fittings , Beyond a simple gate valve at the Jet and maybe a bypass kit shortly after theres no real need IMO to have a permanent fixture for "out of the water running" just more to go wrong ;) Tom
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First time out with my old boat forgot to reconnect water line to engine after running garden hose on trailer tuning. I got a nice Bassett burn on my thigh reaching over to reconnect it. My new bilge pump didn't work when there is water in the bilge (worked fine dry lol). Gets scary quick. I had to beach on rocks. Needless to say, I was not happy. Felt like a Big Dummy!!!
Glad to hear you were able to make it work.
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I know, I wish I has a 2 prong sensor that would tell be if I had water in the engine compartment. I have to lift the cover from time to time, I'm paranoid 'cause you just can't see what is going on in there !
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I know, I wish I has a 2 prong sensor that would tell be if I had water in the engine compartment. I have to lift the cover from time to time, I'm paranoid 'cause you just can't see what is going on in there !
Would be simple to wire in an idiot light that would tell you when your bilge is running. If the bilge is running then you have water in the engine compartment.
my .04
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for those of us high tech enopugh to have automatic bilge pumps
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for those of us high tech enopugh to have automatic bilge pumps
So get one, One more piece of "piece of mind"
if not here you go:
http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=16229F (http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=16229F)
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Automatic bilge pump? OK I am NOW a complete idiot, what is it, how much, hows it work, and is it better than my kids tapping my shoulder saying "Ummmm, dad? there seems to be a problem........................" :screwy:
Ray
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Automatic bilge pump? OK I am NOW a complete idiot, what is it, how much, hows it work, and is it better than my kids tapping my shoulder saying "Ummmm, dad? there seems to be a problem........................" :screwy:
Ray
float switch...
$15-$20...
it turns on when it floats...
yes...
the idiot light is a great idea!
p-jet
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yeah I saw the auto switch at West Marine for 40 bux so I'm sure you can get one for 20 somewhere else. You tap into the power line of the bilge pump. Have the idiot light on your dash grounded then tap the other lead of the light to the 12 v power on your pump. When your pump sees 12 volts due to the automatic bilge pump switch giving it juice the light on the dash comes on. Then you know you got water in the bilge.
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http://www.iboats.com/Bilge_Pump_Switches_Float_Switches/dm/cart_id.034042239--session_id.178838658--view_id.239272
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I wouldnt completely rely on an automatic float switch to keep your bilge free from excessive water. I've had 2 fail on me this summer so far, 2 different brands. It seems after a few trips they just dont want to work any more, they dont seem as bouyant "sp" as they did at first. I would have to sometimes manually pull up on it to get it to work, so i threw it in the trash and put my regular switch back on the damn thing. If your going to use one i would use 2 switches, one for automatic and one for manual operation to bypass the float
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I have 2 pumps, I was going to put an auto on one and leave the other manual. The best is still a 2 prong sensor that would close the switch in the presence of water. When activated an alarm and a light .....