We took on a ton of water over the bow yesterday. I had visions of all the pics of sunken boats that have been posted on this site. I had 11 people on the boat. Many of them are very large. Anyway.....
I immediately moved everyone to the back, began emptying front and mid ballast, and gently put it in reverse. Boat saved.......but not before my phone took a swim and possibly the amps too.
the bilge was full of water. So much water that it was darn near (that's a Texas thing) above the floor level of the rear trunks. I made the mistake of killing the engine. When I tried to restart, it would just crank. I then unhooked my 750lb bags and used those pumps to pump the bilge dry.
boat started
woo hoo!
now the stereo only plays sporadically
I am going to take a shop vac to the carpet later today
does anyone who has had this happen have any input or advice
thanks
sorry for the random unorganized post...
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