Have you ever crashed your boat?

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Permalink Reply by cody hampton on August 31, 2009 at 10:40pm

haha i know someone in my club that crashed his boat a while back at banks, alot of people know who he is, Roy Van Slyke, he was runnin down in the south end and hit a submerged island and got the back of the boat all messed up, but after he got it all fixed he gained speed, great guy, great story.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Christel on August 31, 2009 at 11:21pm

I was with a buddy at Sammamish about ten years ago that had an OLD astroglass bass boat. One of those early 70's tri hull jobs with a 65 merc. It would run about 45 because it was so light. I just remember running down the lake at wot with another freind in the bow facing back laying down. We all of a sudden spun all the way around 180 degrees and sunk the back of the boat. About a 3 foot wave came over the back of the boat soaking us both. My freind in the front never changed position, he just spun around in one spot with the most freaked out look ever. I started yelling at the driver about being an idiot and he just sat there scared and confused for a minute. After we all calmed down, and him insisting that he didn't mean to do it, we started inspecting the boat. Turns out the steering linkage came off the motor causing the motor to make a sudden 100 percent left turn at wot.

Moral of the story, check your damn bolts back there because they come loose!!!! We got lucky.

Permalink Reply by Robert Akers on September 1, 2009 at 7:57am

Van Slyke has crashed or messed up more boats than anyone I know.
The guy is crazy. Runs through 6 plus ft willow lines at Pot Holes. Runs all out up rivers with known submerged rocks and so on. If you have never rode with him, it is a rush.

Permalink Reply by Mark Maderos on September 1, 2009 at 11:50am

Lake Sammamish in 07. Hit a submerged log near the sunken forest and it threw me from the boat at 50mph. Hell of a ride and was thankfully not injured and the non boater brought the boat under control. He was thrown from the passenger seat into the drivers seat. 9k of damage to the hull. My best guess is that a tree outside the sunken forest bouy line shifted and is now just under the water line at low water. I had driven the boat over that line many times without incident. Now, I streer well clear of the area. I have gone back over the trail left by my gps and found nothing. So I either sheered it off and it's not visible or it was floating when I struck it. Either way I stay well clear of the bouy line.

Mark

Permalink Reply by Russ Baker on September 1, 2009 at 12:44pm

Mark,

Missy is a good name for that Miss-Placed, Miss-Understood, Miss-Managed individual who names himself Misanthrope.

Back to the original question: Hitting something while running: I was running down the Chattahoochee in Georgia in the winter time with a buddy when we hit a sheet of ice about 5-6" thick. The boat came up on the ice and started doing 360's at about 65+ and somehow my partner managed to get the boat off of it (How he did it ? I was still dizzy from the 360's) I couldn't tell you. It left 5 holes in the boat.
Mark Maderos said:

Lake Sammamish in 07. Hit a submerged log near the sunken forest and it threw me from the boat at 50mph. Hell of a ride and was thankfully not injured and the non boater brought the boat under control. He was thrown from the passenger seat into the drivers seat. 9k of damage to the hull. My best guess is that a tree outside the sunken forest bouy line shifted and is now just under the water line at low water. I had driven the boat over that line many times without incident. Now, I streer well clear of the area. I have gone back over the trail left by my gps and found nothing. So I either sheered it off and it's not visible or it was floating when I struck it. Either way I stay well clear of the bouy line.

Mark

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on September 1, 2009 at 9:44pm

I think you probably hit a floating log or you were mistaken about the line you took.

Mark Maderos said:

Lake Sammamish in 07. Hit a submerged log near the sunken forest and it threw me from the boat at 50mph. Hell of a ride and was thankfully not injured and the non boater brought the boat under control. He was thrown from the passenger seat into the drivers seat. 9k of damage to the hull. My best guess is that a tree outside the sunken forest bouy line shifted and is now just under the water line at low water. I had driven the boat over that line many times without incident. Now, I streer well clear of the area. I have gone back over the trail left by my gps and found nothing. So I either sheered it off and it's not visible or it was floating when I struck it. Either way I stay well clear of the bouy line.

Mark

Permalink Reply by Mike Lukjanowicz on September 3, 2009 at 10:31am

I learned about barge wakes on the river the hard way. During a qualifier a few years ago, w my new 20i w a 250. going too fast, didn't understand the severity of the barge wakes, my co-angler was motioning for me to slow down, and I slowved from 70 to 50, then all of a suuden there it was the HUGE void right after a barge wake. I launched the boat, prop out of the water for a good 3-4 seconds, landed hard, and got very lucky nobody got hurt. Another boat said they had to look up to see my prop. No real damage to the boat, no injuries to either of us, but another boat had done the same thing, broke the hull, and the back (i think) of the driver. We were lucky, and I feel fortunate to have learned that lesson safely.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on September 3, 2009 at 10:39am

Good thing you were in a Skeeter.

Mike Lukjanowicz said:

I learned about barge wakes on the river the hard way. During a qualifier a few years ago, w my new 20i w a 250. going too fast, didn't understand the severity of the barge wakes, my co-angler was motioning for me to slow down, and I slowved from 70 to 50, then all of a suuden there it was the HUGE void right after a barge wake. I launched the boat, prop out of the water for a good 3-4 seconds, landed hard, and got very lucky nobody got hurt. Another boat said they had to look up to see my prop. No real damage to the boat, no injuries to either of us, but another boat had done the same thing, broke the hull, and the back (i think) of the driver. We were lucky, and I feel fortunate to have learned that lesson safely.

Permalink Reply by Russ Baker on September 3, 2009 at 11:18am

I'll 2nd that - Skeeter I Classes land like there on a pillow after going airborne.

Russ

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on September 3, 2009 at 11:30am

I think he meant it rides like a back board.

Russ Baker said:

I'll 2nd that - Skeeter I Classes land like there on a pillow after going airborne.

Russ

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on September 3, 2009 at 11:38am

Once on Lk Washington my buddy and I took off before light and we were going pretty slowly when a boat passed us. I didn't like that so I told Bill, "watch this" and opened it up. We went flying by the guy and were going about 60mph when I saw the silhouettes of some birds in front of us, Coots I think. One of the birds changed it's mind at the last second and turned right in front of us. There was a weird splash and wall of water that soaked both of us. About 2 minutes went by before Bill looked over at me and said "my face feels kind of oily". We both had some kind of bird oil all over our faces.

Permalink Reply by Mark Maderos on September 3, 2009 at 12:01pm

Uhhhh, are you sure that was bird oil?

Eric DeLay said:

Once on Lk Washington my buddy and I took off before light and we were going pretty slowly when a boat passed us. I didn't like that so I told Bill, "watch this" and opened it up. We went flying by the guy and were going about 60mph when I saw the silhouettes of some birds in front of us, Coots I think. One of the birds changed it's mind at the last second and turned right in front of us. There was a weird splash and wall of water that soaked both of us. About 2 minutes went by before Bill looked over at me and said "my face feels kind of oily". We both had some kind of bird oil all over our faces.

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