I hit a log

Styk33 · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject: I hit a log

Long story short, we hit a submerged log on the way back towards the ramp while riding. At least we got two sets in beforehand.

Hopefully it won't take to long to get parts, so we can ride in Sept.

vawakemonster · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject:

OUCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!good luck buddy!!! Crying or Very sad

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Styk33, holy crap. You're missing an entire blade on your prop and it tore your rudder completely off?

That's a bad impact!

silvtongdvl · Outlaw Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 187 City: Crosby,TX

The strut is bent too - any damage to the tranny ???
That is my worst nightmare - I feel for you.
~S~

oshensurfer · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

Been there... done that... well, not quite that bad... That'll cost about $3500 and it'll take several weeks, especially this time of year. Make sure you have them check your tranny.

wkbrdr · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:

wow....

how fast where you going?

Geoff Standish · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 843 City: Calgary

Styk33, oshensurfer, OUCH to both of ya! That sucks...Good luck with the repair. Hopefully you'll be out on the water soon enough.

Jensen · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

dang, if that happened to me i'd want to cry. we had some very close encounters at lake shasta these past couple weeks. especially with the water dropping a foot a day.

a-ok · Criminal Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 58 City: Tulsa

holy chit.... i've never seen props that mangled.

oshensurfer · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 3:35 pm Post subject:

Styk33 · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject:

I am missing a blade on my new prop (15 hours on it) and my rudder is gone. Feeling bad or getting upset will not change anything. It sucks, but hopefully I can get it repaired in a timely matter and be back on the water.

The river is way low right now. 24-30" lower than last week. Funny we avoid a section that is really shallow and it happened about 3 miles up river of that section.

I was towing my buddy when it happened. 23.5mph. There was a rope tied to the log that I hit. It was still on the shaft after I stopped.

Not sure about the tranny, all that will be checked. The motor is fine though. I will let everyone know how it all ends up.

benmolthen · Newbie Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 18

i would claim insurance and get me a new boat...

wake eater · Soul Rider Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 272 City: knoxville

i doubt with $3500 of damage you would get any insurance company to total the boat. get it fixed & get back on the lake!

oshensurfer · Posted: Aug 15, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject:

Styk33,
Where do you normally ride that is shallow? North of I-5?

wakeman61972 · Outlaw Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 120

wow that has to suck

malibu_inverted · Outlaw Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 110 City: Schofield

Stupid logs. Happened to us 2 years ago when it caught the Bu wedge, missed the prop but bent the wedge 90degrees and split the rudder backwards and cracked the transom. got it back after like 2 weeks good as new. Thanks for insurance. but that's DEFINITLY a sound i don't EVER want to hear again, not with my new boat. blah.

Kewlboarder27r · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 497 City: Mound

U didnt hit it u fu**in smoked it well that sucks time to upgrade to a 4 blade prop

Styk33 · Posted: Aug 16, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

That was an upgraded prop, only had 15 hours on it.

Entrust Clothing · Soul Rider Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 279 City: Portland

i feel your pain man, i hit a rock a while back Sad

$2000 worth of damage, it sucks but getting upset about it doesn't fix it, so you have the right attitude

wotan2525 · Outlaw Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 174

Holy! that was a bad hit...... how'd you get back to the landing?

Simplemind · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 9

Tie a jug, anything, to the log!
Good idea to carry a 1/2 gal bottle and some twine in the boat for that purpose. When I see one, I take the time to pull it ashore. A thankless job that nobody appreciates until it happens to them! Puppy Eyes

oshensurfer · Posted: Aug 18, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

Simplemind, We do the same thing if we aren't pulling a rider. Good etiquette.

seadooman89 · Criminal Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 59 City: niagara falls

i rode in my boat on niagara river (same river niagara falls is on4 all u out of towners) and we were crusin at top speed and hit somethin underwater.....
we didnt see anything wrong so we drove back, pulled the boat out no problem....
week later we had the boat in the water n it was runnin funny...
turns out we hit a rock or somethin and made a hole in the back of the lower unit, which destroyed it which turns out to cost a TON!!!!!!!
well we totaled the boat and got it fixed i guess, but now its all good

flatwater · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

How about this BRAND NEW 24SSV ( 14hours ) actually it was the second prop, the first one went on day one. Also note that none of the fins were touched.

Gaignstar · Soul Rider Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 468

Styk33, OMG that's suc..ks

Brit Rider · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 5:18 am Post subject:

flatwater, Ouch!!!!!

itch · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 8:44 am Post subject:

Man I don't feel so bad now, I barely damaged my prop after 20 hours. We found a rock right under the prop where it is tied up to the dock. Damn 300 dollar rock.
ITCH

oshensurfer · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 8:47 am Post subject:

flatwater,
What happened? Looks like something very HARD. Shocked

Styk33 · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 9:11 am Post subject:

flatwater, looks like only one screw left holding your strut on. No blades, ouch.

Estimate should be back today. Hopefully I can get on the water soon.

patoloco · Posted: Sep 01, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

flatwater - Holy Cow! Looks like you hit more than a log.

Are you sure your boat wasn't attacked by a roving band of rabid prop beavers? Shocked

ripvanbl · Posted: Sep 01, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject:

oshensurfer, did the same thing as you at Lake Oroville. Early April, water raising because of spring rains. Pretty far from shore, at least 50' if not more, and hit a pinnacle of a rock. Took us 4 hours to gimp it back, but at least we weren't sinking. $5,000 and a month later, we were back on the water. Boat only had 25 hours on it. Sucked.

flatwater · Posted: Sep 04, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject:

This isn't my boat for starters, I don't think I could admit doing such damage on such a new boat. I don't know all the fine details but apparently the boat hit a rocky point. OUCH is an understatement.

KristianB · Posted: Sep 05, 2005 4:57 am Post subject:

You ride in nasty places!

/K

absolutofft · Outlaw Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 162 City: Langley

I feel your pain. I'm just after getting a new shaft, strut and prop installed with a $2000 bill for dessert. They need to invent softer rocks Mr. Green

Styk33 · Posted: Sep 09, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject:

Estimate is in, $8,900.