a first yesterday. someone hit us + almost sank the boat.

STANG KILLA SS

took a couple of friends out with us yesterday and everything seemed to go wrong.

some of you have read that ive been having problems with my front ballast jabsco reversable pump. well it finally locked up and i removed it from the boat, leaving all the tubing, thought nothing of it.

well we get out and the water is trashed so we decide to teach the new guys to surf. fill up the left rear (which is also where all the pumps are hidden behind a panel) well i notice while we were surfing the bilge was running. constantly. thought maybe it just rained since last time we were out and the hull was full or something. well finally after 10 minutes or so i realized that it wasnt right. pulled the bench seat and sure enough the bilge was FULL. so i opened the hatch were the left rear sack was and the floor was 4-6" under water! what happend was the open end of the hose coming from the under-hull pickup was BELOW water line since we were sacked so hard so it started syphoning water in as fast as the 1" tubing would allow which was damn fast!
unfortunatly the 750 sack was full so i couldnt access the hose! so i had to wait to drain which seemed like forever! then i could finally remove the panel and sure enough the hose was just pumping in water! so i re routed it so it was pointed way up high right to the top deck so it would be way above water line. i also duct taped the hose shut just for an extra peice of mind. no issues after that.

day goes on, water calms down. so we decide to wake board. since my front sack was out of commission. i used my external sack to put on top of the floor walkway. as im filling it. i see a bayliner type IO coming VERY close to us. and pulling a wake boarder and hes actually cuting right at us. he gets about to my swim deck 10' away and for some reason i stop looking. 2 second later i hear a huge THUD. well the chic driver cut right in front of us doing a circle around us. the rider never realized and this allowed the rope/him to reach us cause he was already in a hard cut right at us and looking at us, not where the chic driver was going. we he smashed right into my bow. fliping upside down i saw the bottom graphics of his board right as he hit.
i came Bubb Rubb glued. he and the chic driver thought it was no big deal. blowing it off. not having any remorse or realize they were even at fault. they bacically hit a parked car! we were just floating. chic driver was cusing at us! and the dude was glazed over blowing it off. they just thought it was no big deal. i assume had been drinking. eyes looked it. he got a busted blooding elbow. and the boat got very lucky. his Hydroslide rubber "bindings" seemed to be the only thing that hit the boat as the he fliped the board must have went JUST over the top of the bow and the binding just ground across it. after 10 minutes of rubbing rubber off the bow no damage or scratches that i could find.
one thing i did chuckle at later, was a comment he made that i missed in the heat of the moment (we were all livid) he goes, its no big deal i just hit it with my elbow, its only a $20,000 boat Laughing

and Audrey told me my response was, is your elbow black?

whole ordeal still makes my blood boil. but it could have turn out alot worse for both him and my boat. and the chic driver was 1 more cuss word to my gf away from me jumping in the water and choking her.

heck of a day. and the one time we invite freinds. Laughing

Baltfrog · Addict Joined: 24 Jan 2012 Posts: 555 City: Baltimore

Wow thats scary, at least no one in your crew was hurt and you were able to stop the leaky tube.

boardordie · Posted: Jul 02, 2012 10:07 am Post subject:

Next time get their hull number and flag down the local water patrol. Obviously a danger to themselves and anyone else around them.

Glad to hear your crew and the boat didn't suffer any permanent damage.

theinternetkid · Newbie Joined: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 5

That definitely sucks. My buddy got rear ended back on Memorial Day weekend. No one got hurt, but both boats had some damage. They both had insurance so it all got taken care of.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Glad they didn't hit you with the boat, sounds like that could have been a possibility.

JoLo_Si · Criminal Joined: 24 May 2011 Posts: 87 City: Orlando

Crappy day but at least no visits to the hospital or body shop. The worst days are always when your bring out first timers and it's rarely their fault. I say keep an eye out for that a**hole next time and tip off the cops, sounds like a DUI is coming this couples way. At least it should before they hurt somebody.

They probably ride jet skis too...

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jul 03, 2012 10:57 am Post subject:

...while pulling a tube... Rolling Eyes

anw7405 · Outlaw Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 188 City: edmond

Wow! what idiots. This is why i rarely go out on holidays anymore. To many unexperienced people mixed with lots of booze flying around.

Ski Supreme · Criminal Joined: 10 Mar 2012 Posts: 50 City: Las Vegas

Glad everyone is OK.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Not picking on ya man as that royally sucks, but for those reading this:

1) When you see a boat even near you, never EVER take your eyes off of it until you know it has passed. If a boat even gets that close to me, you can bet I'm running them down and giving them an earful.

2) If someone ever hits your boat, even just like this. You get water patrol or on shore cops ASAP. If the person who hits the boats tries to leave detain him. You had buds there. I'll be damned if I let someone like that loose on the water. What if they left, and did something worse, and hit a kid? You let them go knowing they were a danger. If you can't detain them, get registration numbers off the bow and get Water patrol, and let them know you were hit, and they are running because they are drunk.

3) When you see a boat even near you, never EVER take your eyes off of it until you know it has passed. If a boat even gets that close to me, you can bet I'm running them down and giving them an earful.

4) If your boat is ever hit, document the hell out of it. Cameras are on almost every phone. Take pictures of the boat, theirs and yours, registration numbers, people on board their boat and yours. Any injuries, etc. You never know when they may go back to land, realize it's something serious, and make some story up. It's your word against theirs, and that always ends up messy for both parties.

5) When you see a boat even near you, never EVER take your eyes off of it until you know it has passed. If a boat even gets that close to me, you can bet I'm running them down and giving them an earful.

Are you seeing a pattern here? Cool

I'm glad you're alright Stang Killa, I'd hate to see that Moomba get hammered bad. The way you wrote the Topic, I thought someone hit you, and it almost caused you to sink. Be careful out there bud.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

eeven73 · Posted: Jul 16, 2012 8:51 am Post subject:

x1000^^

Great way to make a bad situation much, much, much worse.

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jul 17, 2012 11:27 am Post subject:

especially if they have the consealed hand gun. which is pretty common in texas.
all ended well. no damage. and i got the ballast pump replaced and back at it.

jjaszkow · Posted: Jul 17, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject:

Could have been much worse. I was talking to one of my lake neighbors two weeks ago and he mentioned that his buddy's boat was hit by someone. His buddy got injured quite badly, and the other people didn't even stop other than to yell at them for being in the way. They still haven't found the people that hit them.

http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/66279/
http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/65958/

theinternetkid · Newbie Joined: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 5

It's dangerous out there. Like i said at the top of the post, my buddy got hit on Memorial day, here is the damage.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Nor*Cal, poor choice of words. I meant if they just shrug it off, like these people did. Make them stay by explaining how you are calling the cops, if they leave, it's just like fleeing an auto accident, and take pictures of them to show them you are documenting.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac