Jet Bote Sank In Front Of Echo

[Echo Lodge]

River Rumor is it caught fire around 10pm last night.

 

[grumpy88]

Bummer ! Hopefully they can get it out soon .

 

[Roaddawg]

Shitty way to end your day/weekend

 

[wzuber]

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About 30 yrs. ago I had a friend who's jet boat sunk "mysteriously" on the anchor on the beach at echo lodge. Only one on the beach that night. I told him we could have it running in short time if we got on it now and all would be ok. He wasn't interested in that resolution. Additionally, he let it sit wet for about a week before he pilled it to a shop for his insurance claim repair. He had a fresh bote by the end of summer when all was said and done.

 

[Echo Lodge]

Update... 2 guys in it... Both got out OK. I tried to move it to shore but no luck. LEO said no patrol boats till 10 am.

Oh, and Rollbar Boat trying to help out Jet Bote.....

 

[wzuber]

Good on ya for trying.....by that photo it kinda looks like a CP? Good to hear the guys got out ok. Imagine the phone call home if dad let his son take the boat to the river for the weekend.

 

[Hardly Satisfied]

Glad to hear no one was hurt, sucks about the boat

 

[Echo Lodge]

Deputy said his agency is rolling their boat from Havasu now. We watched several close calls with boats and skis almost driving over the boat.

 

[wzuber]

One morning years ago I stumbled down to the dock at rio del sol where my 18 advantage was bow tied on one of their extension arms. I almost jumped into the boat as usual but I happened to notice it very low in the water in the back. Had I jumped in I would likely have been the extra weight to submerge it. I step backed, gathered my thoughts for a moment, then decided it best to reach over and turn on the bilge...... and saved it. That was as close as I ever want to come to sinking a boat. The week following I fixed the leaks and 2 -1000 gpm bilge pumps were installed on water witch switch. Experiences like these raise ones level of consciousness.......hopefully.

 

[2Driver]

LEO sleep in till 10am. Nice

 

[Echo Lodge]

Boat on scene... Off to Fox's for breakfast!

 

[Rondog4405]

Shitty deal. But.man the water looks fn great!

 

[grumpy88]

I don't think they need Leo they need a salvage company .

 

[NicPaus]

Kenny just called and asked me about it. Rob called him asking if we knew the boat.

 

[Echo Lodge]

 

[Backlash]

Question. If law enforcement gets involved, does that complicate things for the owner?? Or do they (LEO), just provide a safety net for the guys pulling the boat and prevent idiots from running them over while in the water??

 

[Echo Lodge]

Kenny just called and asked me about it. Rob called him asking if we knew the boat.

Guys are from Castle Rock

 

[W.O.T]

Question. If law enforcement gets involved, does that complicate things for the owner?? Or do they (LEO), just provide a safety net for the guys pulling the boat and prevent idiots from running them over while in the water??

This is what they did when I sunk my Daytona. They took a report because I lost a few items.

 

[Backlash]

Guys are from Castle Rock

Oh damn. If you get a better pic of the boat, we might know them. Glad all are OK!

 

[Bullet28]

Bad deal, glad everyone was ok.

 

[Echo Lodge]

Oh damn. If you get a better pic of the boat, we might know them. Glad all are OK!

Not a Jet Bote.... Apologies to Jet Bote Folks...

 

[Backlash]

Damn what a bitchen boat!!

 

[Outdrive1]

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[Backlash]

Have seen the boat but dont know who owns it.

 

[NicPaus]

Nice truck. Looks like Jason might of sold it so possibly a inmate.

 

[jeepdog]

What a bummer. Looks like the one that sold last month

 

[lbhsbz]

Question. If law enforcement gets involved, does that complicate things for the owner?? Or do they (LEO), just provide a safety net for the guys pulling the boat and prevent idiots from running them over while in the water??

When Everyone was helping drag my pile outta the water at big river 10 years ago...sheriffs showed up supposedly because a bunch of assholes got into a fight on the ramp over how best to recover the boat. Some fat chick with her crew showed up outta nowhere with scuba gear trying to sell her services...I pointed to bow of boat sticking outta the water 20 feet away and told her the tanks might be a bit much, so fuckoff...sheriffs never questioned me or even made contact with me. F&G was on Dike road an the AZ side observing the whole thing too. No contact from LEO all weekend, and I wasn’t hiding from anyone.

 

[Backlash]

Good to know! I've heard the recovery cost quoted as high as $5K in Parker. Which includes the bitchy people in dive gear and cute floaties.

 

[NicPaus]

Good to know! I've heard the recovery cost quoted as high as $5K in Parker. Which includes the bitchy people in dive gear and cute floaties.

$200 a linear ft. Friends sunk on his buoy no all the way under. Was over $4K. Problem was insurance paid but with the amount they cut him short on the check for total loss. Took them less than a hour = easy money.

 

[HCP3]

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Not a Jet Bote.... Apologies to Jet Bote Folks...

So now his truck is stuck? What a weekend.

 

[NicPaus]

So now his truck is stuck? What a weekend.

When our ramp was closed I tried to pull my boat out in the same spot. Sand is soft there and got stuck. Sure someone pulled him out my buddy is there with a lifted 4x4 F350 if needed.

 

[lbhsbz]

Good to know! I've heard the recovery cost quoted as high as $5K in Parker. Which includes the bitchy people in dive gear and cute floaties.

Depends how bad you want the boat back in good condition. I didn’t GAF, and was perfectly fine with lashing the rope to a truck and dragging that bitch up the ramp and outta the way so everyone could get back to their business. I knew the boat broke. If it was deeper and wouldn’t have caused a hazard, I’d have left it there and swam home.

 

[Echo Lodge]

So now his truck is stuck? What a weekend.

The owner appeared to recover it himself with buddies. Truck was pulled out by another truck.

 

[Slats]

That sucks. Glad all are ok.

 

[boatnam2]

Shittiest ramp on the river, no wonder they didn't use it.

 

[grumpy88]

Shittiest ramp on the river, no wonder they didn't use it.

It separatesthe men from the boys ! Ha ha

 

[boatnam2]

It separatesthe men from the boys ! Ha ha

It can humble even the best of them!

 

[NicPaus]

If it was as nice as rock house there would be a line.

 

[boatnam2]

If it was as nice as rock house there would be a line.

I say knock down that wall and let it roll.

 

[Boat 405]

It’s not hard to recover a smaller boat. Done a couple. As long as its not upside down on the bottom. It’s hook a line to the Bow eye. Pull the drain plugs and drag it slowly up until you can start bailing and turn on bilge pumps. Once it’s floating on its own. Put it on the trailer preferably mostly empty otherwise you risk fucking up the boat if you try to put it all the way out full of water.

 

[Boat 405]

Drain fluids. Fill motor full of diesel fuel. Spin it over a bunch with the plugs out. Then drain the Diesel fuel. Put fresh oil and filter in it. Drain fuel tanks and blow out fuel lines. Install fresh fuel and plugs. Empty drive oil and replace with fresh. Get it started and drive it. Get it hot so any remaining water in the oil gets boiled off. All done ASAP very little harm will be done.

 

[Boat 405]

The last sank boat I dealt with I had running again in 4 hours. No damage except pride.

 

[Blackmagic94]

The last sank boat I dealt with I had running again in 4 hours. No damage except pride.

How did it sink

 

[guest hs]

Drain fluids. Fill motor full of diesel fuel. Spin it over a bunch with the plugs out. Then drain the Diesel fuel. Put fresh oil and filter in it. Drain fuel tanks and blow out fuel lines. Install fresh fuel and plugs. Empty drive oil and replace with fresh. Get it started and drive it. Get it hot so any remaining water in the oil gets boiled off. All done ASAP very little harm will be done.

Don’t forget to pull the drive grease the unoints if they haze zerks grease the gimbal bearing and get the water out of the bellows.

 

[Echo Lodge]

How did it sink

Witnesses said it caught fire. Occupants smelled of fuel too.

 

[wzuber]

so essentially a fuel line ruptured then? The occupants were very lucky to have not become part of the burn scenario. That's some scary shiat right there. Bummer deal for all involved. Looks like a real nice float. Did they pull plug to extinguish? It doesn't appear burned in the original photo's so I'm guessing they extinguished it before it was able to burn for too long? Just general curiosity is all.

 

[wzuber]

The last sank boat I dealt with I had running again in 4 hours. No damage except pride.

That's pretty quick 405. On any given weekend at the circle boat races this can typically be seen completed in between rounds if theirs no other damage. haha