Memorial Day Accidents

[oldschool]

Am I the only one that goes around and grabs things and kinda checks for loose shit before we leave?

But what about on your boat?

 

[02HoWaRd26]

Am I the only one that goes around and grabs things and kinda checks for loose shit before we leave?

Or better yet, has anyone else removed those bolts from the ram? The head of the bolt where the allen goes, goes through the top of bracket at full width/shank, then the bottom sticks out for the nut. It’d take quite a lot to pop that bolt out without a nut on it still.

 

[Sherpa]

With so much importance on the bolt securing hydraulic steering, if it were my boat I’d be doing some serious inspections and using safety wire on highly critical components.

I hope everyone makes a full recovery….
Sherpa

 

[She's Mine]

No it’s the one Billy B painted. It’s all black on one side all red on the other. It’s a local boat to Mohave Valley I’ve seen them on the water 50 times, as well they live on the river as you’ll see on the dock. Main reason I assume mechanical failure is like i said i see him out all the time so not a rookie, thought it was M35 guess its a M31.
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Port drive stuck in forward. Ended up in the reeds at Topock. Super cool dude that is experienced boater.

 

[rivermobster]

Glad no one was seriously hurt in any of the incidents. Good reminder to check those nuts and bolts boys! Sounds like rivermobster has a bunch of em in his pockets.

I don't care who you are ....

 

[brgrcru]

Cute.

I'm 66. I've hiked Half Dome Twice and walk 3 to 5 miles a day, usually.

My 24 year old daughter couldn't keep up with me hiking Yosemite falls last summer.

It's like expecting a lead weight to swim. I've talked swimming instructors, and they understand it, cause obviously I'm not the only one.

Fat floats. I don't. It's as basic as that!

It’s those gold bars you keep in your pockets Joe.
Start cashing them in !

Lol

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

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I remember when Doug owned that boat, he was my parents neighbor and I went to school with his stepson. Back then (late 90s) the boat had triple Bridgeport motors and Doug had a ton of issues with the set up, boat kep breaking gear cases and props on the center motor. I don't know how the boat is configured now, but Back then the outer were right hand rotation and the center was left hand rotation.


I may have a picture of Doug's old blue 3/4 suburban towing the boat, he had boyd wheels on the truck and it was a badass little rig

 

[OCMerrill]

I don't care who you are ....

Me neither.

 

[Orange Juice]

Port drive stuck in forward. Ended up in the reeds at Topock. Super cool dude that is experienced boater.

That’s were experience comes in to play.

Like kill the power to everything, as soon as you realize something ain’t right, and flagging the boats around you that you are in trouble, so you don’t end up putting someone else in the reeds too.

Big weekends suck too, with little safe options outside your immediate plan.

 

[She's Mine]

That’s were experience comes in to play.

Like kill the power to everything, as soon as you realize something ain’t right, and flagging the boats around you that you are in trouble, so you don’t end up putting someone else in the reeds too.

Big weekends suck too, with little safe options outside your immediate plan.

Yeah, probably could have cut power a little earlier but probably trying to get it out of gear too many times and ran out of real estate so reeds or another boat. I believe he made the right decision.

 

[oldboatsrule]

Not to mention 1 of the 3 motors “counter steers”. It just seem like if you removed that bolt it wouldn’t be an instantaneous right hand turn.

I have experienced a steering failure, all was good under throttle. When I noticed the steering felt "light" and chopped throttle, well that's when shit went south, then east, west and backwards. Luckily all remained in the boat.