Well I had quite the experience boating yesterday, so figured I would share it here and hopefully you guys get a kick out of it.
Went out to do some tubing with friends. We get to the launch, I prep the boat back up to the ramp and hop out to get in the boat while my girlfriend is gonna back in the rest of the way. About this time a guy walks over to talk and tells me he is waiting for me to launch so he can retrieve his boat. So this is only my third time doin this, so having someone waiting for me apparently made my brain malfunction (as you'll see). So I hop in the boat, tilt the motor down, fire up the motor (hey it started great) and then realize we haven't backed into the water yet. So the engine runs for about 5 seconds, I shut er down, we back in, start up and launch, this time without issue.
So I pull up to a dock about 100 yards away to pick up my girlfriend after she parks the truck, she hops in, we pull away and she says "why's there water in the boat?" Well wouldn't you know it, but now I realize I didn't put the plug in! So after a bit of a tussle, I get the plug in, turn on the bilge and we get to sit there pumping the bilge while people drive by staring. What a feeling.
So finally we get out to the open water, and start tubing. I notice my boat doesn't seem to idle very well and will stall if I don't keep the fast idle on, or get it in gear and throttled up fast enough before the engine stalls. Once you're goin, it seems to operate well enough so we tube for awhile then head back to the launch. Now this stalling everytime I shift or throttle down to idle is making retrieving a little hairy, since everytime i need to reverse quickly the engine dies and I need to quickly restart and I have to come into the trailer too fast. But I get it lined up near perfect, but too fast and throw it in reverse, she stalls I can't stop fast enough and before you know it, the boat goes through the front of the trailer. (now I have some great scratches in my hull, guess i'll need to repaint) So I start up again, put it in reverse to pull back and what's that noise? oh its the prop hitting the trailer. Great!
So finally we are able to get home safely, I was beginning to wonder.
Enjoy, I bet you'll laugh at this rookie. I hope the engine issue isn't to do with starting out of the water, but really it only ran for about 5 seconds, 10 absolute most.
Went out to do some tubing with friends. We get to the launch, I prep the boat back up to the ramp and hop out to get in the boat while my girlfriend is gonna back in the rest of the way. About this time a guy walks over to talk and tells me he is waiting for me to launch so he can retrieve his boat. So this is only my third time doin this, so having someone waiting for me apparently made my brain malfunction (as you'll see). So I hop in the boat, tilt the motor down, fire up the motor (hey it started great) and then realize we haven't backed into the water yet. So the engine runs for about 5 seconds, I shut er down, we back in, start up and launch, this time without issue.
So I pull up to a dock about 100 yards away to pick up my girlfriend after she parks the truck, she hops in, we pull away and she says "why's there water in the boat?" Well wouldn't you know it, but now I realize I didn't put the plug in! So after a bit of a tussle, I get the plug in, turn on the bilge and we get to sit there pumping the bilge while people drive by staring. What a feeling.
So finally we get out to the open water, and start tubing. I notice my boat doesn't seem to idle very well and will stall if I don't keep the fast idle on, or get it in gear and throttled up fast enough before the engine stalls. Once you're goin, it seems to operate well enough so we tube for awhile then head back to the launch. Now this stalling everytime I shift or throttle down to idle is making retrieving a little hairy, since everytime i need to reverse quickly the engine dies and I need to quickly restart and I have to come into the trailer too fast. But I get it lined up near perfect, but too fast and throw it in reverse, she stalls I can't stop fast enough and before you know it, the boat goes through the front of the trailer. (now I have some great scratches in my hull, guess i'll need to repaint) So I start up again, put it in reverse to pull back and what's that noise? oh its the prop hitting the trailer. Great!
So finally we are able to get home safely, I was beginning to wonder.
Enjoy, I bet you'll laugh at this rookie. I hope the engine issue isn't to do with starting out of the water, but really it only ran for about 5 seconds, 10 absolute most.
) is one thing, but going faster then you need to because someone is waiting on you is another. If it takes you a few minutes more, so what? Its a few minutes, that's nothing out of his day.
