Transoms - Everglades Boats anti-swamping solution
On Jul 28, 1:58*pm, HK wrote:
CalifBill wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:27:52 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
You wisely decide it's time to head in, but, alas! * That reliable Yamaha
4
stroke suddenly decided to have a bad computer day.
There's an even worse scenario than that: *Suppose you wind up a
lobster pot or crab trap on your prop. *Now you are not only disabled,
but anchored by the stern as well. *The operator will now go to the
rear of the boat to clear the problem and make the low transom even
lower, just as a wave or wake comes along and dumps another 300 pounds
in the back of the boat. *This is not a hypothetical situation - it
actually happens, and if you don't have level flotation, the boat
sinks.
Friend did that with his Whaler 2 years ago. *Wrapped a crap pot and 2 of 3
went to the back of the boat to untangle. As a wave hit boat, 3rd guy came
back to help. *Boat flipped. *Lucky for them, the whaler has a flat bottom
and 3 hours later, just before dark, a commercial crab guy saw them. *Pulled
them off the bottom of the boat. *Gear not in a floating ditch bag and spare
VHF went to the bottom of the sea.
You know, I cannot think of a powerboat boat that will not turn turtle
under some circumstances. And some boats will sink like a stone if
holed. Hit a nice sharp coral reef head in, oh, say a Grand Banks, punch
a 2' hagged hole in the bottom, and then what? Watch your boat sink.
That's what. And what would you make of that? That it is a good idea to
gain the experience you need to be a safe boater and to know where you
are at all times on the space-time continuum.- Hide quoted text -
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What's a "hagged hole"?
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