90 mph + submerged log = ?

[MtDoraGary]

What happens when you hit a submerged log with one of your 90mph boats?:confused:

[TR450]

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[1BadAction]

What happens when you hit a submerged log with one of your 90mph boats?:confused:
If we spent all our time worried about what COULD happen when we do ANYTHING it would be a pathetic miserable life to live.

Carpe diem!

[Euroski]

Don't know, I always take a slow run to check water conditions first. You should be able to find you answer here, along with pictures.

http://www.stvowners.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1249&st=0


http://www.stvowners.com/forum/uploads/post-925-1145531938.jpg

[transomstand]

You have a bad day.

[stokernick]

you get waterlogged!

[300x Stoker]

Clear the course next time?? Wish you had a paddle?? Swim?? Ask the Copilot if they felt anything? Wonder where the motor went? Wish your boat wasn't a super light layup? Go to the hospital??

I give up.

What DO you do?

[The Big Al]

What happens when you hit a submerged log with one of your 90mph boats?:confused:

We have no idea,:rolleyes: we are still looking for the boat and passengers!:eek:

[mickeyjr]

What happens when you hit a submerged log with one of your 90mph boats?:confused:


Are you kin to Debbie Downer???:(

[inspectorlance]

I hit a floating 2x4 with my old Hydrostream Voyager at about 70 mph. it just took some paint off of the front of the LU. the 2x4 was ripped in two. then the next week the LU blew.

Lance

[The Big Al]

What happens when you hit a submerged log with one of your 90mph boats?:confused:

Well there are variables!

If it's a Johnson, Evinrude, Yamaha! Nothing! Can't happen they don't run that fast.:eek:

Now mercury! In most cases it would bust the floating wood to pieces!:D

So at 90MPH everything is cool!!!!!;)

[pyro]

haha, that's great...

[MtDoraGary]

Thanks guys. I'm riding with Euroski!

[Dutch]

i did it in my old mirage, 97 mph, felt little bump, made fast
right 180.:confused: it wasnt a real cool feeling.

[j_martin]

I wuz cruisin' up a backwater on plane in pool 8 of the Mississippi one day, and spied a beautifull YL laying on her back on a big ol basswood log sunnin herself. While rubbernecking, I hit a log and liked ta ripped my mota off. The poor young lady damned near died laughing.

[The Big Al]

haha, that's great...

just for you pyro just for you man!!!:D


( I was pround of myself for that one):rolleyes:

[MtDoraGary]

I bought a 13 foot Whaler from a kid who did pretty much the same thing, only he hit a boat on davits at speed. Took a chunk out of the front of the boat and sent him to the hospital. She had flased him while he was flying down a canal.:eek:
I wuz cruisin' up a backwater on plane in pool 8 of the Mississippi one day, and spied a beautifull YL laying on her back on a big ol basswood log sunnin herself. While rubbernecking, I hit a log and liked ta ripped my mota off. The poor young lady damned near died laughing.

[RB in NM]

I caught a 20-24" long 2 x 10 on My Xb03 around 75mph one day back home.. I waz lucky,,I reckon I caught the board smack dabb in the middle and it musta been floatin fairly high in the water. The board road the top nose point of the sportmaster, went right up and stopped underneath the jackplate. It acted as a water brake of sorts... the bow dropped harder than it ever had during a blowout, I still had my foot in it. As I was stopping, like right now..... I waz roosting like all git out till I got off the gas. The boat stayed stright as an arrow throughout it all. My bud behind me damn near run me over.... he saw the roost and figgered I had nailed it, screwing with him or sumthing, he could'nt see me too good with all the water in tha air.
RB

[mmassm]

Got to talking instead of watching,hit a low water dike on Mo. river.Hell of a sight,motor on back deck and half of gear case(and prop) gone.

[Instigator]

Don't know, I always take a slow run to check water conditions first. You should be able to find you answer here, along with pictures.

http://www.stvowners.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1249&st=0


http://www.stvowners.com/forum/uploads/post-925-1145531938.jpg

That was @ 95. Two in the boat. (STV RR) Me in the single front bucket, my buddy in rear bench.
I dropped down in my sent, puckered butt cheeks and held on. I was fine. (but sore for several days)
My buddy said he felt like he got dumped in a clothes dryer. Beat the schit out of him. (he limped, biatched and was sore for several wks.)

Broke the prop, broke all six bolt bosses out of bottom of mid, bent the prop shaft, broke the carrier, bent drive shaft and shift shaft at a 45* angle.
If you look close, you can see the back tip of mid still bolted to rear of l/u and another bolt/chunck stbd side of l/u right by water pump. ;)
Shift shaft is the only thing that saved the l/u.

BTW, we both had race vests on.

Did absolutely no damage to my STV motor board!

Here is the same l/u in current form.

[Airboater]

Mine hit something at 90+ ,Lost a blade then the gearcase broke from the mid ,only think that kept it on was the shift shaft and the foil plate and it was a wild ride .

[Hottrucks]

Someone took a shot in a Talon at the CT river run this year Blew a 15" hole in the left sponson he ran it up on shore to stop from sinking it.........

[Dutch]

alot of people from the conn. river run dont think he hit
anything, just thought it was the conditions/age of boat.

[Hottrucks]

alot of people from the conn. river run dont think he hit
anything, just thought it was the conditions/age of boat.

I don't know what happen but those boats are built like tanks and that thing was in great shape from what I could see......All I know is that I was sorry to hear about it......

[Dutch]

its always sad whenever someone breaks his boat, whatever the
cause.

[The Big Al]

Mine hit something at 90+ ,Lost a blade then the gearcase broke from the mid ,only think that kept it on was the shift shaft and the foil plate and it was a wild ride .

SRX prop's are famous for tossing blades!

[WILDMAN]

My friend Larry was running over 100 with a 24 Skater with 300x's when he hit something. He said the motor pegged the tach. He looked back to see his gearcase flying 100 yards through the air and narrowly missing a Hydrostream following him. He said it sheared off so fast that he never felt a thing other than the motor over reving. Tore off a bunch of the mid too. Cost the insurance co. over $9,000. Then they canceled him.