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Have you ever sunk your tinnie? If so, how??
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<blockquote data-quote="earl60446" data-source="post: 232539" data-attributes="member: 4469"><p>Sunk a wellcraft v20 fisherman on lake erie once, about 4 miles out. That boat was a real lead sled. Plus the transom was so low in the water. We were in about 3-4 foot waves and trolling for walleye with following waves. We had a lot of weight in the boat too, our fault there. A 150 johnson and a 10hp honda on the back plus downriggers, rods, etc.. Water was splashing over the transom, bilge pump would keep up ok. The the backend started to look really low and waves coming in heavier. We started the big motor to get going and the big motor died everytime we put it in gear??? Before you knew it we were swamped, both outboards amd whole transom underwater. The boat rolled in a wave and we were swimming.</p><p></p><p>We found out later the bilge got something stuck in the impeller and it stopped plus a dock line was wrapped around our big motor prop and that caused it to keep killing. Some boaters saw us and came and got us from about a mile away. The salvage / tow boat righted our boat, pumped it out and towed it to harbor for $600</p><p></p><p>We had too much weight in the boat, should have had 2 bilge pumps.</p><p></p><p>Tim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="earl60446, post: 232539, member: 4469"] Sunk a wellcraft v20 fisherman on lake erie once, about 4 miles out. That boat was a real lead sled. Plus the transom was so low in the water. We were in about 3-4 foot waves and trolling for walleye with following waves. We had a lot of weight in the boat too, our fault there. A 150 johnson and a 10hp honda on the back plus downriggers, rods, etc.. Water was splashing over the transom, bilge pump would keep up ok. The the backend started to look really low and waves coming in heavier. We started the big motor to get going and the big motor died everytime we put it in gear??? Before you knew it we were swamped, both outboards amd whole transom underwater. The boat rolled in a wave and we were swimming. We found out later the bilge got something stuck in the impeller and it stopped plus a dock line was wrapped around our big motor prop and that caused it to keep killing. Some boaters saw us and came and got us from about a mile away. The salvage / tow boat righted our boat, pumped it out and towed it to harbor for $600 We had too much weight in the boat, should have had 2 bilge pumps. Tim [/QUOTE]
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