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Have you ever sunk your tinnie? If so, how??
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<blockquote data-quote="srr5008" data-source="post: 234715" data-attributes="member: 4287"><p>Never sank a tin, but we almost sank our fiberglass jet boat. Story could serve as a good warning for jet owners on the forum. </p><p></p><p>We were in the middle of a 120' deep lake, getting ready to do some skiing. When we hit the throttle to get ourselves into position and the engine revved, but nothing happened. So after working the throttle back and forth a few more times, water came rushing into the boat from underneath the back seat (which butts up to the engine compartment). We lifted the hatch to look in the engine compartment and there was water up to the spark plugs (350 Chevy small-block engine). Luckily we were able to idle her into shore where she sunk at a dock. </p><p></p><p>As it turns out, the hoses in the boat were the original hoses (20 years old at the time) and had dry-rotted. So when we hit the gas they started sucking water into the engine compartment, but not much of the water was making it through the engine. Very close call, and it was quite the eye-opener.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="srr5008, post: 234715, member: 4287"] Never sank a tin, but we almost sank our fiberglass jet boat. Story could serve as a good warning for jet owners on the forum. We were in the middle of a 120' deep lake, getting ready to do some skiing. When we hit the throttle to get ourselves into position and the engine revved, but nothing happened. So after working the throttle back and forth a few more times, water came rushing into the boat from underneath the back seat (which butts up to the engine compartment). We lifted the hatch to look in the engine compartment and there was water up to the spark plugs (350 Chevy small-block engine). Luckily we were able to idle her into shore where she sunk at a dock. As it turns out, the hoses in the boat were the original hoses (20 years old at the time) and had dry-rotted. So when we hit the gas they started sucking water into the engine compartment, but not much of the water was making it through the engine. Very close call, and it was quite the eye-opener. [/QUOTE]
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