My 4th of july weekend...

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

For the 4th me and my friends went up to the lake and wakeskated everyday for a week. But one of the days when i was driving the boat back into our cove there was a part of the cove that got really shallow, of course i didn't know that until this happen... suddenly the boat came to a complete stop and we had to junmp out and push the boat off the rocks that i hit. Everything seemed fine so i wasnt gunna tell me dad anything...the next thing i know we go out that night and as he cranks the boat up to go faster the boat starts to shake really bad. I eventually told my dad n he wasn't mad but the next day was the 4th of july. We took the boat out of the water and the prop was totally bent and mangled. So the next morning we get up early call around and actually find some one with a new prop. so we changed the prop out in about 45min and got the boat back in the water at 12pm. I turns out that my dad liked the new prop better because the dimensions on it were a little bit different and i got a bunch of new tricks down on my skate along with my friend...so you could say in a way it was pretty succesful Very Happy

DRAGON88 · Dragoon Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 1020 City: Portland

Next time I'd be careful about running a broken prop like that, all that vibration can be exteremely bad for the drivetrain, and the running gear on a V-drive boat is not exactly cheap...

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

if by "successful" you mean "a new prop is gonna cost 400 bucks" then yeah, nice! Laughing

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

it only cost 200 n its already on

bjr · Posted: Jul 06, 2006 11:46 am Post subject:

ur dad wasnt that mad that u ran his boat up on rocks?

my 4th of july weekend consisted mostly of just coving out, jetskis and wakeboarding with a friend and another girl.. yes wakeboarding...i know Sad

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jul 06, 2006 11:49 am Post subject:

my dad was PISSED when i broke the skeg off the bottom of my boat... cuz we cant even fix that Sad

but glad u had a fun 4th.

CrzyTexan · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 475

the only reason he wasnt that mad is because hes done some damage to the boat as well and he saw the spot were i ran it up on and he said "it could of happend to any of us"

bjr · Posted: Jul 06, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject:

Gotcha, ya one time long ago i ran my sea doo up on the beach and into the water on the other side of this little peninsula cuz i wasnt paying attention not damage was done but it scared me shitless.

wakemitch · Posted: Jul 06, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: