Tyrant1919
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- Location
- Washington, DC
Backi Chan w/Dasa 1000 + the works completely submerged and rescued
- Thread starter Tyrant1919
- Start date
- Location
- Valley Springs, CA
Josh really took a plunge there to save it. Would have been a downer if miller took another ski
- Location
- Braapp factory
I use a piece of 3mm bungy chord, fix to inside of scupper flap with a plastic P clip, run through to the rear engine mount and fix, this prevents the flap dropping open when you leave the water - stopping it ripping off or getting damaged on landing.
The weight of any water in the bilge will overcome the light bungy rubber.
May be worth considering
The weight of any water in the bilge will overcome the light bungy rubber.
May be worth considering
loictahiti
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- Location
- Tahiti, french polynesia
Waouh sinking in direct live , nobody with a rope ......got. Chance
- Location
- Red Bluff CA
If my riding buddies watched me almost drown from shore I'd never ride with them again. All hands possible should have been on that ski helping that guy stop it from going under. Damn my buddies don't even own skis and they know what to do. Glad all is good tho
- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
Scariest video ever...
DAG
Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
It's crazy how fast they go down. That could have good worse quickly. Goodnjob with the death grip
- Location
- Roseville, CA
In this video are @TheBuzzard and @Str8huckin (Josh).
Here's a short version of what happened:
We were chasing a boat up river. We were about 1/4 mile from the Miller Park boat ramp. In the middle of Josh's back flip, I saw this black object fly over Josh. I wasn't sure what it was. I thought it may have been some turf. When Josh landed, he separated from his ski. Since the start switch was zip-tied, it was running by itself toward the beach. Josh told me to chase his ski. I captured it and hit the kill button. I should have taken it to the beach. But it looked fine. The hood was on tightly and no water in the tray. So I started to tow it back to Josh who was in the middle of the river. Suddenly the backend of the ski began to sink. I held on until the other guys arrived. At one point, the ski was completely under water. Josh was with me by now and he was not letting go of the ski. We finally got the ski to the beach. We drained most of the water. We then discovered the scupper valve was missing. Then I mentioned I saw a black object fly off the ski during the flip. Someone took Josh to our camp near the ramp so he could get his wake boat to bring back the ski. We loaded it on the boat's platform and ferried it back. We went through the process of removing the water from the engine and gas tank. The ski started up and Josh was able to ride it again. Disaster averted!
Chris
Here's a short version of what happened:
We were chasing a boat up river. We were about 1/4 mile from the Miller Park boat ramp. In the middle of Josh's back flip, I saw this black object fly over Josh. I wasn't sure what it was. I thought it may have been some turf. When Josh landed, he separated from his ski. Since the start switch was zip-tied, it was running by itself toward the beach. Josh told me to chase his ski. I captured it and hit the kill button. I should have taken it to the beach. But it looked fine. The hood was on tightly and no water in the tray. So I started to tow it back to Josh who was in the middle of the river. Suddenly the backend of the ski began to sink. I held on until the other guys arrived. At one point, the ski was completely under water. Josh was with me by now and he was not letting go of the ski. We finally got the ski to the beach. We drained most of the water. We then discovered the scupper valve was missing. Then I mentioned I saw a black object fly off the ski during the flip. Someone took Josh to our camp near the ramp so he could get his wake boat to bring back the ski. We loaded it on the boat's platform and ferried it back. We went through the process of removing the water from the engine and gas tank. The ski started up and Josh was able to ride it again. Disaster averted!
Chris
- Location
- Roseville, CA
He's spraying fuel & oil into the carbs since we had disconnected the fuel lines.
Chris
You did good and kept good control of your ski while you were killing the engine and keeping the ski from hitting something, no way anyone could have known the scupper was gone......
Let me also add all this all happens quickly ! i speak from experience . What i did see is that the ski's owner is ultimately the one who co-ordinated the save in the end .but it was the instinctive actions of his buddies that made it all possible .Attentive Ride bros that are looking out for each other are priceless .at least they didn't just ride off and continue to chase the boat ,they were paying attention .Buddy system always !
WILKEY
SO FAR CHANGE SUCKS!!!!!!
Droid you did a great job stopping the ski. Glad to see the save. Get some damn ropes!
- Location
- amarillo ,tx
X2 great job, looks like that ski is so light even when it was submerged
mike b
Michael "Mayhem" Bevacqua aka MikeyChan
- Location
- California
whats the purpose of having one plug in the motor? is that to dry one hole and have the motor turn over to get it out of the exhaust. I have always taken all plugs out till water shooting out is little. then put plugs in and starting fluid to get water out of exhaust system.