Backi Chan w/Dasa 1000 + the works completely submerged and rescued

Quinc

Quinc

Buy a Superjet
Location
California
I had a similar tow rope until my buddy dropped it and it sank.. I use one of these now since it floats.
http://www.airhead.com/powersports/pwc/bungee-dock-lines-4-ft-5-ft-and-6-ft.html

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speedysprocket

speedysprocket

Alex
Location
Chesapeake, VA
I keep my tow rope on my left foot hold. Just a fancy velcro thing I found at west marine for like a dollar that I bolted to the foot hold and I use that to hold my tow rope, which is an old ratchet strap with heavy duty carabiners at either end.

I also could not believe the lookers in the crew. If a couple or three guys grabbed on, life jackets should have helped hold it and made it easier.
And knowing the end of the story before watching it, when I got to the part where he killed the engine, I was thinking you should have just let it keep going, as it was headed to shore!
 

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swapmeet

swapmeet

Brotastic
Location
Arlington TX
Great work guys, @droidboy800 I was pretty impressed with how quickly and efficiently you stopped the ski.

As mentioned, its amazing how quickly it sank... I was on the edge of my seat as well saying "Oh poop.... Oh poop!!!"
Glad Josh is okay, i've met him... no way in hell he was letting that ski sink lol. Dude's stubborn.. ;)

While I don't agree with riding without a lanyard, IMO it wouldn't have made a difference here. In fact, it might have been worse because the ski would be farther from shore, sinking... with Josh holding on.


My suggestion FWIW, make your limiting rope into your tow rope.

The limiting rope on my ski consists two of the Bomber Tow hook / 'beiners with a short section of 550 cord braided (bought from a vendor on here).
If you had that, you could hook to the nose of the ski it would be less work to keep it buoyant. If someone had a ski nearby, you could hook it on and tow it to shore.

Anyhow, hindsight is 20/20 and I think ya'll did a great job given the situation.

I learned some things watching this.
  • Blowing water out of the bottom of the tank, pretty clever!
  • Running on one cylinder to get the remaining gas out.
  • Squirt bottle to get it running (Although I have a OEM airbox with a hole...)
 
droidboy800

droidboy800

Location
Roseville, CA
swapmeet said:
Great work guys, @droidboy800 I was pretty impressed with how quickly and efficiently you stopped the ski.

While I don't agree with riding without a lanyard, IMO it wouldn't have made a difference here. In fact, it might have been worse because the ski would be farther from shore, sinking... with Josh holding on.

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  • Squirt bottle to get it running (Although I have a OEM airbox with a hole...)
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I was thinking the same thing. If he had a lanyard, the ski would be sitting in the middle of the river further away from shore. It would’ve been a bigger challenge to save his sinking ski.

@TheBuzzard pulled a MacGyver. He got an empty energy drink bottle (or maybe it was full and he guzzled the drink), poked a hole in the lid and filled it with fuel/oil. That's what he was squirting to prime the engine.

Chris
 
droidboy800

droidboy800

Location
Roseville, CA
speedysprocket said:
And knowing the end of the story before watching it, when I got to the part where he killed the engine, I was thinking you should have just let it keep going, as it was headed to shore!
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In the video, you may have noticed that @Str8huckin Josh’s ski was hauling! It took some effort to catch up with it. His ski was like a torpedo and would’ve hit the beach with pretty good impact and had a good chance of sustaining some significant damage. Fortunately, the kids weren’t swimming in that area if it had crashed onto the beach. Afterward, I chatted with Josh. I asked why his idle was so high and if this was normal or a malfunction. He said that it’s designed to idle high to help him on the setup wakes and quickly recover after each maneuver.

Chris
 
droidboy800

droidboy800

Location
Roseville, CA
I felt kind of bad because I may have caused some of the drama on the river.

I’ve been thinking about another course of action I could have taken. @Str8huckin Josh’s ski was hauling toward the beach until I caught up to it and killed the engine. I could have used that momentum and lead the ski to the beach. Then let Josh come to the beach and get his ski. I think as soon as I stopped the ski, water flooded the hull. We know how that story turned out.

Let’s say I did land the ski on the beach. We may have opened up the hood and probably seen that the ski didn’t take on an unusually large amount of water. Thus, we may not have suspected the scupper was missing. (At the time, I had no idea what that black object was flying over Josh during his flip.) Then we buckle up the ski and Josh goes back out. He could be in a worse situation where no one is around and his ski starts to sink.

So I’d like to think that given the ski’s condition (missing scupper), we handle a situation that would eventually happen (sinking ski) with the right number of maniac jetski crew around. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. :)

Chris
 
JMew03

JMew03

The call me Mew Mew
Location
DFW,TX
swapmeet said:
I learned some things watching this.
  • Blowing water out of the bottom of the tank, pretty clever!
  • Running on one cylinder to get the remaining gas out.
  • Squirt bottle to get it running (Although I have a OEM airbox with a hole...)
Click to expand...

Thats the easiest way to drain a tank without actually taking the tank out of the ski. Done that a few times. Takes a while with a 5 gallon tank though. Lol
Ask me how I know!
 
TheBuzzard

TheBuzzard

Location
the jetski grave yard
the last time it got away, it did hit the beach just before i ran to it and shut it off. the idle is way higher than it needs to be. as long as it doesnt die, its good, but it doesnt need to be 3 grand. no way of knowing or even thinking the scupper would fall out. my only worry is the hood on most everything i beat. i run a ratchet strap and safety straps on my freak, since sinking it when the hood popped, a month ago. after every bad landing, as soon as my head comes out of water, i'm looking at the hood. no need chasing boats that big with 1000 power................ if it didnt get away, it wouldnt take on water with the missing scupper, if you were riding.
 
Sparkplug

Sparkplug

Location
Red Bluff CA
Does his chan even have a place to hook a tow strap? Mine doesn't. Every friend I ride with tho I make sure the know the drill. You see me waving my hands, you get the fawk over there right then. Wrap the tow strap around the pole bracket, and pull that batch to shore as fast as you can. We have had it happen in the middle of Shasta on a superjet. They go down just as fast, but they bob.

Again glad all is well, but maybe next time your crew sees a sinking ski, even if they think people have it handled, get over there and put a hand on it. It's not like is gonna hurt to ave more flotation or help, and I don't thnk the owner will complain. I'd buy your case of beer for the thought.
 
Droste14

Droste14

Be About It!
Location
Wichita, KS
thats exactly how fast mine sank a few weeks ago. except i had a crack in my bottom... had my scupper closed and still couldnt figure out how it was going down
 
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