How deep do skis sink?

[DylanS]

On the second week of my ski being lost in a lake, have had guys sonar jusr about half of the lake now. I’m pretty positive when they sink they sink, but a lot of dudes are thinking it’s suspended. Anyone have any experience with sinking skis? Lol

 

[MarkWalker]

Ouch, that sucks. Big lake? Any current? Any floatation in the tray?

 

[newbee]

Is it a stock hull superjet?

 

[Storbeck]

Have you ever seen any object other than a fish suspended? Things either float or sink. Fish and submarines have to actively keep themselves suspended.

 

[bored&stroked]

Have you ever seen any object other than a fish suspended? Things either float or sink. Fish and submarines have to actively keep themselves suspended.

Canoe.

 

[DylanS]

Ouch, that sucks. Big lake? Any current? Any floatation in the tray?

Yeah huge, and it sank 100 yards off from a underwater river, closed cell foam under tray as far as I know

 

[DylanS]

Have you ever seen any object other than a fish suspended? Things either float or sink. Fish and submarines have to actively keep themselves suspended.

Kinda what I’m thinking, I swear they all lay on the bottom when they’re full.

 

[DylanS]

Is it a stock hull superjet?

Nope, EME Ariel hull. Wishing it was a stock superjet right now, wouldn’t have kept looking this long..

 

[Storbeck]

Yeah huge, and it sank 100 yards off from a underwater river

Really sorry to hear it that's brutal.

 

[Mike W]

Well, they will sink all the way to the bottom like the Titanic. I hope you find it.

 

[newbee]

Ugh my guess it just sank to the bottom. How deep is the lake?

 

[DylanS]

Ugh my guess it just sank to the bottom. How deep is the lake?

40 foot where it sank, freak accident where lanyard didn’t shut ski off and throttle stuck, bumped some dudes boat and flipped over where everyone watched it sink. Have had a manhunt for this thing for a week now with sonar and side scan and nothing. Out of 13 thousand dollars right now.. got ten minutes on a new dasa 1200 and brand new rrp pipe.

 

[Storbeck]

Scuba dive and swim downriver? Seems like you'd have a hard time picking it up on a sonar assuming you're talking fish finder. Is it at least clear-ish water?

 

[te4250]

That sucks, my rickter sank 3 days ago but only in 12’ of water. We found it pretty quick but it went straight to the bottom

 

[DylanS]

Scuba dive and swim downriver? Seems like you'd have a hard time picking it up on a sonar assuming you're talking fish finder. Is it at least clear-ish water?

Water has about 2 foot of mud at the bottom and diver couldn’t see his own hand with dive light cause of sediment. The side scan can pick out rocks on the floor the size of my fist so I’m surprised it hasn’t turned up. Thinking someone found it surfaced and stole it or it’s burried...

 

[Storbeck]

Water has about 2 foot of mud at the bottom and diver couldn’t see his own hand with dive light cause of sediment. The side scan can pick out rocks on the floor the size of my fist so I’m surprised it hasn’t turned up. Thinking someone found it surfaced and stole it or it’s burried...

Eesh, brutal.

 

[Sanoman]

l have said this several times before about skis sinking just below the surface by having just enough foam in them to make them neutral in buoyancy.Maybe sinking 10-15 feet below the surface and being taken away by the current.l never put foam in any superfreak that l built from the ground up.There just wasn’t enough room under the tray.
How short was the ski?

 

[DylanS]

l have said this several times before about skis sinking just below the surface by having just enough foam in them to make them neutral in buoyancy.Maybe sinking 10-15 feet below the surface and being taken away by the current.l never put foam in any superfreak that l built from the ground up.There just wasn’t enough room under the tray.
How short was the ski?

Not sure on length I think OL on title is just over 7’.. I know he closed cell foams the tray but that’s it. It wouldn’t have even sunk but the ball valve scupper let the air pocket out. Thing is all but useless for its intended purpose but sure is good at sinking my ski. Not much current unless it fell into the underwater river but there was tons of boat traffic that day..

 

[LBE]

I have seen skis sink and sit vertical on the bottom, so it could be tail up with a little flotation in the tray. With the sonar, don’t just look for a long object on the bottom, look for something tall and upright also. Good luck!

 

[iQRTurbo]

My EME I had would sink like a rock, and I mean literally like a rock. Tore off two scupper flaps and both times by the time I realized what was happening it had water over the carbs and was going down like a brick. My buddies Arial 8 was the same way. I would spend most of your time looking where it went down.