Need help finding sunkin' ski (Not Anymore!!!)

[cookerq62]

18' isn't that deep but with zero visability I bet its scary. I say hook something to it as a marker and use that as a guide to swim down over and over till you can get something through the bow/stern eye. When you get it tied off pull it very slowly to break the suction. Screw getting a diver it would feel so great to pull it up yourself.

 

[superramjet]

or do u think you got lucky and found a 550 or something?

would that be lucky?

 

[superramjet]

A diver will be there tomorrow, whatever it is it's stuck hard. we hooked on it and tried to drag it with a boat and it broke the rope. No matter what you think swimming 18ft down in murky water with zero visability is hard. You cant even see daylight and you get confused real easy which direction you are swimming. Its almost 1/2 mile away from where it went down. The divers hate going down in this lake because of the visibilty.

 

[bad93blaster]

would that be lucky?

so that isnt a good replacement for a xjet

 

[superramjet]

i guess it be luckier than finding a square nose.







J/K

 

[sflsurfrider]

id imagine that the direction youre pulling has a lot to do with how well you can free it up.

 

[aqua]

A diver will be there tomorrow, whatever it is it's stuck hard. we hooked on it and tried to drag it with a boat and it broke the rope. No matter what you think swimming 18ft down in murky water with zero visability is hard. You cant even see daylight and you get confused real easy which direction you are swimming. Its almost 1/2 mile away from where it went down. The divers hate going down in this lake because of the visibilty.

wow....i couldnt imagine it getting stuck that hard from settling on the bottom. if you guys were down there to hook a rope up surely you know whether or not it is the ski....right. i can imagine it must be freaky being down there that far not being able to see. good luck with it. hopefully it will be the xjet and not something else.....except for maybe some gold treasure. then you could buy another xjet and have some money left over. :biggthumpup:

 

[Matt_E]

Mad paint skillz, Charlie.

 

[Dollar Bill]

Its almost 1/2 mile away from where it went down.

Wow - you guys must have put in A LOT of time looking for it.
If this pays off, this could be a poster story for Humminbird.

Good luck tomorrow!

 

[The Penguin]

the guy that was selling the bags said $160 for the 2 and he could overnight them to you.

one is a 125#, the other is 85 or 90#

I believe they are OMS bags which are very sturdy: http://www.omsdive.com/lift-smb.html

don't make me drive up there and retrieve it for you :wink:

 

[Gilligan]

id imagine that the direction youre pulling has a lot to do with how well you can free it up.

Love the microsoft paint. Or is that Mario paint either way I think you have some mad skills!

I think this has been down there for close to two months.

 

[oxnard111]

This is like a suspense thriller. It like watch LOST or somthing. I don't think it will ever end...:shock: :worried: onder:

 

[Rickster]

Send down a Diver with a spare bottle and reg hook up, they can use the air to excavate under the hull to free it.

Now get down there and get thise thing before the lake ices over.

:biggthumpup:

 

[SJBrit]

The problem is going to be breaking the suction: the mud will have molded itself very close to the nice smooth hull by now and will hold on tight.

 

[Rickster]

The problem is going to be breaking the suction: the mud will have molded itself very close to the nice smooth hull by now and will hold on tight.

Air compressed at 1500 psi shot out through a regulator will break the suction no problem.

 

[Ollie Rastabean]

Air compressed at 1500 psi shot out through a regulator will break the suction no problem.

The reg stage is low pressure. But I hear what you are getting at. That is a great idea.

Put an air chuck on the octopus line with an extension and blast that thing out of the mud.

Congrats on finding the thing.

-o

 

[sflsurfrider]

matt and gilligan... you's guys is just jealous

 

[SuperJETT]

Yep, first stage drops it down to under 200 and second stage feeds your mouth.

 

[The Penguin]

the air that comes out of any of the hoses is going to be at +/- 150 psi

the only way to get high pressure air would be for it to come out the hose from the pressure guage.

 

[MADMAT]

WOW. You found it! Sweet. I had'nt caught up on this thread in a while.

Did you guys get it to the surface yet?