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Amen to that. I sucked up a water bottle cap at Rainbow Bridge (at LakePowell) right after I left the no wake zone and before I could get it dislodged from the impeller, a tour boat (Canyon Princess... it's like 25' tall, 70' long, 20+' beam, steel hull, diesel dual screw) come through and nearly put us into the wall. I felt stupid something that small could cause such a big problem.I hate to admit it, but I find it humiliating when I have boating friends on board and I suck something up. Then I go to the clean out plug and after cursing and prying for 5 minutes I pull out a 2" twig. They look at me and are like, "that twig caused a problem?"
Wow, being on LOTO with just idle speed would have me stressed, especially on a holiday weekend. Glad everything turned out ok.This was my first...
And a week later, I had to travel 90 minutes on a holiday weekend in the main channel at the lake of the ozarks on one engine at 5 mph back to my dock. After putting her on the lift, I found absolutely nothing in either engine. I put her back in the water and she ran great.
Question: when your engine starts but does ZERO rpm...you have something stuck right?
I am not looking forward to my first rope. My buddy sucked up a corn cob.
It's true a tiny twig can take the fun out of a day of boating. This, in my opinion, is the one thing about jet boats that a prop boat won't suffer from. Fortunately for Yamaha owners there are clean outs.I hate to admit it, but I find it humiliating when I have boating friends on board and I suck something up. Then I go to the clean out plug and after cursing and prying for 5 minutes I pull out a 2" twig. They look at me and are like, "that twig caused a problem?"
And a week later, I had to travel 90 minutes on a holiday weekend in the main channel at the lake of the ozarks on one engine at 5 mph back to my dock. After putting her on the lift, I found absolutely nothing in either engine. I put her back in the water and she ran great.
Question: when your engine starts but does ZERO rpm...you have something stuck right?
I tried the backup thing a few times and that did not clear it. So I shut down the engine and proceeded one one engine at 5mph.Why boat back to the dock instead of throwing anchor, shutting down the engines and cleaning out the debris?