Nightmare
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 197
- Reaction score
- 246
- Points
- 107
- Location
- Southern California
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2011
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 24
I had to change my profile after last week.
My wife was driving, so does that count?
We were trying to leave the anchor and Anchor-Caddie at the shore landing spot.
I disconnected the anchor line and the Anchor Buddie and put all the extra line inside the bag.
I told her to back up, but she didnt hear me. I couldn't hold the bag and had to drop it. The starboard jet sucked up about 10' of 3/8" anchor line. It stopped running. It took me a minute to figue out what happened. I thought the bag may have sank to the bottom of the lake. I tried to restart the engine and it was barely turing over. I went back to check the cleanout and sure enough I could see the line. I was able to fish the anchor out of the water with a pole. We limped back to the shore and I spent about 1.5-2 hours working on the boat. I was actually able to untangle the whole mess and save the rope. The line was wrapped around the shaft and basically filled the entire tunnel with rope. If I had not been able to beach the boat, I would have probably had to cut the line.
It was a nice spot up at Huntington Lake. I left the boat on the water overnight for 3 nights.
![IMG_4526.jpg IMG_4526.jpg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/203/203754-5e164dfb57760c845c44b8388d8ee7f9.jpg?hash=XhZN-1d2DI)
![IMG_4525.jpg IMG_4525.jpg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/203/203753-47beb178c6ce67b37365ac92f4c384df.jpg?hash=R76xeMbOZ7)
My wife was driving, so does that count?
We were trying to leave the anchor and Anchor-Caddie at the shore landing spot.
I disconnected the anchor line and the Anchor Buddie and put all the extra line inside the bag.
I told her to back up, but she didnt hear me. I couldn't hold the bag and had to drop it. The starboard jet sucked up about 10' of 3/8" anchor line. It stopped running. It took me a minute to figue out what happened. I thought the bag may have sank to the bottom of the lake. I tried to restart the engine and it was barely turing over. I went back to check the cleanout and sure enough I could see the line. I was able to fish the anchor out of the water with a pole. We limped back to the shore and I spent about 1.5-2 hours working on the boat. I was actually able to untangle the whole mess and save the rope. The line was wrapped around the shaft and basically filled the entire tunnel with rope. If I had not been able to beach the boat, I would have probably had to cut the line.
It was a nice spot up at Huntington Lake. I left the boat on the water overnight for 3 nights.
![IMG_4526.jpg IMG_4526.jpg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/203/203754-5e164dfb57760c845c44b8388d8ee7f9.jpg?hash=XhZN-1d2DI)
![IMG_4525.jpg IMG_4525.jpg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/203/203753-47beb178c6ce67b37365ac92f4c384df.jpg?hash=R76xeMbOZ7)