Fun with Driftwood

[ahenderson432]

Well the weather in Phoenix was 86 today so..........played hookie mid day and took her out for some sun. Forgot the pool skimmer and the launch ramp was riddled with Driftwood from the inflow of snowmelt up north. Had that funny feeling I was going to have an interesting day. Got passed the no wake buoy, gave her some throttle, and grrrrrrrrrrrrr. She was not happy. Popped out the clean out ports but could not immediately feel anything stuck. Tried throttle again with no luck. Dug deeper into the clean out port of the Starboard pump and hello driftwood.

Took a deep breath, anchored for a bit, and soaked up some sun. Idled back to the ramp, loaded her up, and took her home. Then discovered a stowaway on top of the jet pump.

Got out the long screw drivers, rubber mallets, pry bar, then found my long wood drill bit for door hardware installations. Crawled under and could better see the piece of driftwood wedged nicely halfway down the impeller blade stuck enough so I could not pry out by hand.

For your viewing pleasure. Be careful out there!

 

[AZMark]

What lake?

I’ve only had that happen really badly once at Canyon.

 

[ahenderson432]

Pleasant. Harbor Side. Only the North Ramp was open due to a Rockabilly Car Show and Concert. Worst ramp on the lake anyway. I had a gut feeling when I launched and saw the amount of driftwood. Should have gone to the 10 lane ramp like I was originally going to do.

 

[flyingnugget]

Damn Karma...She needs to take a day off and enjoy, Kinda like what you "tried" to do.

 

[Ronnie]

Been there and done that, several times, always hoping that I never have that kind of fun again. Now I hope you @ahenderson432 dont either.