Is this a record for sea weed in the jets?

[Bruce]

I don't think the clean out plugs are going to help with this!

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Gotta love that Florida grass! You might have picked that up right at the ramp.

 

[MrMoose]

I had a coat of greasy slime along my waterline when I pulled my boat out at Harbor Towne Marina, but no weeds.

 

[MrMoose]

I don't think the clean out plugs are going to help with this!

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OMG!

 

[PaulyB]

I think @Ronnie recently posted a video of him cleaning out his ports and it had enough to rival what you are looking at. I was amazed at how much stuff he had pulled out of his ports.

 

[davel501]

If you still had thrust then I have had worse. Had to hang from the rear cleats and use my toes to push the "floor mats" off the intakes. Milfoil sucks.

 

[Bruce]

That was from our local lake this evening. It must have been sucked up just as @Rana powered down the engines.

 

[Britboater]

You'd make a good meal there, just google "lava bread" yum yum!

 

[zelone]

Who ordered the salad?

 

[Big Shasta]

You'd make a good meal there, just google "lava bread" yum yum!

You got me...

Laverbread (Welsh: bara lafwr or bara lawr) is a traditional Welsh delicacy made from laver. To make laverbread, the seaweed is boiled for several hours, then minced or pureed. The gelatinous paste that results can then be sold as it is, or rolled in oatmeal; it is generally coated with oatmeal prior to frying.

 

[Rana]

I don't think the clean out plugs are going to help with this!

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It was a crazy amount of seaweed... It was terrible all over the anchor but, we never had to stop and clean out the plugs so that was a win...

 

[jfkraus]

A couple weeks ago we were boating on the Columbia River. One of my friends had to go pee, so we had to get to shore. I ran over a patch of milfoil. Clogged both impellers and I could not get it all out via the plugs. Had to jump in with the milfoil and use my feet to kick it out from the intake. That sucked because the water was very cold. I hate milfoil!

 

[Murf'n'surf]

I guess you haven't heard of the anchor line knife trick?

Get yourself about 25' of your anchor line out. Toss it over the bow and hang on to two ends. Walk to the rear of the boat while sliding the anchor line along your hull. As you near the intake grates, start a sawing motion while slowly moving to the rear. This will cut and dislodge the grass/debris.

 

[jfkraus]

I guess you haven't heard of the anchor line knife trick?

Get yourself about 25' of your anchor line out. Toss it over the bow and hang on to two ends. Walk to the rear of the boat while sliding the anchor line along your hull. As you near the intake grates, start a sawing motion while slowly moving to the rear. This will cut and dislodge the grass/debris.

Doh! Great advice!

 

[Bousbous55]

You can always just sharpen the leading edge of the intake grate, no more intake clogs, it will just slice the weeds as you boat. I think I am just joking