Problematic Day

[T. Turner]

Well it finally happened to me. I sucked up a rope today. We had just got done tubing and decided to wakeboard for a bit. While my wife was in the water, my typical rope watcher and spotter abandoned his post to put on more sunscreen. He left my sister watching the rope and needless to say she didnt understand the importance of staying alert of where the rope was while we were stopped. When we took off the rope cinched up tight and her hand got caught between the rope and the boat.
Luckily from the information I have gained on here I recognized what had happened and killed the engines and grabbed my knife and cut the rope to free her hand.
Then we spent the next hour and a half cutting rope out of the impeller shaft. Luckily my wife has small hands and was able to cut inside the cleanout port easier than I was.

 

[flyingnugget]

Well, i'm glad your sister is ok.

Been there done that. 2nd season with my boat I did the exact same thing. Tried pulling it out from the intake and then decided to cut that sucker out from the clean out port and keep on enjoying the day.

It's a right of passage LOL.. Now, my wife and I know that if we stop we either have a hand on the rope and are pulling in the slack onto the transom or the engines are off. Gotta have some fwd movement.

 

[Julian]

Bummer....you will be much more vigilant from now on! But hey.....on the bright side....you get a trophy if you put it in your profile! LOL

 

[buckbuck]

Congratulations on your promotion toward becoming a jetboat professional.

 

[mraz72]

wow, glad her hand didn't get stuck in the rope, never heard of that happening.

I believe some members here use a curved knife, easier to cut out the rope. A few more times and you can get the time down to cut out the rope to 20 minutes.

 

[T. Turner]

Well, i'm glad your sister is ok.

Been there done that. 2nd season with my boat I did the exact same thing. Tried pulling it out from the intake and then decided to cut that sucker out from the clean out port and keep on enjoying the day.

It's a right of passage LOL.. Now, my wife and I know that if we stop we either have a hand on the rope and are pulling in the slack onto the transom or the engines are off. Gotta have some fwd movement.

Yeah she is okay, just a bit of rope burn and a line where the rope cut into her hand. She kept apologizing about us having to cut the rope. I told her that we can always buy a new rope but I'm not sure we could acquire her a new set of fingers.
We took her out for dinner and bought her a margarita to "numb the pain."

 

[Scuba_ref]

Good job getting ice on that!

 

[T. Turner]

I believe some members here use a curved knife, easier to cut out the rope. A few more times and you can get the time down to cut out the rope to 20 minutes.

Yeah I'm definitely going to buy a knife with a small hook blade because it would have been much easier with one.

 

[scokill]

I keep a couple of single edge razor blades handy....the kind that go in scrapers. They are sharp, small, and the risk of cutting yourself is minimal since you are just using one hand.

 

[Matt Phillips]

You only bought one margarita!




(In all seriousness, take she wasn't hurt)

 

[Ilmmct]

Seconding the use of razor blades. I have sucked up 2 ropes ... hey I am a slow learner don't judge ;-)

My mits bearly fit in the cleanout tube, so nice stabs with the razor have done the trick for tightly bound rope. Glad you had the presence of mind to cut the engines and get unstuck. Welcome to the sucked up a rope subgroup.