buckbuck
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 3,939
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- Location
- Texas
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2008
- Boat Model
- X
- Boat Length
- 21
I agree with @swatski about the Midwest silt. Just run the motors at high rpm after encountering the mud and it cleans them out. We don't have much problem with sand or gravel here so my impellers and tubes look new.
@2kwik4u The boat did settle in the soft mud. I kept the rpms up and had the family move to the front and then to the back and worked our way out. It was the closest I have ever come to having to get out and push the boat to deeper water. I didn't want to miss capturing the moment so I told my daughter to grab the camera while I was working on the issue. The thing that made it difficult is I sucked up a piece of fabric and the port jet was cavitating. My daughters friend had to wallow her way out to deeper water. I would guess there was 12 inches of water over another 12 inches watery mud. Every time something like this happens it just reinforces my conviction I made the right decision in purchasing a Yamaha jetboat.
@2kwik4u The boat did settle in the soft mud. I kept the rpms up and had the family move to the front and then to the back and worked our way out. It was the closest I have ever come to having to get out and push the boat to deeper water. I didn't want to miss capturing the moment so I told my daughter to grab the camera while I was working on the issue. The thing that made it difficult is I sucked up a piece of fabric and the port jet was cavitating. My daughters friend had to wallow her way out to deeper water. I would guess there was 12 inches of water over another 12 inches watery mud. Every time something like this happens it just reinforces my conviction I made the right decision in purchasing a Yamaha jetboat.
