So my second time ever boating was ROUGH... but least not as bad as this guy!

[OrangeTJ]

Lots of folks have sucked up ropes! Myself included. Very first outing with our SX210 I pulled the tube rope up into both intakes and got it seriously wound up in both of them. We then proceeded to get pushed toward the very steep (too steep to drop an anchor to stand off) and rocky bank with no power. Had to have two passengers hold us off the rocks with paddles while we furiously cut away at the ropes. It was NOT fun.

 

[galonuscct]

Yeah we BOTH learned a good lesson lol. I had heard about the issues with sucking up ropes, and so I actually bought 2 expensive floating dock lines thinking that might help. Well, not when you drive over them! So both those lines are now shredded lol. Also the lines I bought were blue cause I thought the color looked good. NO, bad idea! LOL. Next ones are going to be orange or pink! As bright neon as I can get.

Sounds like the floating boat line is what did you in. Regular dock lines would have just sank and you never would have ran them over. They would have dangled from the dock cleat straight down into the water and not floated across your path of travel.

 

[Daren and Heather]

Sounds like the floating boat line is what did you in. Regular dock lines would have just sank and you never would have ran them over. They would have dangled from the dock cleat straight down into the water and not floated across your path of travel.

Thats a good point. Someone on this forum had recommended floating dock lines to avoid sucking up a rope, which I guess helps you see them. But you're right, if you get close to, or over them you're now 100% guaranteed to suck in the rope. So it seems like floating dock lines may be worse actually.