someone had a bad day today

[rickd01]

Here is my version, from last summer

 

[swatski]

What could, conceivably, work in this situation is a “water parachute”.

The idea is very simple. It’s been pioneered by our jet boating brothers and sisters of The Northwest, navigating rocky river bottoms all the time.

Essentially, one uses a decommissioned military cargo parachute. Throw it in, let it fill with water (for example - like in river current or in moving tide). Depending on size, these things can pull a tank or a small house. Often times the trouble actually is to cut the cords quickly enough - not to pull too far...

I have used a version of that with a cargo tarp for my old 20 footer - to pull it off a shallow rock bottom up the river - after trying various things for few days to no avail. It was like as if the boat was made of paper. It was amazing. I had my marina crew getting ready to move and try to bail my boat out by hand (with about ten of us), they could not believe what happen. I was also pretty impressed...

For the record, I do not do this on purpose, or with the new boat, but I used to be pretty crazy back when. I used to carry a chainsaw winch which works wonders - but to a limit. And that’s on a river, and of course we have trees for “anchors”.


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[Sbrown]

A 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 z-rig with an appropriate anchor system would probably pull that boat right off there. Ive seen such set ups move firetrucks with the brakes on. It would take a little time and a few resets of tackle, though.

 

[swatski]

with an appropriate anchor

That is the key word....

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[Sbrown]

That is the key word....

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Always is, but in the rescue business we gotta use what we have. Sometimes this means several anchor points if you can't find single one that's strong enough. If I were to try it, I would want to use several anchors well set in a fan pattern. Sort of like anchoring for a hurricane.

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

I do not think these guys have a lot of money as I said in the beginning they called Sea Tow who came out when they first discovered the boat was aground, Sea Tow was not able to get the boat free but that was not the only thing that was not free ,$1500 bucks was the price for the failure!
That Is what they said it cost them even though the attempt failed.

 

[Sbrown]

I do not think these guys have a lot of money as I said in the beginning they called Sea Tow who came out when they first discovered the boat was aground, Sea Tow was not able to get the boat free but that was not the only thing that was not free ,$1500 bucks was the price for the failure!
That Is what they said it cost them even though the attempt failed.

Ouch!

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

like I said these poor guys have had a rough 2 months keep in mind that they just purchased the boat the day it quit running and became disabled off Fort Desoto beach, They were almost home with it when this happened.
They anchored it and jumped in the water to swim to shore in the night, they returned the following day to learn that they lost their anchor and the boat was on the sand bar, etc etc etc. Got to give them credit for not giving up .

 

[Sbrown]

like I said these poor guys have had a rough 2 months keep in mind that they just purchased the boat the day it quit running and became disabled off Fort Desoto beach, They were almost home with it when this happened.
They anchored it and jumped in the water to swim to shore in the night, they returned the following day to learn that they lost their anchor and the boat was on the sand bar, etc etc etc. Got to give them credit for not giving up .

Agreed. It's definitely a tough situation to be in. Anchoring systems for this kind of situation can actually be pretty cheap to construct. The z-rig, not so much.

 

[haknslash]

They should cut down about 20-30 palm trees similar in diameter, stack them behind the boat close together, use them as rollers and get Jeff with long ass ropes tied to his army of jet skis to pull/roll the boat out beyond all the sand bars. Would likely need to repeat this sequence many times but it's just time right? Like Mark Watney said stuck on Mars: "I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this..."

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

haaa I actually made a joke about an armada of skies and ropes to pull it out and the one guy who is more of a serious type looked at his friend and said that is exactly the type of thing the he suggested as he rolled his eyes and his friend just smiled.

 

[adrianp89]

If it doesn't pose any risk to my boat, I would help in trying to pull that thing out.

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

That is very generous but if sea tow failed I would not believe a jet boat would have a change even 2 or 3 pulling together and the sand goes way out , if you ever visit the big sand bar at Bunces Pass across the channel from the south end of shell island you won't miss this 33 foot boat stuck on the south beach of the sand bar. It's called Sea Toy , What they need is some large anchors and ropes to get free during the high tides.

 

[Livewire]

I think I heard Rick and Bubba talk about this very boat this morning on their morning radio show. Caught the tail end of the segment so not 100% sure.

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

I notified the local news paper Tampa bay times in the hopes that they would put a story in the paper that may generate some assistance for the people in the boat and it is an interesting story but who knows.

 

[adrianp89]

Well the couple from Tarpon that sold everything they had and didn't get boat insurance to travel the world in a 50 year old boat - they are on national news. One month of boating experience and they tried to sail John's Pass at night. Hell I am super cautious in the middle of the day around there.

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

Yes they had media coverage and these guys would probably end this saga if they had a go fund me page and some media coverage, I asked if they had a phone and guess what, it went in the water probably when they abandoned ship and forgot about it being in their pocket although they never actually said that but I never asked either.

 

[haknslash]

Well the couple from Tarpon that sold everything they had and didn't get boat insurance to travel the world in a 50 year old boat - they are on national news. One month of boating experience and they tried to sail John's Pass at night. Hell I am super cautious in the middle of the day around there.

yea I saw that as well. I couldn't believe people paid for their newb mistakes. Hey social media, I need to pay bills but don't want to work for it so please fund my life and life's (stupid) choices! Kthxbye

 

[Beachbummer]

Hey social media, I need to pay bills but don't want to work for it so please fund my life and life's (stupid) choices! Kthxbye

Replace some words and be a little creative, and you too could benefit from the craziness! But I sense some contempt... Make it more sad and less angry and i bet you get some cash!!

 

[adrianp89]

Replace some words and be a little creative, and you too could benefit from the craziness! But I sense some contempt... Make it more sad and less angry and i bet you get some cash!!

Can't fault them for trying. Now a days people give out money for anything, why not take a stab at it if you have a story (even if your stupidness was the root cause).