Tubing in Bruces back yard.

[Backwash]

Shot this video just down the hill from Bruces house on Lake Hamilton a couple weekends ago. Not a jet Boat, but was fun all the same. Was a "kid day" but I think the big kids had more fun. lol. Created with a mix of GoPro software and imovie. Would have liked to edit a bit more but frankly was tired of editing it. haha.

 

[Glassman]

Great Video! Great Fun!
Looks like you all had a blast.....that's what it's all about isn't it?

 

[Bruce]

@Glassman, lets add Great People to the list! We have a great time with Jim, Jill and their daughter Riley when we find the opportunity to get out on the lake together.

 

[Backwash]

Thanks Bruce! Amazing how a friendship can happen from talking Jet Boats at a gas station! Ready to get on that surf board this weekend. We dont have many weekends left this year....

 

[txav8r]

Who's boat ya'll on @Backwash ? The ladder was left down! Great video and fun regardless, and none of us have ever left the ladder down!

 

[Backwash]

Just like a jet boater to see the ladder is down but not notice I had Simon Cowell with me.

Naw, it was a buddies boat. We hollered "ladders down' and he waved us off like he didnt care, so I-I Captain. haha.

 

[txav8r]

LOL! Well in my defense, I only notice the other sex!

 

[Backwash]

Definitely a true jet boater then!

 

[TxChristopher]

Who's boat ya'll on @Backwash ? The ladder was left down! Great video and fun regardless, and none of us have ever left the ladder down!View attachment 11777

I don't think we have EVER made a trip where the ladder was not left down at least once!

This was last Sunday, I noticed the ladder around the 2 minute mark:

Then later I left it down the entire way back to the dock! The kids wanted to swim while we put away the last tube and nobody put the ladder back up. I wish there were some sort of alarm on it when left down and the boat gets to say 5 mph. The newer GPS equipped Connext boats could do that.

 

[Glassman]

I have an alarm for when the ladder gets left down...only, it goes off AFTER I have driven 5 miles down river! I just start yelling...WHO left the #@!^*%?! ladder down?

And magically it gets put up properly for the rest of the day!

 

[txav8r]

I can feel the vibration it causes. I feel it the first time I turn after it is left down. Habit patterns. I preach and have lived habit patterns for 37 years. It is kind of like the guys that justify leaving the clean out plugs installed all the time because they can't remember to put them in before launching. 2 or 3 times of forgetting is a good teacher. But taking your time and doing things the same every time will help too. That ladder has caught me for sure, but it is like locking our doors at home. We don't leave them unlocked, because that is how we forget to lock them. Some things lend themselves to a checklist, maybe adding an after anchor or beach section to it would be a good idea for some. It is hectic when you leave an anchorage or deep water pickup sometimes, getting out a checklist might help, but when tubing/skiing, I think that might just need to be remembered. The best thing I can say, is it is everyone's responsibility, and the last one up it ALWAYS pulls it in. But as the captain, it is ultimately my responsibility to make sure that all those under my watch on my vessel, have done what I expected...when that fails, I use the tried and true @Glassman method of "Who left the #@^*%! ladder down!" lol

 

[MikeyL]

I have an alarm for when the ladder gets left down...only, it goes off AFTER I have driven 5 miles down river! I just start yelling...WHO left the #@!^*%?! ladder down?

And magically it gets put up properly for the rest of the day!

You just CRACK me up !!!!!!!!!!!!! Many Thanks !