Almost capsized today!

[Speedwagon]

I was out in my friends boat, pulling a tube. Turned around to pick up the person that fell off. Nothing special about the turn, done a turn just like it a million times before. But all of a sudden, the starboard side is riding the water, and I started to get a little bit of water in. Felt like it was starting to wash out and lose control, as I almost fell to the other side(though the dog in the boat did fall across). Scary feeling!

Don't know what caused it though. I've never had that happen before, and I've done turns like this before as well.

 

[KRS]

Re: Almost capsized today!

hit your wake just wrong probably

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

Re: Almost capsized today!

Scary feeling isn't it. Did that one time in my big boat when I first got it. Had too many people up on the flybridge, and made a sharpe turn at an idle. (water was smooth as glass) Stupidity, ignorance, and long necks at 2 am was not a good idea. The boat leaned so far over that the prop came out of the water. Good thing the cabin windows were shut or there would have been water in the cabin. That event sobered me up to understand that boating and drinking don't mix. Now I NEVER operate a vehicle of any type while legally impaired.

Being a skipper is more demanding of a job and is usually taken for granted. You always have to be on your toes to keep things safe.

Your boat probably got caught by the wake and unexpectedly caught you off guard. I hope you learned something as I did in my incident. Good Luck Speedwagon.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Almost capsized today!

Or was your motor or drive tucked way down? You get a lot of bow-steer that way and it really digs in. Bravo drives have dual mounting positions for the trim rams to compensate for that because a few boats were having big trouble with it. For pulling, it's usually best to have the propshaft running parallel to the hull (zero degree trim). Trimmed-out is positive trim, tucked in is negative trim.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

Re: Almost capsized today!

Is there a discriptive term for such an event?

 

[heycods]

Re: Almost capsized today!

Is there a discriptive term for such an event?

Yea, scared the sh!t outa him.:^

 

[rottenray6402]

Re: Almost capsized today!

It is called "pucker factor" when something like that happens to me! :^

 

[JB]

Re: Almost capsized today!

Yes. The term is education.

In adult education it is called a critical learning event.

 

[NBE]

Re: Almost capsized today!

Yes. The term is education.

In adult education it is called a critical learning event.

I always called it Scareducation!