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trfour · 03-19-2006, 01:32 AM

Turn Off All electrical power.

This could save your life.

A friend and I took his 36' Sonic with twin 550 HP MerCruisers out for a spin and the starboard engine quit just after geting up to around 20 knots. He was driving, (no other boat traffic), and wanted to try to make it back in on the port engine. I told him to shut down all power right away. I checked the engine compartment and a fuel line had ruptured and there was enough gas and fumes in the bilge so that we might have made it to the moon, before getting back to shore.

Get my drift?

PS- About 15 to 20 minutes later, my friend had been on the radio calling for help, when for the love of the lord,and a little luck on our side, a sport fisher by the name of ( Bimini~Twist ) happened along, threw us a line and towed us into port.
We winched his boat onto his trailer and brought it back to his garage, drained and cleaned the bilge, replaced all of the fuel lines.

One of the Bimini~Twist's catches pictured below dressed out at just under 1000 LBS.

Thanks, T.

( Captain John Preti JR. )..... and the one that didn't get away!

03-19-2006, 01:32 AM	#22
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	All good answers Guys... Turn Off All electrical power. This could save your life. A friend and I took his 36' Sonic with twin 550 HP MerCruisers out for a spin and the starboard engine quit just after geting up to around 20 knots. He was driving, (no other boat traffic), and wanted to try to make it back in on the port engine. I told him to shut down all power right away. I checked the engine compartment and a fuel line had ruptured and there was enough gas and fumes in the bilge so that we might have made it to the moon, before getting back to shore. Get my drift? PS- About 15 to 20 minutes later, my friend had been on the radio calling for help, when for the love of the lord,and a little luck on our side, a sport fisher by the name of ( Bimini~Twist ) happened along, threw us a line and towed us into port. We winched his boat onto his trailer and brought it back to his garage, drained and cleaned the bilge, replaced all of the fuel lines. One of the Bimini~Twist's catches pictured below dressed out at just under 1000 LBS. Thanks, T. ( Captain John Preti JR. )..... and the one that didn't get away! Attached Images __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html Last edited by trfour; 03-19-2006 at 03:11 PM.