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Hit a rock and sank!
So last week I picked up a couple of Kaw zxi900 jetskis and put some wrench time into gettin em running... today a friend and I took em out on the Ohio river and about 7 miles up river I smacked something in the water at about 50 mph... less than a minute later I was in the water next to a mostly submerged ski..... sooo we push pull and drag it up onto a log at the bank and drain the water and I take off on the other one for the dock... )wow the river was rough today).... I get home and hook up to the montecarlo and another friend hooks up the the ski trailer... we head back to the river and 3 hours after leaving him we get back to the friend sitting with the busted ski.... He informs me that of the 30-50 a couple dozen ski's boats that went by he heard several people make comments about the half sunk jetski but not one single person offered to help... disgusting... we didn't need help but still....
Sooo I strapped a throwable pfd over the hole with two ratchet straps and pumped out the water... then we floated it to the back of the boat and the three of us wrestled one edge onto the swim platform and strapped it up out of the water..... My DID get on plane with it there but man did she point for the stars for a while as she worked to gain speed.... what a day... $280 in gas and one jetski for a day on the water...... WORTH IT....... sorta ps the engine of the ski was fully submerged but I did manage to get it empty and eventually got it fired up... will do a compression test tomorrow but I think it's ok..... Last edited by smokeonthewater; 08-08-2013 at 09:44 PM. 
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07-29-2013, 06:40 AM
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Dang Smoke, that is an adventure there. The Monte Carlo got up with the ski on back is amazing. I don't know if I would have even tried that. Way to adapt.
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07-29-2013, 10:20 AM
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Oh yeah.. it WAS quite an adventure... afterwards we went and tied up at our favorite waterside bar n grill and had burgers and a toast to "good friends and bad decisions"
Forgive the shredded seat... was planning to replace this week IMG_0781.jpg
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07-29-2013, 12:10 PM
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Sorry for the loss of the ski. Glad you're ok and not injured and that you got back safely. Is the ski's hull repairable?
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07-29-2013, 09:48 PM
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thx
yeah I can glass it BUT a friend of mine knows a guy who has the same ski w a blown motor... might be able to pick it up cheap...... fingers crossed.
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07-29-2013, 10:32 PM
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Good luck, hope it works out!
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