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I remember that time I ran aground in the Suez Canal. Got that darn ship turned sideways and blocked traffic for over a week. Good times..
Oh damn, that was you!? I think i saw that on tv.
Man i hate it when that happens 🤣
That was the clown Joe Biden
Evergreen horn
Few to many beers that’s night
As a kid in the early 80's, our family was stationed in Key West, it was my father's last station before he retired after 20 years of being in the Navy. He always wanted a boat and finally got one, a tiny 18' what looked like a homemade fiberglass cabin boat with a Johnson 90hp, it was sketchy but all we could afford at time and I remember one of our early boating experiences when we decided to go boating at night in what looks like some of the same areas and channels as in the video, Calda channel which we navigated fine in daylight quite a few times to get to the Gulf side, this was in the days before GPS and loran was a luxury. I remember my dad using a spotlight to look for that first marker before getting into the channel and running aground in pitch blackness in sand and grass beds and trying to push the boat to deeper waters for over an hour and being so disoriented that we ended up having to wait for daylight and the tide to rise before we could get ourselves out and back to Sigsbee Marina
Back in 2002, while vacationing in St. Pete with my bride, I rented an 18 ft center console boat for a day of fishing. Never operated any boat before but we had a great time. Unfortunately, we stayed out too long. It started getting dark and the sea got very choppy. i remember slamming that boat on the waves and wondering if the hull was gonna crack, and if that was normal... Then I realized that all the inlets looked pretty much the same, especially when it got darker, so I picked ... the wrong one. Lost some time, rushed to get back and got us stuck in the sand about half a mile from the shore. Who knew it could be so shallow so far from the shore? I remember feeling like an idiot, knee-deep in the water pushing the boat in the middle of the sea and wondering if that was normal...
Thankfully, it ended well; I got the boat free and we rode the wake of a large boat to get back safely, but man.... I'll never forget being "captain" for the first time.
I still make those silly mistakes 10 years later of being my own capitan. I never got any boat stuck, but I sure have had some close calls.
Thanks to videos like this, I learned a lot about boating. I watched lots of these videos before my week boat rental down in Cape Coral last year and this year we went out again with no problem. Anyone who’s never boated and plans on it needs to watch these videos and read these stories. I went out as a very cautious boater.
Well first off, I’m happy to say it wasn’t me steering the boat! My dad had a 30 proline with twin I/Os, the boat was only about a year old and this was our first time taking it out into the Atlantic out by Morehead City in NC (we are used to the Gulf in NW Florida). We went fishing and when we were coming back in, we had gotten lost and my brother (who was at the helm) saw a 18ish foot boat that looked familiar when we launched so he chased him down not realizing the lead boat cut a marker by a good margin...Well, he hit a sandbar (that was still submerged) doing almost 50mph, dragging us almost 100’ into it before coming to a stop, engines still wide open, forced the stern drives up and spewing water (and sand) pretty high in the air at what we later found out that the tide was going out. My dad had to walk a few hundred yards to shore and ended up returning about 2 hours later in a small dredging boat...$20/foot length of the boat and $10/foot that the boat had to be dredged out. Needless to say, when my dad left, the boat was in a foot of water, when he came back the boat was sitting at a hard angle and there was nothing but sand for almost 150 feet...The tide over there is crazy! Oddly enough my dad still trusted my brother with the boat until what happened when picked it up from the shop after that incident...But that’s another store 😂😂 #E-SeaRider
“Red right return” - depends where you are.
IALA Region B is Green to Port, Red to Starboard. Region B applies to the America’s (the whole continent) Japan, Philippines and South Korea.
Region A - red to port, green to starboard applies to the rest of the world. The shapes of a Can to Port and Cone to starboard apply to the whole world regardless of region.
you are 100% correct !
I was always taught that when in unfamiliar sandy-bottomed shoal water, that you went in very slowly at _low_ tide, so that if you beached, you could float off when the tide came in...
My buddy picked up his brand new Scout 195 (first boat) and we headed down to the keys, specifically Big Pine Key. We were told by his cousin that when going through the "bay" to "keep her pinned". So we did. This worked when we headed out to local hangout spot. We then went out fishing and had a great day. On the way back, we kept her pinned and all of a sudden the motor started slamming up and down, the bottom got all stirred up and my buddy's face was just pure shock. We hit bottom......hard. Thank God its was a sandy bottom. No real damage aside from a bent skeg and some pride, but he was pretty bummed as the boat was pretty much brand new. I've never seen an outboard bounce up & down quite like that and was pretty surprised nothing broke, including the transom where the motor mounted. The rest of the trip was great and we learned a lot about knowing how to scope out an area and check charts prior to just letting it rip. Lol.
What does "Keep her pinned" mean? I've been a boat owner for 30 years on Florida Gulf Coast, never heard that term.
@@Ocean_breezes full throttle
I was fishing for the first time on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. This area has some markers but mostly you need to navigate by sight as there are many shoals and shallow water areas. We were moving along in 15 to 20 feet when suddenly the depth alarm went off and then the boat bottomed out. We threw the anchor off the aft and was able to pull our boat free as the tide was incoming. But it gave us a greater respect to keep an eye on the water, not just the chart and soundings. #ESeaRider
They forgot one of my benchmark statements: NEVER go faster than you want to hit something.
When in doubt slow down. Another thing a lot of people should consider, just because you saw someone else do it doesn't mean you should try it, especially around other boats.
I live in Fort Myers Fl. on the southwest gulf. We have a great fishing area known as Pine Island Sound. Anyone that fishes the area knows for sure how much brown ground there is. The water clarity doesn't even compare to the Florida Keys. We have the Caloosahatchee river which runs into the gulf of Mexico. So in turn we get a lot of run off from Lake Okeechobee; of which turns a lot of the fishing waters to a rusty brown color. So as you could expect we have to pay extra attention to the channel markers. The skinny water blends into the channel water. You get the point. I have hit the brown ground twice; one time was a hidden oyster bar i knew nothing about. Scraped the bottom of the boat so bad had to have it skimmed with faring material, sanded and repainted. Luckily there were no holes to fix. Learned my lesson pretty quick. Needless to say we are the captains of our boats and are responsible for all aboard as they expect to be returned to the dock safely. Thank You Dave T.
I was taking my 36 foot sailboat into a small bay at Isle Royale on Lake Superior. The sun was high and the water was nice and dark which usually means deep water. The problem was that there was a big flat rock that was also dark. The keel of the boat rode right up on it and we were stuck for a hot minute. Fortunately we got away unscathed, but it took the rest of the day for my heart rate to return to normal. #Esearider
Lol :) No one likes that feeling when you feel the impact :) The next week is spend looking at the charts before you go anywhere lol
I ran aground coming into a dock at my brothers place that I had been at before. My Garmin even had my previous position marked on screen but I didn’t trust it as visually the entrance appears to be on the other side. I was at a crawl and just kissed the shallow rock shelf a couple of times and was able to slip in neutral to minimize prop damage. 😡 All on me. $1500 mistake, props sent out for repair and balance. Thanks for all your video’s. Cheers, Mike
#ESeaRider
My dad tried to teach me boating tips. If it’s green your clean, if it’s white you might, if it is brown your aground. I think I’m color blind. The best tip is to not run full speed in unfamiliar areas. Don’t drink alcohol and boat. The two don’t work together. Always remember wind effect tides. You might think it’s high tide but the wind blew out all the water. So bring a book when you go fishing. You might be waiting awhile to get out.
Interestingly (at least to me ;-) this is exactly opposite for colours in Australia (and Europe, Oceana and most of Asia). Our marks (IALA "A") are green to Starboard, and red to Port. We use "Is there any RED PORT wine LEFT" as the nemonic.
Green right entering, odd numbers, cones: GREENOC
I think it’s standardized. What you are saying is correct going out, but opposite when returning. Same with the lights on your boat- green on the starboard and red to port. When someone is heading straight at you, though- you see red on the right. “Red right returning” is a phrase I first heard from my flight instructor warning that if you’re flying at night and you see another plane’s lights with red on the right, they’re headed toward you.
@@beef1481 here in Aus, when returning to a port/marina/heading upstream, you keep red on the left and green on the right.
The FL keys is probably one of those places where all this tips help immensely!! Which is were most of not all this footage is from lol I ran a small grass flat one time in my little 17 mako chasing a down a buddy in his skiff... I was in an unfamiliar area an let the excitement get the best of me ! I’m way more cautious now and these tips definitely help ! Thanks again looking forward to the anchoring an sand bar edict ! Lots of ppl in SoFlo need that lol
Me and my old boss ran aground crossing the channel between Coco Cay and String Ray City enclosure in the Bahamas. It was my first time crossing that section, however I was not the captain that day since I had just started.
I'm a local from that area so I knew the water and knew something was off but it was too late. We ran aground some where along the middle of the channel and bonus three of the company's vessels where right behind us, so you know what happened lol.
Unfortunately my old boss had broke his pinky toe in the process, we decided to walk out on the flats to pick up some conch. We ended up picking up about 300 pounds of them between the four boats. We waited about four to five hours before the tide came in but it was worth it.
We had a huge crack conch cook out that evening and one hell of a good laugh afterwards.
Most fun navigating Malibu Rapids at Princess Louisa Inlet on an ebb in a 48’ converted troller , spinning a 360 and continuing on like you meant it. We get a few adventurous boaters up here from Washington State who’ve been to Jarvis Inlet and they will know the beauty of it
I ran aground while on vacation in emerald isle NC. Was out jet skiing in the intercostal way, didnt realize just how shallow some areas were. Luckily I realized what was happening and let off the throttle in time. The depth went from 4 feet to about 4 inches in a matter of seconds. Took a pretty good hit and flew about 10 feet.
One of my favorite places.. Definitely a learning curve there about as sharp as the edge of those sandbars
Yup, Emerald is part of the Graveyard of the Atlantic for good reason.
Not too far from there by the water in Beaufort is where Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge ran aground.
My jetski regularly runs in 4 inches or less of water, just needs to be going full noise
there are two types of boaters on Moreton Bay QLD Australia - those that have run aground and those that lie about it! #esearider
Very true David, damn that sand bar to the north of Peel. Greetings from Corinda on Anzac Day. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Also same for Townsville, Bohle river mouth
Easy rider should hear about this one ! As I was just about to stand up and go from the stern to the helm to tell my buddy( who was the captain of the boat) that the area he is headed for is really low we hit a depth that brought the boat to a complete stop. At the time we were only doing about 10 knots so it wasn’t too bad for everyone sitting down but I went flying ! The only good that came out of this was he won’t be cutting across that spot anymore.
Lol the infamous grounding event!
The first time my boat bumped the bottom was when we were crossing a sand bar I’ve crossed 100 times. But this time all my passengers were sitting on the bow eating lunch pushing the front down, I was cruising about 3 mph and came to a stop pretty quick! Luckily it was nice and sandy and moving passengers around got us off the bottom. #ESeaRider
So much of the Fort Lauderdale intercoastal is no wake ! I was recently heading south on the intercoastal just south of the Dania beach bridge where I could finally open up the engine only to run aground! In my haste to increase the throttle I forgot to check that it was low tide and had veered slightly west of the marker. Nothing like going full speed and coming to a grinding halt! My skeg took the damage - losing a couple of chunks but still functional/operable. This is one of my normal areas I travel through and couldn’t believe I made such a careless mistake.
William Duval glad you’re ok!
We were coming back from stuart, chatting away, the next thing you know the boat stopped and we all went forward! We hit a sandbar , not paying attention to the tides. And we have journeyed through this part so many times. Too busy talking. Lessons learned- no one was hurt, engine fine, ego's severely bruised. We were lucky!
#ESearider
#ESeaRider
Every winter I'm in Florida and love it. Water is much better there than here in Rhode Island where its muddy dark all the time. Great video
I ran aground briefly (under sail) when taking evasive action in the Lake Havasu City channel that leads to the motel docks and passes under the London Bridge. It kind of surprised me, but I was running my swing keel, drawing 5-ft, 8-inches of depth, so shouldn't have been so surprising. After quickly dropping sail, my motoring attempts to free myself caused confusion for other boaters, but all turned out well, and the whole incident lasted maybe a minute thirty.
When my pop had a 17 foot aluminum StarCraft in the early 80's we got bottom all the time in Barnegate Nj. We always left the engine unlocked so when we hit at speed the engine would fly out of the water screaming. .. good times....
Barnaget bay is SKETCHY! 1 second you’re in 8 feet of water, the next second you’re in a sandbar by island beach state park.
@@veeco3110 so true! The light house inlet was treacherous sometimes it was gorgeous and others it seemed like haulover inlet in Miami.
Gosh, what a boaters paradise it is, i cant wait to reitre in a warm looking house boat and meet all the kinds of people that will stop by on boats or jet skies. :) no more traffic from the front door. :)
Had a commercial crabbing license for a bit. Was out in the bay tending pots when a storm rolled in. Normally on a big body of water we can just maneuver around the storm. Stay away from it for the most part. Well it started to be all around us and I was in an aluminum boat. Decided it wasnt a good idea to be in an open body of water in an aluminum boat with a giant stainless steel rod pointing up in the sky (winder arm for pulling in the pots) so we headed straight for shore. We beached the boat in the marsh and ran about 100 yards away from it and hunkered down as best we could. The storm had gotten really bad and there was lightning all around us and we were getting soaked from the rain. About 20 minutes goes by and the storm passes and we walk back to the boat and the tide had gone down enough where we could not budge the 24' sea ark out of the mud. Ended up having to walk about 3 miles down the shore through the marsh and then get a ride from a local fisherman in a John boat across the canal at the boat ramp to the truck only to realize that I left my keys to the truck in the boat. Had to have the wife bring me my extra key and then wait about 10 hours to come back at around midnight with a friend's boat and pull it off the beach. Worst part was before we left the boat and accepted our fate and headed for the truck, we had to dump out every bushell basket that was full of crabs... essentially like throwing wads of cash into a fire... #ESeaRider
That's harsh :(
Red right return is a navigation reference.. if you’re driving and see a boat out in the distance and their nav lights are on the right side, they are returning to you.
This applies sometimes in the Keys I've been there going on 30 Winters and this does not apply all the time common sense knowing where you are probably the best advice I can give go slow until you know does that sound good!
Please note that “red right returning” is for IALA B (north and south America, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines) The rest of the world is IALA A and will be reversed. However, if you sail around the world, you’ll probably already know this.
Here in the Carolinas (Cape Lookout NC), in behind the barrier islands, the channels shift like sand in a windy desert. You have to be careful all the time but especially after big storms or you can get yourself in a real bind in both natural channels and man made ones.
Was running at cruising speed in a spot we knew the channel well shortly after hurricane Florence and the water almost completely disappeared in front of us.
Had time to trim up the outboard and avoid sucking up sand but not quick enough to avoid a significant grounding in our 23ft bay boat. Took me, the wife, and two kids digging and rocking for 30 min to drift her back out but could have been worse. I’ve seen guys run completely out of the water going wide open! Now let me get that #esearider so it’s not so hard on the tush!
Just recently I bought a Supra wake boat. Having never operated in salt water or even outside of a lake, I took a boater Ed course. Took the boat to Orange beach AL and not even an hour in, struck an unmarked jetty and tore a big hole in the keek. We took on water so fast that we had to go ahead and Abandon abs swim about 40 yards to safety. Marine police came and then left us until 10 pm on a little island with no fresh water , phone dying , boat swamped and no light. Sea tow rescued us and was shocked that the police left us. It was also our anniversary.....
That sucks :(
So glad I`m a freshwater boater and don't have to worry about salt, tides, sharks, Jellyfish etc. Only problem is the water can get a little hard in the winter.
Ran aground while talking on the phone in a tricky area by Oregon Inlet, NC. A 20 min struggle to get out, but we got out under our own power. Solid lesson learned: Pay attention to what you are doing, even if you have done this hundreds of times. #EseaRider
Great video!!
Local knowledge, if available, is the best way to go. However, these rules are really good to know.
Another thing that needs to be considered is shoaling. We use the GICW all the time,and in certain spots you'll get a surprise! Good thing is its usually all sand.
Cheers
I can remember like it was yesterday that my wife ran us up on a sandbar. She always wanted to learn how to drive the boat just in case something was to happen to me. So she did not want to learn out in the middle of the Chesapeake so we went back into one of the river branches of the waterway. This is a place that are most every time we go out we got back there and see if any of our friends are there. So when we were coming out I asked her did she want to take the helm and she said yes. I put her dead center easily 30ft on either side of us. Showed her how to read a compass and the GPS. I am not even exaggerating it wasn't even 5 minutes after she talked over that somehow she was able to get the boat over on the port side and we were hung up. Lucky enough I always had a tide chart with me anytime before we went out. This is before a smartphone. So we sat there for 20 minutes the tide was coming in. Once I felt the boat loading again I backed us out off of the sandbar and was able to make it back to the marina.
I did like the theme of this video. In all the years I have spent out one on the water I've never heard anyone talk about the colors. Cannot wait to see your next video.
I’ve hit the bottom plenty of times, working on shallow lakes makes it always a challenge especially when on a new body of water. If I see a marker typically it is marking something in the water. This information in this vid will help if we get out on the bigger bodies of water! Never knew what those markers meant when going on charters. Thanks for the info! #ESeaRider
This is great when you have perfect weather conditions and its not raining sideways 😁👍
I was in a 23 scout in our local bay on a cold winter day. It was probably about 50° outside AND it was raining. No cabin, no major protection. Just a cut and dry t-top with a windshield and me with a jacket and jeans on freezing my fucking ass off. Obviously it was super overcast, raining and cold and the wind was pretty heavy so naturally you have waves at a consistent 3ft. I'm going back to a marina from a barrier island and decided to take a route I knew existed but wasn't necessarily familiar with. Long story short i'm going out of the channel into the ICW pretty slowly watching my depth finder and its slowly ticking down. It started at 7ft, 6ft, 5ft, 4.4ft, 3ft... can't see fucking shit, 2.5ft, 2.5 is where my panic set in. I slightly raised the motor got to the bow to try and see what the hell was going on. I changed my direction and said angrily under my breath, "I don't have time for this shit" while shaking from being so fucking cold and wet and said, "c'mon you son of a bitch" and instantly floored that mf. Went over that mfn sandbar with only about a foot and a half of water under me and starting laughing maniacally. Never got stuck, but was cursing every living object on the planet on my way back 👍
I grew up on the water, and I agree 👍 💯
-Lake Michigan
OMG the ocean is so beautiful!
Indeed!
My son and I rented a fish and ski outboard in Oyster Bay NY and we slowly eased out of the rather long no wake channel. We finally got out into Long Island Sound and headed to a local area where we anchored and swam and picnicked. We soon headed back to the dock. We rounded a point when I noticed several rocks jutting up out of the water. There seemed to be a few more than when we passed them earlier. I then began to turn away from shore and realized we had wandered into a rocky outcrop now visible. About the time we slammed into one it dawned on me we were not in a freshwater Texas lake and this area had tidal flows. Too late as we came to gut-tearing stop. I thought we breached the fiberglass hull so I opened the waterski compartment expecting salt water to be rushing in. Fortunately we were ok until we restarted the engine. We could slowly idle but when we gave a slight push on the throttle the engine sputtered and died. Idling along we limped back to the dock to meet the unhappy but understanding owner. Rental insurance and a couple of $1000 paid for a motor repair but the owner was out of commission for a couple of weeks. Lesson: ALWAYS have a chart, depth finder, and remember to get local info on new and unfamiliar areas. #ESea Rider would have helped cushion my granddaughter when we hit the rocks.
Ran aground at Ono Island when I was in high school. Low tide on a sandbar; draft was only 12” on a Sea-Doo boat. We luckily were able to push off the bar as we were creeping in. #easyrider
Make sure you know if the area is A or B. In U.K. and EU And other areas world wide, this red to starboard on entry becomes red to port, eg. There is no red port left.
America has the IALA B buoyage system. In the rest of the world, we have the IALA A system, which is the opposite of the American IALA B system of buoyage.
Thus to enter port in Australia, your red markers will be on the left, and your right markers will be on the right. Keep your starboard light and starboard markers together when entering port.
Green to red when going to sea.
Watch urself when near the shore by marshfield MA ( south of boston harbor) major rocks just below the water at low tide. Almost clipped one. Now i go way out to deeper water especially at night..
I have been stuck on sandbars a time or two but in Washington state we have logs floating in the water called dead heads. Almost all of the log is submerged. When you hit one going wide open it's scary, your outboard jumps out of the water.
I live in Virginia Beach on the Lynnhaven River and use these tips all the time. I love watching your channel and you have inspired me to change my steering cable and binnacle cables in my boat. I check the tides all the time because where we keep our 1986 boston whler is based off the tides and channels. I would love to have the #esearider
Forgot the red right return rule just once, and our daughter painted my right toenail red and put an S on it Green and a P on the other Had to wear it for a week. Learning.
I like this one - Rock Rock........STOP! Happened to me this summer when I saw rocks in the close distance!
#ESeaRider
Thanks for this video! It was so helpful because just 2 days ago my wife and I took our very first boat out on lake Superior. We had just bought it. It is a 1990 OMC Cobra Phantom 160 Forester Sterndrive, I had been working on the carb and we were really only testing it out. Everything went pretty well loading and unloading it, and most of the boating experience. We decided to go under a train tressel that other boats were returning from the larger body of water to our left, as we entered the larger body I stayed to the right of center a little and we were cruising at 25mph (top speed at that time) and all of a sudden we hit something that shook the boat and the steering wheel was ripped out of my hands as it went back and forth very quickly. I quickly lowered the throttle after gaining control and wondered what I had hit. After getting back to the dock, I looked the boat over and the prop had some swirl marks on it and the hull had big orangish colored stains on both sides with a couple deep scratches and small chips in the fiber glass. Nothing serious. When we got home, I pulled the 2" water hose at the water pump and didn't see much sand at all. Just a small amount of black sand that was tiny granuals. This experience shook me so much being my first time ever taking a boat out that I'm afraid to go out again. I downloaded a navigating app for boats and saw that the lake where we hit was from 0 to 1 meter deep... no wonder! Thank you for letting me share this unusual experience with you and other youtubers!
I have never hit the bottom. This is largely due to me just getting a boat last week. The #esearider would be a great addition to the new boat. Stay safe and your love the videos as always!
Well I was in rock port texas in the bay off Fulton Beach and I was hauling ass in my 1232 jet jon and I found the muscle beds at 34 mph didn't hurt the boat but I went flying.
Subscribe for sure! I rented a boat on a lake in VA years ago. It had a number of little creeks nice for sightseeing homes. The outfit asked us to be careful as water was low with lack of rain that summer so we did our best. However, going slowly (not slow enuf?) down one creek looking at homes,, some friendly folks waived at us so we did so in kind. Yeah, you know what's next. They were trying to waive us off. Boom, we jumped right up on some rocks, right in the middle. We planted atop a fairly large flat rock and got out of the boat and were able to practically spin the boat around ! We got pulled off and when we finally returned the boat I was sure that if they inspected it my deposit and then some, would be toast. Alas, one of the two babes aboard (yeah, we were all a bit drunk) said "I got this". She did a great job of distracting the would be inspector enough that he didn't do a careful bottom check and we got out of there. Probably wasn't much damage anyway as we were going slow and the boat functioned fine. But I was grateful non the less.
Ha! My pelican intruder with a dinky Coleman engine is such a small little bass boat I run it aground in lakes, oceans, marsh, swamp, ponds on purpose for some of those sweet fishing spots but it is plastic so it doesn’t matter as much as a big boat
....was coming in from fishing with girlfriend at night in New England, during the week, pitch black, no moon, no boats around...strong guide light went dead....foolishly went for the short cut way into the bay (running late as it was), but smart enough to cut my speed down.....too see a line of birds sitting in a row - on top of the rocks in the bay directly in front of me.....BAAAAMMMMMM......slammed into the rocks......after cleaning up my shorts, drifted off rocks and motored in.....Grady White only suffered a slight bruise on the hull!!!!!! #Esearider #Lucky
ouch!
Red right return /don’t go
Brown brown run a ground / you’d scrape the ground
Green green nice n clean/ nothing in the way no fish
White white you just might / might hit bottom
Blue blue run on through/ keep going.
Miami / Rivo Alto Island… classic, wanted to cut the corner on my way to the sandbar… good was the quick reaction to level the boat by shifting the people and raising the outboards. Close call 😅
Easyrider. Bad shoal showing itself again after 10 years of being 4 feet below the surface. Now since we lost 24” of water this year and continually losing water as the drought continues. The shoal is the size of a small island and is right in the middle of a throughway between two islands. Also all shorelines have been extended and shelf’s have risen enough to destroy lower ends of any boat that drafts 24”
Thank you for these videos. I’ve seen boaters run through weed line. Is this a bad idea for outboard motors?
Thank you! Depends on how thick the weeds are and how big of a patch! For the most part, in most situations, it's not that bad. But you want to make sure you don't suck any of the weeds up and clog up the water pick ups or the impeller. So just be cautious in that kind of a situation, if it's a big long thick patch of weeds.
My buddy and I took his boat to a small island and met some friends there. We hung out on the beach for most of the day and before we knew it the tide had dropped too low to get the boat back out. It got dark and we didn’t have supplies to camp so we had to sit in the dark while getting eaten up by noseeums until the tide came back up! #ESeaRider
I was heading down river as the tide was nearing low tide, on the upper Ogeechee River in Savannah,Ga. Center of the river, and I ran aground, I was left sitting on a sand bar, and got out and walked around for 1/2 hour before the tide came back in. I have a photo of the boat sitting high and dry, but can’t figure out how to attach it.
These phrases and tips only work in Florida, where silt from runoff doesn't cloud the water. Here on the upper Texas coast, non of these phrases apply. Here, you have to know the area and be confident you are in the right spot.
Yeah that’s pretty much it, I fish in trinity bay and I’m very cautious going to new areas.
@@trhenryvlogs9638 I fish in west bay. You ever catch any plane parts from that plane crash last year? Lol
ESea Rider: Was looking at GPS and somewhere I could go in the summer but winter ran a ground. I just moved people to the front of the boat and floated off.
Ran aground pulling up to a breakfast restaurant over on Martha’s Vineyard. I was waiting to tie up to the dock and drifted onto the beach. #ESeaRider
Here in Delaware more specifically Indian River inlet. This past season burning December the state pulled all the bouy markers. Flew strictly by GPS and was too far to port and watched the depthfinder go from 12ft to 2 ft real quick and struck bottom. I was able to pull back on the throttles fast enough and with not much effort make it out of the situation. Lesson to be learned here about GPS accuracy. #esearider
Greater video for us beginners. I'm still learning to read water here in South Texas bays & channels. I do look at markers, etc. & go slow. I'll watch the other videos. Thanks 😊
It all started with her: "Hey we should get a boat". First lesson, even if you're not ready, you get that boat. Took it down to Key West thinking we're surrounded by water this will be easy! Cruised around, went o Marquesas Key, looked at dolphins and boom!
All that light brown and green stuff on aerial Google Maps - yeah that's land on low tide. Spent about 4 hours stuck in just north in Key West yelling at her and the dog to get on the bow while I try to lift the stern and push it across the flats.
Watched a small shark do the same thing with its top half out of the water flail around and realized it's not just me.
Still would do it all over again. #ESeaRider
It's beautiful out at the Marquesas! What a trip to remember :)
2 Years ago staying at Pirates Cove in Central Florida..I was in the channel and during low tide bottomed out. I was totaly pissed and it pulled all the paint off my skeg! Thank goodness it was only sand! ..#esearider
#ESeaRider Was new to boating on lake Michigan. Visiting Saugatuck Michigan and ran aground in the middle of the inlet coming into the harbor. Mud was sucked into our outdrive and into the water pump. Overheated it taking it back to the slip. Had to have a guy come to the boat, remove the water pump, force water through the system to rinse out all the mud and put all back together. Was an expensive lesson.
This is great except for on the Chesapeake where everything is just brown😂
or Long island sound !
We have the same problem in North Florida, as a matter of fact if the brown water suddenly turns a lighter shade of brown you're probably about to hit bottom. Our water clarity here in North Florida is affected by the outflow of the St Johns River and St Marys River which bring a lot of tannin to the ocean water making it brackish and extremely murky. So murky in fact that if you stick your hand in the water you will lose sight of it after less than a foot.
The waters between Charleston SC and Savannah GA are the same way.
Looks like I found a fellow Marylander 😁😂
Very true!
I hit a submerged pylon that was left in place when Pyramid lake was filled. The dock was removed when they filled the lake. But as the water dropped in a drought several years ago, the two pylons were about 12in under water, in a skiing area. And ofcourse I hit one and tore an blade off a $500. prop. #ESeaRider
Matt J
In Australia its
Blue - go on through
Green - if youre keen
Brown - go around
This refers to reef areas 🇦🇺
First time boating in the keys this past fall. Stayed in key colony beach!! Didnt go full speed creeped up on our spot agound it was. Have spent alot of time on a boat. The keys is a whole new game!! #Esearider Just love your channel
Got that right and you have to consider the rock or coral outcroppings that come up from the bottom. At least in the Keys you have the pretty, mostly clear water that you get these clear, distinctive water color changes. Go boat the tidal waters around places like Savannah, Hilton Head, etc and these rules change because the water is mostly a consistent grey color because it carries the decayed plant life of the coastal tidal marshes. There, like inland rivers, you have to watch for the ripples, eddies and such that mark the current flowing over structures on the bottom.
Just in case nobody mentioned it. Coming into a marina or channel out of US waters you will find reverse colors meaning = Read is on your left side (the side of your heart = blood) and green starboard side...
Useful video however, thanks for your time and sharing! Love how people can make things easy to understand.
Boating in Alaska: Laughs in 240 fathoms 200 yards from shore.
HA! Come to Coastal Georgia. Our water is always mud brown no mater how deep!
2018 in the Bahamas, Abaco to be specific, our 125 foot yacht got stuck on the shallow sandbar inside Abaco Beach Resort Marina. Luckily, we were departing on rising tide so we had to wait 30 minutes until the water lifted the boat off seafloor and for the props to clear the sand. Evidently there was not only sand underneath us but a few rocks too. Pretty creepy to hear them grinding on the hull. #Esearider
Red on right return, green on right going out
My son was fishing a tournament, there was a big party for the kids with ice cream and hot dogs at weigh in It was late and nearing dark and I wanted to get the boat on the trailer, he wanted to stay for the party. There were two routes to our launch site, which was only about 4 miles away, one entirely through a no wake zone, the other was an unmarked “short-cut” through a shoaling area full of oysters. By now, I’m sure you can see where this is going.
It was said one could run a bearing from the marina to the house with the blue roof, I’m sure that was true before a second house was built with a blue roof. So, I reached a compromise with my son...let’s take the shortcut, load the boat and come back to party...easy enough right?
I took a bearing, planed the boat and all is going very well, I was about half way through the shoal when I realized there were two blue roofs...butt cheeks now puckered a little, added more throttle to be sure, sure of what I don’t know. Have you ever heard a fiberglass hull hit an oyster bed? Probably not, so I’ll explain...it’s kind of like fingernails on a chalkboard. It gets worse, so there we are...stuck bad, real bad! I radio Sea Tow and they arrive shortly. I had to walk about 30 yards to get the tow line, only compounding my humiliation. This is where it gets worse, as the tow begins you can not only hear the hull scraping against the oyster shells, you can feel them now...every one! Long story short, we finally made it to the launch, loaded the boat and the party was over by the time we made it back. Major Dad fail!
Oh, and I know a hemorrhoid sufferer who would certainly appreciate the addition of an ESeaRider! #ESeaRider
This is worth a pin :)
Born Again Boating Thank you Sir, that was memorable day. I have been restoring a 2003 Proline 22 Bay and enjoyed your videos.
I just had a similar experience over the weekend. A good day can turn ugly when taking shortcuts especially when running at night. We ran up on and then off a small sandbar which served as a good reminder of what not to do and leaving us with no damage. #ESeaRider.
I know the marina and I know the blue top house. Came very close to making the same mistake. Backed out and decided to spend the extra time going all the way around in the no wake zone.
Sounds like the caloosahatchee river
The channel markers are pointed (RED) and the other side is flat on top that's so you can tell them apart during early dark or during difficult times to see the colors.
I remember one time in the bay over here in Texas looking at a new area to fish, going at the pace of the trolling motor heard the hull hit a rock. Went back out the same way I came in not wanting to hit anything else. #ESeaRider
I hit a rock in crystal River. Rocks are everywhere. Just have to know the areas. I fish a lot of rocky places. Tides need to be right or it’s can be a graveyard for lower units. #Esearider
I usually go out of Ft. Island Trail..
I was riding on a buddies boat one time, while we were following about 25 of his previous gps track lines. In the middle of discussing the water depth, due to it very silty color, we slowly came to a stop. Sure enough, sitting in the mud at low tide. Thankfully, we sat back and chilled for about 2 hours until the boat floated free. Could have used a #ESeaRider
I've learned a lot about boat renovation. Currently working on a '98 Century cc. Thank you for the great videos!#esearider
I've got a 98 2600cc. What do you have and where do you stay by. I've been sorta refreshing mine as well
We were once running out of key Clooney beach on our 29 hydra sport with a cabin and we went from cruising at 30 mph to stopped on a sand flat on the way out dolphin fishing. #esearider
Kenny Brown Dauphin??? As in mahi?
Hit Bottom Florida Keys Tavernier Key a local shallow pass on the bay side known for the marker poles decorated by Toilet Seats hung off of them.... Was not up enough on a plane for a clear passage and hit bottom and bogged out. Had to wait about an hour for the tide to rise high enough to pole-push out to deeper water. #esearider #navigation #FloridaKeys #boating
Barnegat Bay at the Jersey shore is known for being shallow in a number of areas. One September day, my father and I were fluke fishing over in Bay Head and drifted a little too far past the channel and by the time we got the fishing lines in and the engine started, the wind carried us into the shallow portion outside of the channel. As a result, we stirred up the mud, so we proceeded to trim the engine up and slowly get back to the deeper water at the beginning of our drift. As we’re making another drift, we see this guy in a low sided bass boat like craft with a big outboard motor on the back, come hauling across this shallow flats like area. I comment to my father saying how is this guy making across there, as we just hit the bottom in the same area? I no sooner get finished making the comment, when I see the driver look towards the stern of the boat and bring the boat off of plane. He calmly goes to the back of the boat, lifts up a hatch, and then hurriedly comes to the helm of the boat and puts it in gear and starts waving his arms like crazy. I then notice that the water line goes from the lower portion of the mid section of the outboard motor, up halfway up the mid section of the outboard motor, and next thing you know its midway up the engine cover of the outboard motor. Now the boat has sunk and is on the bottom of the shallow flats. The captain then gets out of the boat and is waist high standing in the water. The marine police came and even the Boston Whaler had a hard time getting near him. A RIB tow boat had all to do to get over to the boat and tow it out of there. Must have made for an interesting story when get got home all wet and not in the boat. As you may have guessed, it turns out that he hit the bottom hard enough to crack the transom of the boat. #ESeaRider
Ouch! That's crazy!
@@BornAgainBoating - And I've got a few more that are as good, if not better!
Red right return is applicable in US and Philippines only, in all other parts of the world is opposite
My first grounding was in the Atlantic ICW. I got out of the main channel to spend the night. Next morning when I returned to the channel I did not retrace my track. Very quickly my keel got stuck on a sand bar that didn’t register on my depth gauge quickly enough. Good thing for Towing contracts. #Esearider
I was trying to get my last fishing day of the year. When i ran a ground last November unloading my boat ,because the NY State took the docks out on oct. 31.
I guess I should not fish in November
I would not suggest exploring too much at peak high tide. Best case is going in low on a incoming tide. If you run aground you can just wait an hour or less and you will be floating again instead of waiting 12 hours
The brown brown turn around have been good to know, low tide is very skinny around Pine Island ;-) #esearider
Another good phrase, (family friendly version) I left a girl in port with a Red Rose.....
Killed a prop last week. Hit a rock not on navionics charts it was about .2km off an island. Ironic part was I had been keeping a close eye on what was in front of me and what was on the navionics charts making sure to avoid shallow areas and keeping my distance from the island ... I had just made sure all was clear in front of me and went to check chart for depth so I could drop my crab trap. I hit the submerged rock within 2 seconds of looking at the chart(see ironic). Never did see the rock to confirm(didn't want to find it the hard way a 2nd time) but the propeller damage sure looked like it was from a rock, 2 ears looked like they had tips bitten off 3rd ear tip was bent forward and all 3 had edges torn up.
Ouch! :(
Well. I bought a boat with a 25” shaft with a 20” transom. Was in 4ft of water in the channel and low tide, tried to get on plane and boom hit bottom. Lesson learned from your other episode. Raised up motor and nice and easy now. #esearider
Ran aground last fall in the flats trying to get through a cut I was sure I’d make it through! Oh well, still caught fish and got out a few hours later at high tide. #E-SeaRider
The marina where my boat is has a dredged channel that’s about 2 km long and uses white pilings which are only on the port side as you enter. If you took this advice to enter you would run aground.
Local knowledge should be considered over anything said on the internet
Red Right Return...just for IALA B ( USA, some Islands)..i.e. Europe and most of rest of the world on IALA system A...