christo15
New Member
- Oct 15, 2013
- 275
- Boat Info
- 2002 320 DA Sea Ray, Garmin 741xs
- Engines
- 350 Mercruisers V-drives
Figured I'd start a thread on the crazy moments of our fellow ClubSeaRay members out on the water.
For me, the list is a mile long. On our previous boat, we had it for an entire season and started to realize a gas odor. After brushing it off just as fumes from the engine, we came back to the boat the next week to realize that bilge was strangely full, and the gas odor strong as ever. After immediately contacting our mechanic that we were taking it in to get checked, we rushed the boat over there. (30 minutes on the water.) Once arriving at the shop, we found out our bilge was 100% full of gas and could have exploded at any moment on our ride over there.
Turns out our previous owner had hooked up our battery grounding wire to the wrong location and it had corroded our gas tanks completely. We all learn from our mistakes!! 10k later the boat was all fixed. To this day I swear someone was looking out for us!
For me, the list is a mile long. On our previous boat, we had it for an entire season and started to realize a gas odor. After brushing it off just as fumes from the engine, we came back to the boat the next week to realize that bilge was strangely full, and the gas odor strong as ever. After immediately contacting our mechanic that we were taking it in to get checked, we rushed the boat over there. (30 minutes on the water.) Once arriving at the shop, we found out our bilge was 100% full of gas and could have exploded at any moment on our ride over there.
Turns out our previous owner had hooked up our battery grounding wire to the wrong location and it had corroded our gas tanks completely. We all learn from our mistakes!! 10k later the boat was all fixed. To this day I swear someone was looking out for us!