- Apr 10, 2021
- 957
- Boat Info
- 1999 Sea Ray 290 DA
- Engines
- Twin 4.3 with Alpha 1 Gen 2 drives
The dreaded plug, happened to me once in San Diego Mission Bay on the Regatta. That boat has a waterline of about 4” so not a lot of room for error and once in the 220 in MD, lots of family around noise confusion, me trying to get the boat in the water. Only thing that saved me was I was religious about rolling the engine cover open before starting the engine, looked in and water was flowing in pretty as you please, calmly had the Queen pull back up the ramp and all was well.I once put my Rinker 270 in the lake and had a buddy take the boat to our slip as I parked the truck and trailer. It was about a 1/4 mile hike to the dock from the parking lot and I could see my buddy loping along taking his time so I could meet him at the dock. I noticed the boat seemed to be listing more than normal and then I noticed water shooting out of a thru hole! I forgot the damn plug. I took off running and yelling to my bud to get to the fuel dock which was 1/2 way to my slip. I was stripped down to my skivys by the time I hit the dock and yelled shut it down as I dove in. Luckily my plug was hanging on a cable so I was able to get it reinstalled.
This was early April and that water was cold!! Only did that once.