Rono007
New Member
Ugh. I let my brother-in-law drive my boat over the weekend.
He tells me all morning he wants to drive and how many boats he has driven in the past. I let him drive in the open water on our lake.
In unknown waters (unknown to him), he quickly gets to 35 MPH and heads towards 2 small islands. :wow: As he's approaching fast he looks at me yelling "What do those buoys say?". I yell back to slow down as I'm not familiar with this area, I don't know what they are. A couple of "what's" from him later and I yell "SANDBAR!"
He plows through the sandbar at 30 MPH or so. :smt021 I show frustration and concern, and his reaction is one of "It's no big deal." Not even an apology. :smt013
Next he started crossing large wakes head on. :wow: I knew then he's never really driven a boat and I take back over.
A mistake I willl never make again.
A while later we stopped and floated a bit for my daughters to have a snack and dangle their feet in the water to cool off (too cold for swimming). When it was time to leave, I looked over and he was sitting in the drivers seat. :lol:
Thus far I haven't noticed a big change in RPM's, water in bilge, or exessive vibrations. I will need to do a visual inspection though. I have to pull her out in a few weeks to install my custom SeaDek and add some 48LED lights, so I will then be able to see if there's any damage.
I hope there is no more to come on this subject and everything will be alright. I already told my wife, that if there's damage, he's getting the bill.
He tells me all morning he wants to drive and how many boats he has driven in the past. I let him drive in the open water on our lake.
In unknown waters (unknown to him), he quickly gets to 35 MPH and heads towards 2 small islands. :wow: As he's approaching fast he looks at me yelling "What do those buoys say?". I yell back to slow down as I'm not familiar with this area, I don't know what they are. A couple of "what's" from him later and I yell "SANDBAR!"
He plows through the sandbar at 30 MPH or so. :smt021 I show frustration and concern, and his reaction is one of "It's no big deal." Not even an apology. :smt013
Next he started crossing large wakes head on. :wow: I knew then he's never really driven a boat and I take back over.
A mistake I willl never make again.
A while later we stopped and floated a bit for my daughters to have a snack and dangle their feet in the water to cool off (too cold for swimming). When it was time to leave, I looked over and he was sitting in the drivers seat. :lol:
Thus far I haven't noticed a big change in RPM's, water in bilge, or exessive vibrations. I will need to do a visual inspection though. I have to pull her out in a few weeks to install my custom SeaDek and add some 48LED lights, so I will then be able to see if there's any damage.
I hope there is no more to come on this subject and everything will be alright. I already told my wife, that if there's damage, he's getting the bill.