Very pissed at a fellow Sea Ray owner...

Another area to check for water intrusion is your outdrive. My last boat with an Alpha would allow water to get to the backside/Inside of the of the drive. That was expensive...

Good luck!
 
There is no question the other boater is at fault. You are responsible for any damage caused by your wake; it's the law. If he saw you and throttled up anyway, that's just asinine. With that said, it is important for you to maintain adequate speed and the proper angle to the wake as well. Stopping or slowing too quickly can make a bad situation worse.

It's no excuse, but it's hard to judge sometimes what a boat I'm approaching can "take" safely. My channel is VERY narrow- if I'm approaching a 25' offshore CC, I'll assume he can handle my wake. Small blowboat, I'll slow down. Then there's the little 14' skiff- that has plenty of water OUTSIDE the channel, that still chooses to use it...I'd like to blow past and wake him- but...
 
I used to intentionally dunk a wave over the front of my old 160. I could make a u-turn and cross into my own wake slowing down right when the wave approached and over the front the wave would come!
 
wish2fish said:
I used to intentionally dunk a wave over the front of my old 160. I could make a u-turn and cross into my own wake slowing down right when the wave approached and over the front the wave would come!
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Yeah, I've done that with my 185! One time, I had a 17 yr old kid(this was during his Goth period) sitting in the front being a real party-pooper, I told his dad sitting next to me what I was going to do, and he said I couldn't do it. So I did. We'd been tubing so, he didn't think anything unusual as I went around in circles, making huge waves(it was actually not that wavy that day), but he wasn't expecting me to do a quick turn, and head thru the highest of the waves. He got soaked with maybe 5-10 gals of water or more as it came pouring over the front of the bow onto his lap! You should have seen the look on his face!

-Garth
 
Sounds like a good reason to keep a Mini-14 on board. Maritime law may say that you are responsible for the damage your wake causes, but it's quiet on the responsibility for the damage my .223 rounds cause. :)

(Just kidding, folks.... but we can dream....)

Good job on keeping your head and prioritizing the safety of your crew/passengers and your vessel. Take heart that a guy like that will end up putting his beautiful boat up on the rocks and sinking it by the end of the year.
 
thats illeagal....the cptain is also responcible for the damage caused by his wake

too bad you didnt get the vessels name.....at least he could have come to see if you were ok
 
I think some people are just clueless ("clueless" is a polite word for dumb asses). We were leaving a "Sea Ray" event two years ago out of Bay Creek and the channel is very narrow. I radioed a sail boat and said "if you back off the throttles I'll give you a no wake pass" at which time the sail boat backed off and I was going by on one engine at about 4 knots. All of a sudden, a 280 DA that was part of our weekend outing comes blasting right between the sailboat and I on plane and doing about 20 knots... probably only 20 feet from me and the sailboat.... the "clueless" person waves as he goes by...

I got on the radio and said "he wasn't being malicious but is just stupid".... that is how "Sea Ray" captains get their reputation. Oh yeah... "clueless" will get you sued.
 
Well, the personal electronics are toast. Went home to try and fire them up to salvage any videos on the camera. Nothing. Just bought the damn thing in October. Not even paid for yet...

Looks like I'll be shipping it off to Sony to see if there is anything they can do with it...

Thanks for all the thoughts.
 
Just been thinking and reading here about this. On the 220 don't you have an autobilge pump?

I know on my 240 even if I covered up the drain the water gets into the bilge by going under the engine hatch and through the floor storage so covering the hole wouldn't do much for me.

Last year about the end of may during memorial day week we were out and the love bug season was BAD I'm talkin zillions of them turned the floor of the boat black every day I had to wash the bugs out of the boat well this is how we learned our auto bilge pump wasn't working at one point we were out and I heard a sqeek like a loose or wet belt and when I opened the engine compartment to my surprise their was a TON of water from where I had been washing the boat out. I hit the bilge switch and it quickly pumped it all out, I had MM fix the issue and they sprayed the engine down with CRC.

Luckly for us it was all fresh water from washing out but it seems to me that the amount of water you took over the bow your auto bilge pump should of taken care of it (if you have one).

Question I do have though is are there 2 pumpts or just a float switch and manual switch for 1 pump like if the auto bilge pump comes on and I hit the switch does a second pump come on and pump the water out faster?
 
Good to hear you had the presence of mind to deal with the boat and the passengers. It's easy to play 'monday morning quarterback' but given the amount of trouble it caused I'd have definitely tried to get on the VHF to report it. If only to get another boater to keep an eye out for the vessel to get identifying info. You never know who's listening and willing to help.

As for the damages you may want to file a claim. If only to have something on record for when you eventually see that idiot on the water again.
 
Morpheus said:
Just been thinking and reading here about this. On the 220 don't you have an autobilge pump?

I know on my 240 even if I covered up the drain the water gets into the bilge by going under the engine hatch and through the floor storage so covering the hole wouldn't do much for me.

Last year about the end of may during memorial day week we were out and the love bug season was BAD I'm talkin zillions of them turned the floor of the boat black every day I had to wash the bugs out of the boat well this is how we learned our auto bilge pump wasn't working at one point we were out and I heard a sqeek like a loose or wet belt and when I opened the engine compartment to my surprise their was a TON of water from where I had been washing the boat out. I hit the bilge switch and it quickly pumped it all out, I had MM fix the issue and they sprayed the engine down with CRC.

Luckly for us it was all fresh water from washing out but it seems to me that the amount of water you took over the bow your auto bilge pump should of taken care of it (if you have one).

Question I do have though is are there 2 pumpts or just a float switch and manual switch for 1 pump like if the auto bilge pump comes on and I hit the switch does a second pump come on and pump the water out faster?
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Yes, there is an automatic bilge pump. I can speak for mine, and I would imagine it applies to all SR runabouts, it is a float-type system with one pump. The system has two fuses - one at the main box for the main switch and one at the battery for the float switch. Generally the fuse at the battery blows when the pump freezes (corrosion from lack of use). Frozen pump continues to pull juice and pop goes the fuse.

I am pretty sure the the bilge pump would have turned on by itself (since I had replaced it not a month ago), however, not wanting to leave anything to chance I flipped the switch and checked the bilge. Based on your experience, you would be wise to always do the same. Automatic stuff is always great as a last resort.

Anyway, there is several ways for water on the deck to get to the bilge and this list might not be all inclusive as I am not looking at my boat... But the main ways for standing water on the deck to get to the bilge are throught the deck lid on the bow that leads to the wet storage, in the head there is a drain tube, in the compartment under the helm there is a drain tube and at the very back of the deck by the transom entry steps there is a drain tube.

We had two to three inches of standing water so we lost water at all locations. The quickest loss is through the rear tube. The other areas are partially blocked with various seals and doors that would impede water flow. However, water flowing from all those locations places a heavy demand on the pump. Not that the pump can't pump all that water, but the volume is limited. I would prefer to keep the water in the bilge to a minimum - at least below the bottom of the engine. As the water level drops on the deck, less and less is lost through the bow "door" (the boat was slightly nose up), the head and the cooler storage (due to the doors and seals). It was easy to then use my finger to control the bulk of the water flow through the rear drain tube. This was confirmed by visually inspection the bilge's water level.
 
unlvrebel said:
Yes, there is an automatic bilge pump. I can speak for mine, and I would imagine it applies to all SR runabouts, it is a float-type system with one pump. The system has two fuses - one at the main box for the main switch and one at the battery for the float switch. Generally the fuse at the battery blows when the pump freezes (corrosion from lack of use). Frozen pump continues to pull juice and pop goes the fuse.

I am pretty sure the the bilge pump would have turned on by itself (since I had replaced it not a month ago), however, not wanting to leave anything to chance I flipped the switch and checked the bilge. Based on your experience, you would be wise to always do the same. Automatic stuff is always great as a last resort.

Anyway, there is several ways for water on the deck to get to the bilge and this list might not be all inclusive as I am not looking at my boat... But the main ways for standing water on the deck to get to the bilge are throught the deck lid on the bow that leads to the wet storage, in the head there is a drain tube, in the compartment under the helm there is a drain tube and at the very back of the deck by the transom entry steps there is a drain tube.

We had two to three inches of standing water so we lost water at all locations. The quickest loss is through the rear tube. The other areas are partially blocked with various seals and doors that would impede water flow. However, water flowing from all those locations places a heavy demand on the pump. Not that the pump can't pump all that water, but the volume is limited. I would prefer to keep the water in the bilge to a minimum - at least below the bottom of the engine. As the water level drops on the deck, less and less is lost through the bow "door" (the boat was slightly nose up), the head and the cooler storage (due to the doors and seals). It was easy to then use my finger to control the bulk of the water flow through the rear drain tube. This was confirmed by visually inspection the bilge's water level.
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Sounds good, and yes I will never trust me "Automatic" bilge switch again that's for sure.
 
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