Decontamination Evasive Species Ballast Shortcut

[Mile High Hawkeye]

All,
I have a 2017 Yamaha 212x and have had challenges getting my ballasts decontaminated by the authorities. In Yamaha's eminent wisdom they chose to place the ballast fill port directly on the back starboard trailer bunk making it inaccessible. Unfortunately, this is the exact port the previously mentioned authorities need to utilize as their hot water input to fill the ballasts for decon. After having a week-long trip almost ruined I have developed a specific Auxiliary Diversion Unit (ADU) that bypasses the inaccessible fill port but still accomplishes the same decon result (currently satisfying the authorities here in Colorado). In an effort to not turn this into a novel I’ll stop with that teaser and encourage you to reach out and I would be happy to provide more detail. jetboatdecon@gmail.com

 

[anmut]

Sounds cool. I can't ever imagine living in a state with that much nanny government, though.

 

[AZMark]

Sounds cool. I can't ever imagine living in a state with that much nanny government, though.

Once invasive species start screwing up expensive infrastructure every state becomes a “nanny” state.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

The best system I’ve ever seen for AIS is at Lake Powell down by Waweep, they have these large tanks and the water is heated to 120°F, someone gets in the boat and another person backs the boat on the trailer down into this tank, you start the engines and fill the ballast tanks Let’s sit for two minutes and then dump the ballast tanks and pull the boat out the trailer the boat, the ballast tanks everything is decontaminated. Wyoming is the only state that I’ve seen that is really serious about stopping the spread of aquatic, invasive species, they have the correct equipment, which includes a high-pressure hot water wash down for the outside of the boat and a low pressure hot water system to flush engines, live wells, raw water, wash, downs, etc.. If the state is committed to actually working on the issue and not just regulations, it can be done very quickly takes me 10 to 12 minutes to do my boat over at the Wyoming state line.

Rule of thumb 120° water for two minutes, 140° water for 10 seconds or 130° water for one minute. Wyoming uses 130° water, which is far less likely to damage anything like bilge pumps, live well pumps, etc., that have plastic impellers

To the OP, please post some pictures of your solution. I’m sure everybody else would benefit from it.

Often times I decontaminate my boat myself at my house so that my conscience is clear when I go from Lake to Lake to Lake

 

[anmut]

Once invasive species start screwing up expensive infrastructure every state becomes a “nanny” state.

Wisconsin has zebra muscles and milfoil nearly everywhere. Nobody checks my boat before I launch. Hell, I'd get out of the sport if that was the case.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

OK doesn’t have checks either… mussels are everywhere.

It’s a fact of life in a lot of places… my boat gets checked each time I come off the water, easy peasey, they watch you pull the hull drain, check the boat for hitchhikers, ask where the next place you’re going to go and you’re on your way, takes a couple of minutes.

My closest lake didn’t have them until two years ago…that’s a pain because I can’t go to that lake and wake up early the next day and go to a different lake. If I know I want to do that then I make the inspectors decon my boat when I come off the lake, that takes about 15-20 mins. Not a big deal at all….

 

[anmut]

Everyone likes to pick on wake boats for invasive species because we have tanks or bags. But the fishing boats (and the derps that use them) are far higher in number and I've witnessed on more occasions than I can count fishment dumping their bait overboard at the landing.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

What’s a derp?

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Soookay I looked it up











So as a bit of a FYI from a first class derp, I’ll give you a bit of an education of the differences between a fishing boat and a wake boat in terms of AIS mitigation.

On a fishing boat owned by your average, and first class derp such as myself, all of the areas where lake water can be selectively brought in such as the live well (25 gallons), can be accessed easily by opening the live well hatch, ergo 130° hot water can be added and the live well filled up to and out the overflow killing all of the villagers ( Villagers are the microscopic larvae produced by zebra mussels, an adult can produce 1 million a year) . that could be in that area. The raw water wash down system (maybe .5 gallons) which shares the inlet with the live well can be back flushed easily with 130° water killing any villagers there.

On a wake boat, the ballast tanks ( possibly 100 gallons or more) don’t have an access hatch and the only way to get 130° hot water into those tanks is from the inlet on the bottom of the boat, and that fitting sits on one of the bunks. Getting the 130° water into those tanks is very difficult to say the least, like impossible on a Yamaha jet boat. Malibus and such have the inlet(s) on the bottom of the hull and requires someone to crawl under the boat and feed the hot water into the pick up. Although a member here claims to have fixed that but is keeping it a thhhheeeecret. I’m sure with a little imagination and a trip to the hardware store or McMaster Carr one could come up with some fittings to allow flushing from the top with 130° water.

Common areas where water could accumulate on Yamaha derp boats and wake boats are clean out plugs, deck drain(s), and the bilge. Easy to get the hot water into those areas.

As far as dumpling bait, at some lakes fishermen are using native bait fish bought from the store, other times they could be using cast nets to catch native fish. You see, when derps go fishing they use the native bait fish because that’s what the game fish are used to eating. Hard to say unless you know for sure.

K so, wake boats have a somewhat deserving reputation of possibly transporting hidden water and villagers there in due to the inability to get the decontaminating 130° water into hidden areas where as on derpy fishing boats it is very easy to do so, so even your average derp can be sure no hidden water is being transported between lakes.

Respectfully yours,

Mister derpity derp derp.

P.S. It’s Invasive not Evasive.

 

[WiskyDan]

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Story today in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel about how invasive lampreys have affected the fishing industry on the Great Lakes and the continued struggle to control them.

 

[anmut]

I'm LOL'ing here with all the info on the "derp." In central WI, it's another word for "low IQ." For instance, the old guys that say "We're going to Tree Lake" but because their sconnie accent is so thick, you're unable to tell if they actually mean TREE lake, or THREE lake. Usually married to a woman named Barb, but pronounced "BERB"