Shookie
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
- 711
- Reaction score
- 533
- Points
- 212
- Location
- Cary, NC
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2018
- Boat Model
- 242 Limited S E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
3rd time out on my 2018 242 SE. Enjoying a nice day on the lake... about 7 miles from the marina and ran into problems. My son was trying to knee board and I didn't realize he let go of the rope. BAM! Port engine stalled. Reached into the cleanup and sure enough, the rope was wound up all around it.
Limped back to the marina on 1 engine at approx 2,000 RPM so I didn't flood the port engine. Just a week or two I was reading about installing the shutoff valves on the water lines and I plan to do that.... we I will definitely do it now. About 1.5 hours later we made it back and put the boat on the trailer. The handle of the ski rope was actually wedged between the trailer and the boat. Got it home and started cutting.... Pictures below... I assume someone has posted these before but I figured what the heck....
I did not remove the black grate. Almost did but I was able to get my hands up in there to cut and remove the rope.
About 1/3 of the way done.....
The scraps.... this is everything wrapped around the shaft.
I jacked up the back to remove the handle. I assume this was a safe area to do it...........
I started up the engine and ran it a bit and everything seems OK. It makes a weird noise around 2-3,000 RPM and I was worried something might be wrong. Started the other engine and it made the same noise.... I assume all is well. Heading back out tomorrow and will try and avoid doing this again.
Those shut off valves are getting installed sometime soon though..... it sucked running at 4-5 mph for that long!
Limped back to the marina on 1 engine at approx 2,000 RPM so I didn't flood the port engine. Just a week or two I was reading about installing the shutoff valves on the water lines and I plan to do that.... we I will definitely do it now. About 1.5 hours later we made it back and put the boat on the trailer. The handle of the ski rope was actually wedged between the trailer and the boat. Got it home and started cutting.... Pictures below... I assume someone has posted these before but I figured what the heck....

I did not remove the black grate. Almost did but I was able to get my hands up in there to cut and remove the rope.


About 1/3 of the way done.....


The scraps.... this is everything wrapped around the shaft.

I jacked up the back to remove the handle. I assume this was a safe area to do it...........

I started up the engine and ran it a bit and everything seems OK. It makes a weird noise around 2-3,000 RPM and I was worried something might be wrong. Started the other engine and it made the same noise.... I assume all is well. Heading back out tomorrow and will try and avoid doing this again.
Those shut off valves are getting installed sometime soon though..... it sucked running at 4-5 mph for that long!