Bad Day on Utah Lake

[sibeta]

yeah i cant believe there is another one that sank. Looks like its some younger kids out with daddys boat.

 

[DevinB]

I have to admit, I've launched my boat once in 22 years of boat ownership, without the plug. Like someone said earlier in this thread, I ran it up on plain with the bilge on. When I stopped I hopped in the water and put the plug in. What is with these people?

I don't have that many years under my belt, but I've forgot it once, in that same harbor. I didn't notice until we got into open water and it wouldn't plane because of the weight. In two seconds I realized the problem, hopped out and put the plug in, then started pumping away.

 

[Floppy Hat]

Pretty funny that there is another one only a couple days later.

I've fogot the plug before also (anyone who launches a boat enough has), but it has never had these type of results.

 

[Bart]

I've heard stories where people have loaded boats full of water onto a trailer and pulled them out. DO NOT DO THIS!!! The boats are built to take stress from the outside, not the inside. They'll split in two from the internal pressure.