thesingr
New Member
Hi everyone,
I just bought a 30 footer with twin 5.0s and v-drives a few weeks ago. I didn't like the berthing slip because it was too tidal. Friday before last last I was moving berths up river. It was low tide and I was being careful to stay in the channel. Right when I hit the end wake, I ran aground and it stopped both engines. I didn't think I ran aground at first because it's an area that's typically not that low. I started the engines again and when I put it into gear, the engines stopped again. I called boatus, but within an hour the tide started to come in and I was able to leave on my own.
I proceeded to get into the main river and did notice that the port engine rpms were slightly lower than the starboard, and it took a little longer to get on plane, but it did. I made the 1 1/2 hour trip and docked it. The next day we took the boat out again to fish and it was the same thing, took longer to get on plane, but it got on.
Today we took the boat out again after it has been sitting for a week. It ran fine, we filled up and for about a mile or so it's no wake. AAs soon as we got to end wake, I hit the throttles and it shot up to 2200 rpm and that was it. It would not get on plane and it stayed around 10.9 miles per hour according to gps. I noticed it seemed like it was shaking very slightly and maybe even calvatating. We tried it for about an hour but it just wouldn't get on plane.
I'm not sure if this is an insurance issue or not. I'd like to figure something out.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
I just bought a 30 footer with twin 5.0s and v-drives a few weeks ago. I didn't like the berthing slip because it was too tidal. Friday before last last I was moving berths up river. It was low tide and I was being careful to stay in the channel. Right when I hit the end wake, I ran aground and it stopped both engines. I didn't think I ran aground at first because it's an area that's typically not that low. I started the engines again and when I put it into gear, the engines stopped again. I called boatus, but within an hour the tide started to come in and I was able to leave on my own.
I proceeded to get into the main river and did notice that the port engine rpms were slightly lower than the starboard, and it took a little longer to get on plane, but it did. I made the 1 1/2 hour trip and docked it. The next day we took the boat out again to fish and it was the same thing, took longer to get on plane, but it got on.
Today we took the boat out again after it has been sitting for a week. It ran fine, we filled up and for about a mile or so it's no wake. AAs soon as we got to end wake, I hit the throttles and it shot up to 2200 rpm and that was it. It would not get on plane and it stayed around 10.9 miles per hour according to gps. I noticed it seemed like it was shaking very slightly and maybe even calvatating. We tried it for about an hour but it just wouldn't get on plane.
I'm not sure if this is an insurance issue or not. I'd like to figure something out.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks