Thread: How not to treat a classic

I would like to thank the cocky who thaught it was a good idea to put a strainer post in the middle of the river/stream!




Yes that is a fence post sticking up in the middle of the boat!

I hope the heines where ok . No jokes aside make my day look ok now , is that your boat ? Looks terminal ? Hope no one hurt how's your arse , any splinters ?

Fark, up on the plane scooting along and crunch someone sticks a strainer dead centre in the hull. You sure you were on the river and not taking a short cut across a flooded paddock?

Was a project of my mates. yea the boat is history now. but we did get it out of there..... Floating too!!!
I almost broke my ribs in the dash

Think the Hinies were half the reason we didnt see the post till a bit late.
I will try post some photos of the recovery if i can find out how to get the photos down to a respectable size.

Howd ya get on with the photo thing? Was I any help ?

And yea sorry about the boat, bet that raised the heart beat!

Too much!!! What a bastard! Don't come down our creek the kids have built a wharf with posts in creek.Dunno how thet gott em in.

got the pics sorted... here is the recovery

Dam she was a nice old girl , man you must have been lucky not to get f@$ked up by that post ?

that is one screwed boat

Yea This was the first Jet boat we destroyed....
The second jumped off the towball , broke the chain and ended up in a ditch even smaller than the one above!
Was the same motor and jet unit from above... we think that the motor was bad luck so it was sold.
There is a new boat on the scene now.... i realy nope we dont crash this one as there is about 580 hp in it!

Mate i phucking feel for ya.........

I donr the same phucking thing in my alloy boat bout 8 weeks ago..

Except some prick left steel girders in the middle of the river, and with the river up just didnt see them until collision.....

Allgood tho shes in the shop now getting a new engine and keel

Damn that is enough to make a grown man cry.

Originally Posted by baldbob

Mate i phucking feel for ya.........

I donr the same phucking thing in my alloy boat bout 8 weeks ago..

Except some prick left steel girders in the middle of the river, and with the river up just didnt see them until collision.....

Allgood tho shes in the shop now getting a new engine and keel

Arse!
Been keeping that quiet Bob........ whats going in her?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Arse!
Been keeping that quiet Bob........ whats going in her?

Another VR... Just a newer one..

And shes getting a 12mm keel instead of the 8mm one it has now..

Getting a few other mods done on her while shes at it... New bisalloy intake grill, double bilge with auto switch..
Can finally have a leak free boat as the crack in the jetblock the engine and unit had to come out to fix will be gone
putting new computer and wiring in,...

You gotta be carful up dodgy wee creeks when things are in flood....