Heartbroken

[Lunchbox]

Had a little "incident" this weekend involving my three week old 20V and a rock. I was going about 4 to 5 mph in a no wake zone on Saguaro lake on Saturday in the narrow part just past the beach area BEFORE the non marked hazard zone near the dam. (Everyone assumes I was past the hazard buoys. I was NOT!) Let this be a warning to everybody out there. There are some spots that are marked and clearly some spots that are NOT. We weren't screwing around, just finished boarding and tubing and we thought we'd take a little cruise and have some lunch. All of a sudden... BOOM! I slammed it in reverse and tried to assess the damage but couldn't see anything without a mask... It took out the first "fin" on the underside of the boat and ripped the bolts from the fiberglass. Two holes the size of a bolt took us out.

Needless to say, I am devastated. We tried to make it back to the marina and we just ran out of time... It just took on too much water too fast. Everything happened so quickly, I just thank God that no was hurt. I lost my skis, board, ropes, and a bunch of other stuff too. I think these pictures say it all... I haven't been able to sleep all weekend.

If you were out there and gave us a hand, I just want to say thank you. It's good to see other boaters looking out for each other... I'll keep you guys updated. It looks to be a total loss at this point.

LBX

[zad0030]

Im really sorry to see that... It hurts my heart as well.

Very painful pics.

This isnt the first tige to go down, Sandmoose is still dealing with his issues.
Hope everything works out alright with it!

GOOD LUCK!

[Wake Bandits]

Geeze,, we're glad to read no-one injured.
This headache will be behind you soon.
Sorry you had to endure this.

[kko]

wow!!!!so sorry about your boat. im glad to hear everyone was ok. i also have had this happen to me. boat sunk in about 15 seconds on me. not nearlly as nice of a boat as yours but i know what you are going through. i hope this will not keep you out of boating. once again im glad everyone was ok.that is the most important part!!

[ddmracing05]

Oh my god! Dude im sorry that must suck.... Hopefully the damaged wont be too bad. How did you manage to get it back on the trailer?
Good to hear everyone was not injured

[Lunchbox]

Oh my god! Dude im sorry that must suck.... Hopefully the damaged wont be too bad. How did you manage to get it back on the trailer?
Good to hear everyone was not injured

I managed to get it back on the trailer by paying the marina $2,600... Well the insurance company anyway...

I'm not going to stay away from boating... No way... I'm already looking at an 07 22Ve. I liked the 20V but it filled up fast when you put a few people on it... We'll see what the insurance says...

LBX

[CP3]

Man Im sorry to hear that but atleast you still love boating and no one was hurt.

[Timmy!]

Yikes! I just about threw up for you! Glad to hear that noone was injured!!! So sorry about your loss! Man, that is devastating!

Good luck with everything and hopefully you will be able to get back out there soon!

Wonder how much a Tsunami pump would have helped in this situation?

[talltigeguy]

Glad you weren't going fast, those kind of rocks can cause some serious injuries. So good to hear that no one was injured.

The holes look sizable, but not huge...how long before the boat was full of water? I would have considered just speeding through the no wake zone onto the ramp. It would have caused several thousand dollars in damage to just drive it up the ramp, but would have saved the boat from sinking.

Speeding through the no wake zone is something we should all do at least once in our lives. We once had a scare with a pregnant woman at Lake Mead... I must have gotten the bird at least 5 times.

BTW, this is likely fodder for other boat manufacturers that just don't attach the fins so sturdily, then when their fins come off, they don't sink the boat. They lose fins far more than a Tige, but rarely lose an entire boat due to the fin striking something.

[LovinPowell]

wow, that is terrible, sorry that it had to happen. How many people were in the boat? Glad that no one was seriously hurt.

[Bibbs]

We all feel bad for you.Hope everything works out ok insurance wise etc.

[Jason B]

Dam. That sucks bro. Darn good thing you had insurance.
Hope everything works out ok in the end.

[zad0030]

Whats that red cord?

[chpthril]

I dont know what to say................................Just thankful no one was hurt. I hope everything works out and you can put this behind you

My boat is getting 2 additional bilge pumps this off-season as a precaution.

[Lunchbox]

Whats that red cord?

I believe that's the airline for the airbags...

Thanks for all your support guys...

I still can't believe this happened...?!?!?

I would have sped through the no wake zone... As a matter of fact I did... There were 3 of us on the boat. The boat would only let me go about 7mph. I'd say it took about 30 min. for the boat to fill and turn over... Thank God my wife wasn't with us... She would have freaked out even more than she is now...