My Rivercat sank :(

[kfxguy]

Went out and tried snagging it. No luck. Went to several sporting goods stores and no one had a portable one. So I'm on the fence if I want to spend $130 for one or not. The water was 6ft to 11ft deep in this area. I have a feeling that hiring a diver would be a waste of time because the water is so murky that you can't see 1ft in front of your face. I guess I need to mull over this a bit. The fish finder thing seems like it may not fair well because the shapes I've seen don't look quite accurate. Anyone ever actually tried this? Sounds like a good idea but I dunno.

[boilo56]

Guys I need some more ideas. There nothing magnetic on the boat except the prop shaft. I don't think that will be strong enough pull. The motor is a no go. Magnet doesn't stick to it (have a motor like it in another build I'm doing) screws are all stainless. Steering rod is stainless. Ideas? Im about to head out and get the fish finder and whatever else I may need. I'll be checking back often...

Maybe it is not enough, but if you manage to catch it with a magnet atached to a rope, and then, make a big hook along the rope and grab it, a do similar when mi fishing line get caught on something.

Hope it helps a bit!

[Pau7060]

If it’s nogo with the driver folks, I would try and row out << Barrow Valco boat not a rubber boat. Use a fishing pole with gang tree of treble hooks << looks like a metal coat hanger with a bunch hooks start casting. Diver still best bet .

[Pau7060]

Call your local dive shop. offer a reward to anyone who finds it <<< I think this would quickest best deal, diver's live to use their stuff .

[kevinpratt823]

Dang man! That sux. You gotta stop taping them things to the top! I just bought another one off eBay for $57 shipped.

Nice. What you didn't want to take a chance on the one from Russia that said for parts only lol. I actually had one on top and one inside, because I wanted to compare them. I got a FG hatch, and reinforced with kevlar cloth, on the first 7s run both units were spot on at 94.3mph.

I had a wire leash on it, but it broke, that is the last one going on top.

[kfxguy]

Good luck bud, be safe. BTW, I was jinxed by our conversation, just lost another Garmin. That's 3 that are in that pond now......

Dang man! That sux. You gotta stop taping them things to the top! I just bought another one off eBay for $57 shipped.

[kevinpratt823]

Good luck bud, be safe. BTW, I was jinxed by our conversation, just lost another Garmin. That's 3 that are in that pond now......

[kfxguy]

Sucks man. Hard to swallow a lost after putting a ton of work into it. It's often the crash that doesn't look that bad that does the most damage, especially if the boat hits just once and takes all that energy in one shot instead of skipping a few times. At least it wan't a twin, almost twice the investment gone (trying to find an upside, sorry).

Me and Keith were just texting about that. It was a very short flight and I guess it hit hard. Basically it blew over and then stuffed in a very short distance. Didn't seem like a hard hit tho. I'm gonna try to recover it today if I can.

[kfxguy]

Guys I need some more ideas. There nothing magnetic on the boat except the prop shaft. I don't think that will be strong enough pull. The motor is a no go. Magnet doesn't stick to it (have a motor like it in another build I'm doing) screws are all stainless. Steering rod is stainless. Ideas? Im about to head out and get the fish finder and whatever else I may need. I'll be checking back often...

[Rocstar]

Sucks man. Hard to swallow a lost after putting a ton of work into it. It's often the crash that doesn't look that bad that does the most damage, especially if the boat hits just once and takes all that energy in one shot instead of skipping a few times. At least it wan't a twin, almost twice the investment gone (trying to find an upside, sorry).

[Turbo Dan-O]

Oh gosh. This makes me sick...

Like the others have said, take a few days off. Well, after you try to get her back...

Head up! It will all work out.

[kfxguy]

Check this gadget out. This would be pretty easy to use.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Vexilar-...item20f79e980f

[kevinpratt823]

Sorry to hear you lost your boat Travis. If you are going on the water in an inflatable boat, make sure you have a life vest on. Also have a few people around onshore that know your plan. There have been instances of people looking for their sunken or stranded models that have had major problems trying to recover them. There is a thread here that I cannot find that describes those awful situations. If someone can find the thread please post it. It's best that you do not go diving or snorkeling for it yourself in a 40 foot mucky lake. Talk to a professional diver or someone at a dive shop if there is one by you. If visibility is that bad a diver can be 2-3 feet away from it and will not know it. I use to dive of of the New Jersey coast, some days vis is great and some it's horrible. Not fun when you cannot see much of anything.

The boat can also sink like a leaf comes off a tree, it can end up far from the location it sank. When the Titanic sank it broke in pieces and by time it hit bottom, it covered square miles of area.

The thread is stickied at the top of this discussion forum.http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...fter-your-boat

[Ken_NJ]

Sorry to hear you lost your boat Travis. If you are going on the water in an inflatable boat, make sure you have a life vest on. Also have a few people around onshore that know your plan. There have been instances of people looking for their sunken or stranded models that have had major problems trying to recover them. There is a thread here that I cannot find that describes those awful situations. If someone can find the thread please post it. It's best that you do not go diving or snorkeling for it yourself in a 40 foot mucky lake. Talk to a professional diver or someone at a dive shop if there is one by you. If visibility is that bad a diver can be 2-3 feet away from it and will not know it. I use to dive of of the New Jersey coast, some days vis is great and some it's horrible. Not fun when you cannot see much of anything.

The boat can also sink like a leaf comes off a tree, it can end up far from the location it sank. When the Titanic sank it broke in pieces and by time it hit bottom, it covered square miles of area.

[urbs00007]

call your local dive shop. offer a reward to anyone who finds it.