You can hit a beach pretty hard without doing any damage.

When I was a kid I used to jump a small island with a 10' RIB w/ a 9.9 merc on the back. As long as the boat skips across the sand, you're good... if you hit a mound of sand wrong and the boat stops, then there might be issues.

I understand that, its just the fack that if the stern hit hard enough to do damage, this means the front of the boat went up the same spot on land and hit it harder. But yes, I know you can beach your boat without damage. I think I read of you and the little boat jumping the island before. Got any video of that? Sounds pretty cool, something I would have done when I was a kid!

Depends.........if its rocks sticking up out where you are beaching at then you are asking for it, seen it a few times.

I just want to apologize to oso, because I didn't want this to become a pissing contest. I usually speak for tmp and have been asked to before. I didn't realize that I said anything bad about them in this thread for me to be treated like I did. The owner and I are looking for answers. I will still keep you updated. Sorry again and thanks for all your help so far. Hopefully bill and hyperbaja will look into this and read some of this and find the problem. I will say that I am no longer affiliated with them and have been doing all I can to try to help all i can on my own. In the past week, I have called monstaaa and mr. horsepower and spoke to others to trying to get some questions answered and to help the owner get his boat back to where it needs to be. Like I said, I was not lying or fabricating nothing. Let Bill answer any questions from here on out. I will stay out of it. Hopefully they will show us pictures of the delaminated bottom, and where the water was coming in. Im off like a prom dress.

OMFG, the initials TMP AND the guy thats sold Jordy a Rolmex...this is too friggin good to make up :evilb:


I'm glad I stayed out of this too.

And it ain't even winter yet...
All kidding aside- - I hope the owner of the 42 gets the boat back to where she was and finds the leak

D*mn, I have to put away my old TMP t-shirts again! :D

My boat also leaks at the rub rail. I never leave it in the water
but each time I launch off trailer I get a lot of water.

I had put sealant ( 5200 ) when I changed the rub rail , but
later found that when the screws were driven in I didn't
predrill and the screws seperated the joint.

It wasn't noticable as the rub rail covers the joint but
I also noticed an annoying vibration while ideling.

Don't know what happened to this boat but I was docked
last week in rough water for about 1 1/2 hours and
even with the bilge pump on I had about 7-8 inches of
water in the bilge.

Is this boat named yet? How about "Leaky Beaky"?

J/K! (insert dancing banana here)

Hopefully everything get's ironed out, and I'd like to know the results. I like to hear about the causes of any accident I hear about, so I can avoid the same problems myself.

It may be just the nature of the beast , I have a 42 with trips and It sits low in the stern it simply doesn't take much to start taking on water , wave action , rain , or once we just had too many people hanging out on the sun pad and swim platform and water can run in the vents can happen in an instant. I have read this post and noticed that there was a downpour and someone sad there could be wakes in that area it really doesn't take much to get one under
larry

Hmm... Not what I would consider a "Sunken Treasure"!

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/6/5/89214465.htm

Wow! Class act, huh?

I bet the potential customers reading this are flocking to you...

The beaching theory is downright amusing.

ck the seal on the steering swivle pin,, the only way to find this type of leak is to take the boat to the ramp and back it in the water one inch at a time (up the transom) when the water starts coming in ya know right where to look for the leak !! Ya gots to stick your head right down in the back where you can hear the water comming in !!!

I learn a lot about what I need to know about boats from you guys on oso. Now, when I questioned him about the whole on the bottom, you would think I just slapped his wife. I didn't believe that was it either for the fact that last time it was taking on water you could hear like a water faucet was on in the bilge. I jumped in the back when the owner asked to me to look for it and pulled on a hose that was coming from the top of the port motor. I don't know much about these boats plumbing but let me explain it. There is a large hose that runs across the top that has spicket type shut offs on it. The hose comes off of that then runs behind the motor somewhere. I heard water leaking behind the port motor and looked everywhere and then pulled that hose and it stopped. The boat was then sent to tmp and bill asked me to drive up there and show him what hose I pulled on to stop the leak and I did. From there I don't know what he did. The cabin was taking on water also from a broken hatch and was full of water so I didnt know if this was a cause also so I called Monstaa and asked him about it and how to drain it. When the boat showed up at my house I made sure I took the cabin hatch off and had it rapaired and and checked it for leaks in the cabin and it was fine. So, I guess my question would be what is that hose doing and where is it going? Also RHC if I get to see this boat again or my friend has me look at it for him again I will be sure to check that. Thank you.

sounds to me like the hose for the fresh water flush system

What gas tanks does he use? I do not use my saddle tanks. "located in the rear" I have no reason to use them. How much weight difference is there from 600's to 540's "what I have in a triple application"
For some reason it appears mine sits a lot higher in the water.

The third pic has 160 Gallons of fuel and 10 people on board

He does use all the gas tanks...Yours definatly sets way higher...I cannot imagine there being that signifigant of a weight differnence in the motors for it to sit that much lower. Thats why I say if the rub rail was not sealed properly it still could be a problem, because I believe it sits in the water on the swim platform.

Mice price though! I bet it does not look as good in person as it does in the picture. Maybe a reason why there is only one picture.

My first post on this website and sorry to say I was sparked to join after reading some the inaccurate remarks made here about the sinking of the Fountain. First off, it was me who went down to the Fountain to retrieve my friends jacket and a t-shirt I had left on there that day. While on the boat I turned on the lights and hit the bilge…was told earlier that day to do it frequently and only one of two bilges, because from what I’d been told the other wasn’t working. I'm not the owner or mechanic so not really sure why only 1 pump works on a $300k boat that has a tendency to take on water. After looking over the boat making sure I had all of my stuff out so we could leave early the next day, I checked to see if any water was pumping out (it wasn’t) then turned everything off. The boat didn’t appear to set any lower than it always did and not being the owner or mechanic I had no reason to believe that it sinking was a possibility. I was only down there for about 20minutes max and when I arrived back at the condo I told the owners son that I had bilged it if his dad woke up and asked, that was approx 11:15pm. The next morning at about 7am the owner woke me to what had happened. I was just sick over the occurrence and am just as curious as to why it had sank as everyone. If I had any idea of a problem with the boat I would have checked it my self through out the night. I would think the owner took a chance by leaving it on the water with knowledge of a problem, therefore if blame is needed it is his. If he has a problem with the mechanic that works on it, it's between them two. The fact that I cleaned it and was the last to touch it doesn't make me responsible for its future.
I have always respected Bills’ knowledge on boats and done all I can to help promote his business…as has my brother, everything we own has his stickers on it. I've felt comfortable letting him and his family use my boat and jet skis. To see this kind of reaction seems a little strange. It truly is a sad occurrence and I only hope that whatever the problem is it is fixed completely and correctly so this guy can get back on the water.
On a side note it was great meeting everyone and I had a blast. Hope to do it again.

Theres really a place named "Blacklick"????:D

Sorry...I couldn't resist!!!

Yep. Blacklick. I once dated a chick from there.
:food-smiley-007:

I will miss playing around with :et: UFO :et: on the lake for a while. Until his return I guess I will have to race the sailboaters.

:chill-pill:

Ditto