----Dont know anyone involved but happy all are safe. With that said, I run across that stretch of water almost every time Im out on a weekend day. The depth is pretty treacherous right now as has been said. 3 feet of water would normally be enough at speed for that boat but the bottom isnt a constant 3ft. Add to that, even a gentle turn will bring the inside drive down a bit. You can be off of what I would "loosely" call a channel by a few feet and your chances of dragging are greatly enhanced. I and a lot of others have a general feel for the deepest route but we have all probably strayed off the deepest part more than once. I know I have, but I have been lucky as has most everybody else. So sorry about the boat!!!......Bill S

Hi Christine,
This is Ed. Nice to see your post on here and sounds like things are good.
Take care.

glad everbody is OK!!!!

Good food for thought, or a freindly reminder from an experienced LSC boater.

"Lake St. Clair has a lot of sand bars. You can be a mile out in what looks like deep water and have one pop up on the chart plotter. Very tricky to come into the swim areas. We used to stop two miles out and idle in watching the depth gauge the entire time. Quite often it would require turning around and taking a different route. We would mark the path on GPS once we were sure.

Wind can play a factor as well. Quite often we would be anchored up in the swim area and the wind would blow the water out (leaving us on the bottom).

There are also three rivers flowing in from the north, middle and south channels. This changes the dynamics of the lake all the time. The only way to tell that you are safe for sure is to stay in the marked shipping channels. Big ships come through constantly and keep the sand from filling in. Then the problem becomes staying out of the way of the ships. I remember being out on the lake one morning and having fog roll in. I stopped the boat to listen for ships and could hear them coming, but could not see them. Never a dull moment."

glad no one was hurt

+1

In the 11 years I've been on the site I never felt the need to put anyone on the ignore list till frick and his sidekick frack showed up.

OoooOOOOoooo. Break my heart guys :-(

If bayley ran his boat as much as a keyboard he might actually have an opinion worth listening to. But unfortunately he's your typical sunsation owner. Talks about boating, is an expert on boating, defends his brand brothers despite the circumstances, hates young kids with nice hardware, but never actually goes to the lake. Just reminiscent of the days he maybe did boat.

Ignore my posts, but you can't ignore the fact your a washed up, middle aged former boater.

Zp'd, pick and choose which portions of that apply to you and get over it.


Looks like a nice weekend coming up, enjoy everyone!

Hey "Kid",
I own a Sunsation and boat every weekend if not more.
I find brand brothers, much like non brand brothers can be a-hole's too.
Young Women with nice hardware... I find nothing wrong with young women with nice hardware!
Does this make me a non-typical Sunsation owner?

I had no idea that you were a passenger on the boat!! I am so thankful and relieved to hear that all of you are ok and that this accident didn't have a different outcome.

Makes you someone worth shooting the **** with on oso and someone who doesn't take yourself too seriously.

In my state there's a click of people that orbit around lake st. Clair that believe they are the best, they are all knowing, and there too good for everyone else that shares the same waterways with them. Best way to describe them is high school cheerleaders.