Submerged boat recovered yesterday at Falls????

[CigarBasser]

Reasons I read the Rookie mistakes forum at the start of the season. http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=646948. While I haven't ever left the plug out because anxiety mostly and I have a system where no one else preps the boat but me or the wife for unloading I have always been curious why a 750 or 1000GPH Bilge wouldn't keep up with a boat plug being left out. Is the water entry really over 25gallons per minute. I'm sure there are other variables like location of batteries or bilge piping to vent but I'd think a 750 or 1000 bilge would give you enough time to take your time and reload the boat at the ramp.

You can calculate the flooding rate of any size hole:

Q = 20 x d x square-root of h
Q = flooding rate in gpm
d = diameter of hole in inches
h = depth of hole underwater in feet

so with a 3/4" drain hole and a depth of 2 feet, we do the math: 20 (3/4) x 1.41= 21.15GPM

GPH would be 1269 (21.15 x 60) so a 1500GPH might keep up with it if they actually pump that amount..

Here’s a good link too...
http://www.whsyc.org/Flooding/Flooding.html

[funsunfish]

You can calculate the flooding rate of any size hole:

Q = 20 x d x square-root of h
Q = flooding rate in gpm
d = diameter of hole in inches
h = depth of hole underwater in feet

so with a 3/4" drain hole and a depth of 2 feet, we do the math: 20 (3/4) x 1.41= 21.15GPM

GPH would be 1269 (21.15 x 60) so a 1500GPH might keep up with it if they actually pump that amount..

Here’s a good link too...
http://www.whsyc.org/Flooding/Flooding.html

Very Nice! Thanx!

[dwmgg17]

If this is what happened, why was the tow boat people called??

[MJMJ]

trying to think why anyone would take their plug out to begin with.

Some people have to store there boats outside. I take my plug out after fishing in the rain. Lots of reasons to take the plug out. I have a buddy didn't take his plug out. A weekend at the campground changed that 😥

[haveme1]

The only foam in my nitro is in the back each side of the splash well.
I've left the plug out once, the guy with me parked the truck. I hollered bring it back, he said "I cant back it" .....
He did get it enough to get the boat on good enough to save the day....
Now there is a procedure
Strap, strap, plug followed every time !

[funsunfish]

The only foam in my nitro is in the back each side of the splash well.
I've left the plug out once, the guy with me parked the truck. I hollered bring it back, he said "I cant back it" .....
He did get it enough to get the boat on good enough to save the day....
Now there is a procedure
Strap, strap, plug followed every time !

Like I said in previous post, I have a system! Buddy asked me this weekend if he could help and I had to explain it to him, its not that I don't trust you or like you its just my system and I know when I get on the water I can focus on what spot I am hitting first and not whether my anxiety is right that I should check the bilge.