subbing my challenger 1800

[challenger18]

I was out at the lake and wanted to impress some girls in the boat and decided to do a big sub move (going about 35 and putting it in reverse, then hitting the gas). the boat filled up almost completely with water and i had to beach it for about an hour to let it all drain out. anyway, i didnt think the engine compartment was supposed to get any water it it, but mine sure did. It took about 10 minutes of draining with both plugs out to get all the water out. I am thinking it leaked in through the locker in the floor. have any of you guys sealed your floor locker better to accomidate subbing? it is so fun and i dont want to stop doing it unless it will screw up my boat. I am going to get some video of this soon because it looks awesome.

 

[kustomkarl]

uh ...I think jet boats were ment to run on TOP of the water...pwc's can go under the water. It just depends on how deep your pockets are when the electrical get wet and it costs you $1500.+ to get things replaced from water damage.

Karl

 

[FULL-THROTTLE]

Cool

Sounds like a blast, I don't think I will try it, but a video would be awsome.

I know I have read many post's about electrical problems caused by water, be careful the electronics get very pricey very fast.

Good Luck,

 

[JoeZ]

Sounds like fun and I'd want to see it, but I agree with Karl that it can't be good on the electrical. Just not designed to go under water like a PWC is.

 

[robin savell lloyd]

Do you all think that even a pwc was ment to go under the water? these are not submarines. I do agrea that it is fun to watch others doing it. sooner or later even a pwc will have a bad experiance with a sub dive and I am sure that their electronics are pricy too. What realy amazes me is when someone does a dive with a pricy stereo system. Reminds me of the days of my youth. :hurray:

 

[Gunsrunner]

Right on!!:hurray: I definantly want to see a video of this, i have seen a few on youtube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYhq7kWdsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-wCtryPVu8&NR=1
But would always like to see more!!!:rofl:
I was thinking that if you did seal your top deck better and fitted a second drain to it, or maybe fitted an extra bilge pump. Then you could get rid of the water before to much drained into the engine compartment.
I would also do extra spraying(wd40, inox, brplube) in the wet area's to displace any water that did get in.
Don't take on enough to get ingested into the motors and everything should be alright!!!!:hurray: Sub away!!!!!!!!!!!


Just had an extra thought, if you have all that water on your top deck and no water in the bilge, your boat will be top heavy and more likely to capsize!!! be careful.

 

[Gunsrunner]

Leaks

Speaking of leaks, people with a challenger 1800 and maybe others, have you noticed that the cup holders in your boat have two holes in the bottom of them. Every time the front cups fill up they empty into the dry area under each storage box.
I got some 4mm reticulation tube cut to length and fitted them in the holes and poked the tube through the gap into the bilge, now all of the water goes straight past the dry area, good mod, hope it helps.:cheers:

 

[Chubbysdad]

I always wanted to try a sub but dont know what to do

 

[treyk03]

Ive done it a couple times with my 1800. Just control the boat to not go completely under water. I do it for a good laugh to splash my buddies next to us or something. when you see the nose of the boat about to hit the water just throw it back in neutral real fast and it will keep water from flowing into the boat. I def dont recommend going completely under water....not too smart

 

[markj602]

I haven't actually put the boat in reverse to bring the front down, but I find if you have one person sitting up front and slow down a little bit for a wave you can fill the boat pretty quick. I've have about 8 inches of water against the back seat, but it drains out within 2 minutes usually. After a long day there is some water in the engine compartment, but the bilge takes care if it pretty quickly. Maybe the new boats are sealed a little better?

 

[PayVay]

I haven't actually put the boat in reverse to bring the front down, but I find if you have one person sitting up front and slow down a little bit for a wave you can fill the boat pretty quick. I've have about 8 inches of water against the back seat, but it drains out within 2 minutes usually. After a long day there is some water in the engine compartment, but the bilge takes care if it pretty quickly. Maybe the new boats are sealed a little better?

lol! Thanks for the tip! I can't do sub move with my speedster, you can reverse only at one a half of the throttle with it...

Patrick

 

[PayVay]

I always wanted to try a sub but dont know what to do

With newer model, BRP prevented us from doing sub move by stopping the reverse throttle at about one of a quarter of it, so not enough reverse power. But still if your boat is older, go full speed, pull back the throttle at zero, put your boat on the reverse mode and push back the throttle.

As some other said, try to avoid sinking your boat completely...

Patrick

 

[robin savell lloyd]

If you realy want to go the extra mile. go as fast as your boat will go and put it in reverse as fast as you can at full speed. make sure every one has there life vest on incase you have to swim the boat back to shore. :rofl::rofl::rofl: