Reply With QuoteFunny you should mention this because I have been wondering:
Did any of you guys watch Plumb Crazy flip over at the start at the Nitro Nationals last spring? it sure as hell looks to me as though the back of the boat is filled and about to sink, sponsons pointing to the sky. And so maybe Kutz couldn't blow the tail and the boat just flipped right over? (Is this what happened? Don't know if he/they figured it out.)
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they had been doing giant wheelstands for about a year before that happened, so it's difficult to say. they had the boat sink on the rope at the world finals last year too, so that's another one in addition to greg. capsule guys don't see the water, and don't know if it's sinking before it's way too late. non-capsuled boats can see the water, but without a bilge pump, there's not too much you can do except let go of the rope and start screaming.
"we" forgot to install the center sponson plug once, about 5 years ago. as i pulled out on the rope, i noticed my right foot was getting wet. let go of the rope, turned on all 3 pumps (1100 and 2 500s), and the thing looked like a fire boat the way the pumps were shooting water about 6' in the air. they actually kept up. ski came over, towed me to the bank, we got the plug in it, pumps pumped it down by the time i was back out there. won the race. i'll always run 'em, 'cause you just never know....
