Throttle Control Goes Haywire! Three Boat Pile Up! E171

[@gpconbeer]

We bought our first large power boat about 5 years ago after 40+ years on sailboats. It was my first experience with dual engine and transmission controls. I hired a delivery captain to move the boat to its new home. Right away I noticed that he cycled through forward, neutral and reverse while at the dock and then prior to approaching each marina. I asked him why and he told a couple of stories about transmission that got stuck in gear with bad consequences. He said I should test all the gears like he did. Of course, I promptly forgot his advice. A year later we departed on the Loop and arrived at the Erie Canal. At the 3rd or 4th lock, a boat came in behind us and all hell broke loose. His transmission stuck in gear and he couldn’t kill his engine. Luckily he missed us but rammed into the front gate. Panicking, he jammed his second engine in reverse and hit a boat on the wall opposite to us. Both boats then banged off the lock wall with significant damage. My SOP now is to cycle through the gears before leaving or entering any dock, lock or marina. Marine transmissions are extremely reliable - until they fail.

[@pac-man2907]

Great advice. I had a similar experience -- after 30 years of sailing -- I am docking my dual diesels and had one of the transmission handles literally come off in my hand, stuck in reverse. In the shock of the moment, it took a good 15-30 seconds to realize that I just needed to kill the engine. It helps to have a defined, written emergency procedure / steps that you work out in advance for certain scenarios, such as: What will you do when an engine gets stuck in gear? What will you do when an engine won't shut off? And the Stop doesn't work? And then the Kill switch doesn't work? The longer I've spent on my powerboat, the more I learn --- and then commit to a written SOP --- because emergencies happen so infrequently, we can't trust our memory when under pressure.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I suppose these things can happen with both electronic and standard throttles. We have kill switches but things happen so fast I imagine I might not be quick enough to prevent an accident in a small marina.

[@jimcathcart5116]

I saw a 60 rear cabin boat stuck in reverse in a marina he took off the bow pulpit off a brand new buddy Davis that got delivered 3 hrs earlier

[@homerjsimpson2118]

lay of the candy dude!!!😂😂😂

[@charlesdavenport2543]

Those swim up bars are great. Over the years, I've never seen anybody get out to pee though.

[@phillm156]

😅😂

[@tryingnottosink9107]

😁😁😁😎😎

[@kevinp100]

I haven’t checked you guys out in years. Two things: I’m glad you left your comfort zone of the ICW and I’m glad you still say “ Roger Out”.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

You must have watched the first season. We have been to the Bahamas for three years in a row. Thanks for checking back on us. Roger out!

[@triprobinson2808]

I had a similar issue w micro commands..Scary. I wonder why he didn't use the run-away. Under the bridge helm on Hatteras there is a cable throttle overide on SF,s. Sketchy Captain in my opinion. Great vlog 👍 Carry on crew.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have them on our Hatteras. At both helms. In any case, it was just a short trip across the fairway. By the time you realize what is going on it is probably too late to stop.

[@festerofest4374]

Such good video work in all the little clips showing everything that's going on...I could almost feel like I was there. Looking forward to the next leg. Wishing I was joining along for a segment! I like following you guys because it is exactly what I wish I was doing! So awesome the guy at the marina retrieved your fender too. Karma situation.... But the underwater dude/sportfisher Captain at the marina.... WTF? Crack? WTF!! This a really crazy segment here! Wowsa. And, as always it is my obligation to provide your Roger Out scores...Ed and Lyn get a combined score of 8.7 (out of 10) for the THREE Roger Outs in this video -- awesome!! !

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Thanks. Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@CaptRD]

That's a relief, I was afraid it was your boat involved in the collision!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Not this time! 😁

[@ericmitchell5350]

Great Video as always! End of an era! At least for 2022!

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Yes indeed! Until next year - for you. We, however, have 20 more videos coming! 😁

[@bidask123]

How many napkins does it take to stop the bleeding of his right thumb?

[@dcallan812]

No injury's is always good. 👍👍 Looked like a nice easy crossing 👌

[@tryingnottosink9107]

The easiest so far!

[@gerardgarris5008]

Hells bells ! Again there capt Ed ! Adrenaline ? ? More like heroin dependency ! Smooth sailing and fair winds ! Enjoying your new home port ?

[@12000Jetlag]

I love Nassau! I have a trip down there with my boss so he can spend a weekend on his yacht coming up in mid November. I would never have electronic controls. The same thing happened in my marina here on Lake Erie. One of my dock neighbors bought a new Tiara and on his second trip out aboard it he came back to the dock and as he was heading into his dock neutral became full speed ahead. He hit the bulkhead and cracked the hull. Needless to say Tiara sent a semi to pick it up and deliver his new boat.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I love using them but they make me nervous. A couple of times I though I was in neutral but was not. Probably me error.

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Now I know why the captain dove and the local divers would not

[@DatSavannahLife]

If you’re ever need a crew mate LMK. In Savannah now but was from Philadelphia.

[@paulkelly4731]

Love Atlantis. Hope you did the Buffet there. Awesome. Hurricane Hole is my home there.. short walk distance Atlantis and IMHO as nice as the Atlantis Marina.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have never been to Hurricane Hole. We have been staying at Yacht Haven.

[@ironichumorist]

in many many marinas i have seen the fishing boats bring their catch back after a day on the water and clean their fish at the docks throwing all the unwanted parts into the marina. makes it a lot of fun with sharks if you need to scrape your bottom, check your zincs, or - like this guy - do some work after a mishap.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I see them do that lot too. Even though it is not permitted in the marinas.

[@karaDee2363]

The places you visited on Nassau looked awesome... What was the name of the song played during that?.. I loved it

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Beautiful, by Jessie Villa

[@mfhairstream6812]

My guess is operator error

[@ralphholiman7401]

Those new electronic controls do go haywire every once in a while. One of the worst ideas ever to put in a marine environment.

[@russoley8995]

You travel everywhere and you have either 871 or 1271 Detroits. I want to take my 53' Hatteras from N Y to Virginia so I am wondering if the engines have been an issue at all, as the only problems I have seen you bring up are usually non engine related.???

[@Prototheria]

Hatteras didn't put the 12V's in any MY under 61'. 8V's are the most prevalent under that with a few outliers having 6V's. Some early production 50's and 53's got 8V71N's, but those are few and far between. Sport fish and Yachfish models may be outliers as I've seen a few 48 Yachtfish's with 8V71TI's, and one 58 YF that had 12V71TI's, but I think that may have been a repower at one point. As for your engines, I don't speak from experience, but as long as they start, you should be good. From what I've read, the only real criticality with the Detroits are the tolerances associated with the racks. Get the FSM, spend a couple grand on some quality special tools needed to run the racks, keep the oil and fuel clean, run 'em up once in a while to blow them out, and there's most likely very little you'll ever have to do below the head gaskets.

[@sanantoniotonight5569]

@@Prototheria well Said…

[@bnkwupt]

Triton has 8V92TA engines.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have never had engine problems, other then fuel supply issues. We have 8v92s and they are solid. No blue smoke at startup (unless they are cold up north, then just 15 seconds). They are probably the least thing to be worried about on your trip. Brings lots of spare filters, the ocean can churn up a lot of stuff in the fuel tanks. We usually burn through a couple filters in the first two weeks, but that is because we sit for seven months out of the year

[@russoley8995]

@@tryingnottosink9107 Thanks. 892s, just a newer 871

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@mikeparkhurst8804]

I lived in Georgetown Exuma,s ..my old Boss owns the island of Chub.small world.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Chub is a nice marina. There are rumors it won't be open to the public anymore and just for private owners.

[@MrSwarner793]

Yikes! Can’t believe he is running around like that!

[@justinlinnane8043]

LMAO !! that guy at the end who crashed his boat was on crack (and lots of it !!) 🤣🤣🤣

[@joeybayer4460]

Do you have a seakeeper on the boat?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

No, Niaad Stabilizers.

[@paul4365]

When I first saw the title of the video I thought, oh, no ... but glad to see it wasn't Triton with the throttle issue.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Glad it wasn't us as well!

[@esiebert7625]

What’s a pole shark? That story of his seems kind of fishy 🐠 I find it hard to believe electronic throttle controls are that unreliable, sounds like he was looking for a scape goat 🐐 I also don’t think that was adrenaline causing his weird behavior there, it was too far after the incident. He really seemed like it was under the influence of some drug. He sure did high tail it out of there at the end. 😂

[@larrypatterson3957]

I think I heard bull shark, not pole shark.

[@jmp.t28b99]

Absolutely a druggie. Kill switches always work.

[@paton57]

If he wasn't tweaking I'll eat my hat

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Yes, "Bull" sharks. Just before he jumped in he barrowed one of our knives (see the thumbnail of Lyn) and Lyn warned him that it was very sharp. Of course he then cut his finger. So he was in the water with Bull Sharks and a bleeding finger.

[@billdomb]

Found Chub Cay a little snooty. Didja notice the sign at the front desk saying you need to pay 'em ten bucks if you pick up a coconut?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

No, I didn't see that sign. The restaurant can be a little snooty and they are little help when it comes to docking, but we had fun with the regular staff. Especially at the Rooster.

[@billdomb]

@@tryingnottosink9107 Never got to the Rooser. Forgot to mention: if you get back there, walk down the south road or mooch a golf cart and head east. Will come to a very strange abandoned house out past the inhabited section.

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Wow even the local diverswon’t water

[@ironichumorist]

Beautiful Chihuli pieces in the casino.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Yes they are!

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Are you kidding me that guy was the captain of that sports fisherman please🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️roger out

[@tryingnottosink9107]

He was hired to move the boat to Puerto Rico. The owner was on board.

[@williamconway1287]

If the throttle control sticks can you put your boat in neutral ? I know nothing about boats so I’m just curious. Also I haven’t watched all of the video soo if you answer in the video you should ignore the question ! 🤪🤪🤪

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Yes, you should be able to. I never heard of anything like this happening before. We have kill switches on our boat that will stop the engine no matter what the throttle does, but when things happen so quickly, I am not sure I would have got to them quick enough to prevent the collision.

[@chow24]

Run an earth wire to your new pipe help stop corrosion

[@kennethhacker3014]

Poor guy is on drugs hahahhaahahhh great...... great upload

[@Prototheria]

You mention a crew swap... Are you starting to or willing to bring vetted people aboard to crew for you for a short period of time?

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have just brought You Tube fans aboard for fun. We can crew the boat ourselves. We will probably do the same thing next year.

[@jimcathcart5116]

Switch from copper to schedule 40 pvc the copper is too thin these days it just wears out especially from the abrasive salt water

[@tryingnottosink9107]

Our close friend is a commercial plumber and he made the replacements for us out of a high gauge copper. Much thicker than the originals and they will surely out last us. But Schedule 40 is a good idea.

[@jimcathcart5116]

@@tryingnottosink9107 the salt water has major corrosive properties it is just sand blasting these pies especially near a 90

[@Richoshay1]

What is that captain on? Seams like a tweaker to me.

[@Frostytravels]

looking like you need a overhaul of your systems before you and your crew get seriously injured.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

That wasn't our boat.

[@dennispulling9421]

Awe yeah he was floating

[@rumplestilskin5776]

Hydraulic throttle controls never did that. Never.

[@aviator97msncom]

So after all the hours you have on this boat, what kind of mpg are you getting. What kind of range.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We get 0.75 miles per gallon and have a safe range around 550-600 miles. We hold around 900 gallons.

[@aviator97msncom]

@@tryingnottosink9107 thanks, very helpful.

[@donaldsnow6618]

Total tweeter. Dangerous at any speed

[@Ridgerunner49]

I love boats and my boat used to love my bank account ha ha ha ha

[@ArtVanAuggie]

I hate Bull Sharks. The only good thing I can say about them is they "usually" bump you once before they bite. Even Tigers are easier to deal with.

[@tryingnottosink9107]

I hope to never find out!

[@ArtVanAuggie]

@@tryingnottosink9107 I recommend "buddy diving" in the Bahamas, Don't clean fish where you anchor if you're going to swim or dive.

[@video3ish]

Ive owned river trawlers for most of my life. Have you guys ever considered getting a professional marine Mech & paying him appropriately ? Not wanting to sound nasty but I’ve watched a lot of your channel over the past week & frankly your dangerous to yourselves & other. That losing drive from the dock ? Seriously ?? These things were not checked before going out ?

[@Pauls-World]

High boy crashed the boat because he’s completely tweeting out. It’s not adrenaline, sorry.

[@TheBigWWI]

Meth throttles it looks like.

[@captainjackkay3132]

Cruising = bar crawl for you,

[@tryingnottosink9107]

That is definitely true!

[@MrSdemino]

Possibly drugs involved in shifter malfunctions, just saying.

[@storytimewithunclekumaran5004]

That guys story really doesn't ring true... very sus.

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Roger out

[@bruceduncan9532]

It’s a shame that the electronic controllers took the blame! When installed by a professional they are more reliable than mechanical or hydraulic for that matter. For safety purposes each helm station is also required to have engine kill buttons installed. USCG required for Cert. Maybe a sobriety test would have been a better way to start the diagnosis processes! Funny how there are so many excuses when these type of scary and dangerous events happen. 🫣

[@tryingnottosink9107]

We have never had a problem with ours. And we do have a cut-off at both helms. I should test them again.

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Roger out