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locked-up
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Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:14 pm Posts: 76 Location: Wyoming
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Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Went out last night fishing, and a huge storm starting building over the lake, before we could get off the lake we had heaven 60mph wind. We found a sheltered shallow behind a rock point and was waiting it out. As we were waiting we seen to boat limping to shore both swamped and sinking. We ventured out into the rollers to lend a hand and rescue the couple that appeared to not have a life vest. We where right they where in a commercial hull, no life vests, over motored, small mod v, and we pumping and dumping water to make it to the shore. We made are way to them taking huge rollers over the bow so big I had to stand up cause the waves where so big water was hitting me in the face so hard it was knocking my contacts around and floating my cooler while my deck ran out. We made it to the swamped boat and gave them extra life vests and a extra bait bucket to dump water. We got them pulled into a shelter point where the boat took one more roller and sunk in 4 foot of water. We gave them life vest as the boat tried to sink in 60 foot a 1/4 mile from shore ten minutes from sunset. My self bailing boat saved there life's and there boat. I was scared and have never been in that rough of water in a flat bottom but the 2054 went to work and kept us floating. I thank god I spent the extra money and went with the sbx there would be no bilge pump that would of kept up.
The other boat we seen we could never find again but we called it in to the wardens which recovered 3 fisherman without there 22 foot walleye boat which was swamped and turned over. I will never buy anything but a self bailing boat ever again weather is unpredicible and it happens fast. I owe mmt for giving me the advise to make my decision and go with the boat I bought.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:46 am |
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WestEndAngler
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Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Not fun at all! Glad y'all were able to lend a helping hand. One reason why I went with a wide boat, for added stability. I see water like that too it's not fun.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:56 am |
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tchredneck
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:39 pm Posts: 1812 Location: in the woods,la
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
_________________ 27 Contender twin 200's for sale 18x42 B.B skiff Lil daddy 36 pd Fighting da Koolaid brigade since 07'
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:25 am |
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locked-up
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:14 pm Posts: 76 Location: Wyoming
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Ya a guy can't mess around with deep unprotected water it don't take much to get nasty. The winds where out of the east which is uncommon. We where on the west side so the waves had alot of time to grow. The worst part was the spacing of the waves my 20 footer need a few extra feet a few times to keep us out of the trough. Its was crazy watching a river of water run out of my boat. But the best part was after that we hit the shallows in the trees and made are way back in my kind of water the shallow muddy stuff that don't white cap.
_________________ http://www.locked-up.com Locked-Up DVD Series "Finishing Birds Is Everything" 2054 SBX Prodrive with a 36. http://www.turkeytrackoutfitters.com
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:51 am |
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WestEndAngler
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Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
How is your boat fitted... Does it have self bailing scuppers?
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:57 am |
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locked-up
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:14 pm Posts: 76 Location: Wyoming
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Ya two scuppers and a little channel in the back scuppers are 2x3 and can run a shit ton of water. The weakest link was the motor a had my air cleaner box straight down to help with suck water with a sock over the hole soaked in wd40 we still took water down the carb a couple times and had feather it back.
_________________ http://www.locked-up.com Locked-Up DVD Series "Finishing Birds Is Everything" 2054 SBX Prodrive with a 36. http://www.turkeytrackoutfitters.com
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:06 am |
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autogateman
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Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:32 pm Posts: 4036 Location: Gonzales La
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
this thread just made me totally rethink what my next boat will be.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:00 am |
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dguidry
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Anyone know where I could by one of those self bailing scuppers to install in my wooden boat?
_________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:53 am |
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POKER1
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
_________________ 18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:56 am |
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WestEndAngler
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Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:58 am |
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UNCLE-J
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Joined: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:26 am Posts: 10388 Location: S-Ville, LA
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Hes the smart one... let him figure it out...
Just cut a octagon hole in your transom, and install one.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:58 am |
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locked-up
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:14 pm Posts: 76 Location: Wyoming
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
The boat we saved had a automatic bilge and a back up manual and a bait bucket they could not keep up with the water coming in.
The second boat was a brand tournament walleye boat. Should of been able to handle it but the driver said he took a wave and got scared and stopped he then took a wave broadside and was swamped. They swam to shore and there boat was pushed into the rocks where it was ground to death and flipped
I think he would have been fine if he kept going and kept his bow into the wind but heck I don't know it was sad seeing a 45000 dollar rig washing around.
_________________ http://www.locked-up.com Locked-Up DVD Series "Finishing Birds Is Everything" 2054 SBX Prodrive with a 36. http://www.turkeytrackoutfitters.com
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:01 pm |
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dguidry
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
_________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:08 pm |
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locked-up
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:14 pm Posts: 76 Location: Wyoming
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Instructions for installing scuppers on dguidrys boat.
Find lowest point of transom. cut large hole. install a short rope. tie one end to motor and one to your foot. launch boat in deep water drive fast but you better swim better.
_________________ http://www.locked-up.com Locked-Up DVD Series "Finishing Birds Is Everything" 2054 SBX Prodrive with a 36. http://www.turkeytrackoutfitters.com
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:11 pm |
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Mudhole
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:05 am Posts: 716 Location: NW La.
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Dguidry......just drill a hole in ya wooden boat to let the water out!!
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:41 pm |
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POKER1
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
_________________ 18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:45 pm |
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tchredneck
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:39 pm Posts: 1812 Location: in the woods,la
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
_________________ 27 Contender twin 200's for sale 18x42 B.B skiff Lil daddy 36 pd Fighting da Koolaid brigade since 07'
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:02 pm |
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OwenDickeson
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm Posts: 9869
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Thats a bad ass story dude. Good job on helping those folks out!
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:41 pm |
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dguidry
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm Posts: 11166 Location: Cecilia, LA
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Allez a la madre, tous!!!
_________________ Formerly:1648 Homemade Cypress Crawfish Skiff GTR23 Performance Cam and Heads; 17x46 Gator Tail with 35GTR and Hoyt's cam;s Currently: 17x48 Gator Tail with XD40 EFI. “Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:44 pm |
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DevilDogCruiser
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:43 am Posts: 249 Location: Fayetteville AR.
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Can you take and post pics of self bailing system? Im curious how it works! I've read the descriptions, but I still can't picture it in my head.
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:08 pm |
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locked-up
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:14 pm Posts: 76 Location: Wyoming
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
Ya I will take some pictures but it is real simple really. My boat has a fully sealed floor that is above the waterline at all times, engine wait natural makes boat sit lower in the back, then there is a small channel that catchs all water and evacuates out of the scuppers. Scuppers let water go out but dont let it come in if a wave hits you in the back our when you come of step ect. I will attach some pictures when I get the chance. It is a really handy system good for cleaning too, when I fish I carry a bucket and wash my deck after every fish throughout the day and everything runs right out. Bilge pump would clog up with carp scales in a normal system.
_________________ http://www.locked-up.com Locked-Up DVD Series "Finishing Birds Is Everything" 2054 SBX Prodrive with a 36. http://www.turkeytrackoutfitters.com
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Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:22 pm |
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Brasso
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
First time I've Hurd of this, I'd also like pics
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:01 am |
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BAG Hunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:25 pm Posts: 257
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
what if you have alot of debris like sticks leaves and stuff in the boat? wont that stuff get stuck in the valves and let water in. or im i missing how this works. Its a one way valve right?
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:39 am |
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autogateman
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Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:32 pm Posts: 4036 Location: Gonzales La
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
yeah they have a one way valve, then on the back they have some sort of fabric hose that lays over to help keep debris from coming in through the back. these boats are really nice, the only concern i thought about was the lifted floor height.
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:39 am |
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MaXXis85
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:23 am Posts: 6233 Location: Tarkington, TX
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:06 am |
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autogateman
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Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:32 pm Posts: 4036 Location: Gonzales La
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
how is the weight compared to the same size x series?
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:07 am |
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Josh
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 7:35 am Posts: 1110 Location: Longview TX
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Re: Sbx series prodrive is awesome.
I talked with KP about em this weekend. He said it was like having another person with you all the time.
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Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:35 am |
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