The best way for boat retreival

[Bduncan]

We use my buddy's turbine helicopter with a sling. It works great.

[BHChieftain]

Man, I would be very paranoid flying my heli over water!
Chief
(Protos 500)

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[Cinnabun]

I get paranoid of flying a heli period

[Bduncan]

I was kidding.

[agentorange]

Well there is a lot of good info guys. I will for sure have to look into these things. The wind comments are very true in some cases like a couple weeks ago I was running my Spartan and the esc went out and lucky for me the wind was going in the right direction and a few minutes later my boat was next to the bank and got it out with no swimming involved. All joking aside I will look into the things that you guys have suggested

[kwiktsi]

That is the good thing about when I run at the lake next to the house- the wind is almost always blowing towards me, so they always come back :). We are looking at another rental with a dock, boat lift, jet ski lift, etc.- so I'll get some serious running in there and have the ski right there at all times to retrieve them :D.

[TheShaughnessy]

HE,
You just blew up my idea. Me and my buddy were putting a ing on his TRex helicopter to retrieve our boats this weekend.

are you serious lol. I'm laughing at what a horrible idea that is. a 500 trex can probably lift like 5 lbs or so i would guess and cost roughly a grand.

A helicopter that had enough payload to lift my p mono would be expensive especially if there is water in it

[TheShaughnessy]

as a side note some of the most upsetting days i've had in FE boating are due to not having a proper rescue rig. First i tried the tennis ball on a fishing reel, works good for close range, terrible if you run at a safe distance from the shore line, limited by how accurately and far you can throw.

I've had two purpose bought rescue boats, first one was from harbor freight and i would tow a ball on a line and try to get the ball caught in the hardware. can be difficult to get the ball caught on the stranded boat. Line can get tangled in prop of rescue boat. towing the stranded boat in pulls it underwater so it fills up faster if not 100% sealed.

2nd boat i got from walmart. it was the fountain vee they have. I gutted it filled in the steps and put a 29 mm jet drive in with a 3300 kv motor on 2s with a 120 amp turnigy speedo.
i put a pvc contraption, similar to what has been posted, on the front of it. It ended up running 15-20 mph (with out pvc attachment) and was pretty fun but would keel over too much while turning so i glued some pieces of wood to the side to try and stop it but it ended up spinning the boat over and then it sank cause i had no way to rescue my rescue boat.

i now have an inflatable raft and a pump that plugs into my cigarette lighter. a canoe or yack would be better a little row boat with a trolling motor or a 5 hp outboard is ideal. Cost being an issue, you can be all into a raft set up for under 60 bucks. less than a rc rescue boat

[jetnfast]

+1 to a Kayak! It is a stress free way to pick up a stranded boat, and its a great workout when not driving boats!

[Cooper]

Yes personally I agree the tried and true fail safe way of retrieving seems to be a consensus of a kayak being used. I personally have used a springer tug boat purpose build to retrieve, but usually end up using the kayak. Whenever I run I have the kayak at edge of river with oar ready to go. It is immediate, I can bring tools and radio with. Tools, referring to 3mm Allen for hatch bolts. In case of emergency fire suppression. (Dunking in river). Right now I can walk out and retrieve the boats but when cold weather and river depth up then the kayak is the most effective fastest safest most reliable way FOR ME to retrieve dead floating turds. I've even had use of a small John boat but it was a bit more bulky and less maneuverable than the kayak. The springer tug boat is fun but not when I have $2000+ sitting upside down not knowing what's cooking or not. So speed is usually of utmost importance to me in retrieving rotting squids. And when the right river conditions occur I usually give the neighbors a cheer when unloading cargo and my balance is impaired as I softly butt flop in the muddy wet rivers edge trying to retrieve my own but from the tiny unstable kayak seat. :)

[Cooper]

And one option for those with no roof rack or means of transporting a large cumbersome kayak I have seen the foldable ones. Don't know the $ as I would think a bit pricey. I've seen them with an aluminum frame with a flexible material to go on the outside. And they look very sturdy. I believe they were made/marketed for the back woods explorer. And to be of fairly robust building materials yet light weight and packable. Thus not worrying about pokeing a hole and causing a loss of buoyancy. And not needing power or air inflation device.

[JLShip]

1300kv Outrunner on 2s2p with 45mm plastic prop. Does not work well if your boat is nose up.

Extend the arms out w/noodle and add part of a Rubber fish net make it into a sling. When you run into bow floating hull, it should right boat, either onto its deck or until you reach rudder. might work
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[flraptor07]

1300kv Outrunner on 2s2p with 45mm plastic prop. Does not work well if your boat is nose up.

I'm building one simular to this but I'm putting two 69mm EDFs 3850kv outrunners on it with a rudder. I'll post pics when I get it done I think it should work pretty good.

[jetnfast]

The kayak is also nice because you pull it out of the water immediately so you limit the exposure to water and corrosion potential that could short out components. I hear too many stories of guys waiting 30 min to a few hours waiting for a boat to drift in, that's only going to allow water to permeate further into the motor and ESC.

[tlandauer]

1300kv Outrunner on 2s2p with 45mm plastic prop. Does not work well if your boat is nose up.

This is a nice set up, since my sight is so bad, is there any wireless video one can rig up? How is the range on these contraptions? If I can see the image on a remote monitor, then I can line up the fork.