My Rivercat sank :(

[Luck as a Constant]

My Rivercat sank

There's only one thing left to do I guess....

Drain the pond

It's too bad there isn't some sort of homing beacon for boats that send a signal to your phone to show you the exact location tho... That would be useful.
Was the garmin in it? Does that have any feature like that?


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[Make-a-Wake]

So sorry, I lost a 51" $1000 boat when it shattered at 60 mph. Luckily I marked the area based on where I was standing and a tree across the lake. I hired a diver and threw out a weighted buoy where I thought it went down, he found it in 3 minutes in 15 feet of murk. Saved a Castle 2028, mount, all hardware, and driveline including prop. It was under for a week so the batts were ruined as was the ESC obviously. I salvaged about $500 worth and built a new one.

The diver charged me $100 for the first hour but I was glad to pay the $100 for the 3 minute dive.

[kfxguy]

There's only one thing left to do I guess....

Drain the pond

It's too bad there isn't some sort of homing beacon for boats that send a signal to your phone to show you the exact location tho... That would be useful.
Was the garmin in it? Does that have any feature like that?


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Garmin was in it. I don't think it has any feature like that. The pool pole thing isn't a bad idea.

[larryrose11]

Put a buoy where it crashed, hire a diver or offer a reward to the local dive club.
I lost a prop from a broken flex and hired a local kid with mask, found my prop in 15 feet of water after 5 min

[Spartanator]

I have done the pole thing before. I lost some Oakley sunglasses at a grub spot on the water while hopping from the boat to the dock. I wasn't happy and figured they were gone since it's a strong current at that spot. I went back with a pole within 2 hours and I found them along with some other keys, a dead phone and what was left of some glasses. It wasn't but 7 feet deep but no way was I getting in the strong current..
The guy that runs the place (we call him Howdy) thought I could say bye bye to the sun glasses... Haha

[spectre]

Went out and tried snagging it. No luck. Went to several sporting goods stores and no one had a portable one. So I'm on the fence if I want to spend $130 for one or not. The water was 6ft to 11ft deep in this area. I have a feeling that hiring a diver would be a waste of time because the water is so murky that you can't see 1ft in front of your face. I guess I need to mull over this a bit. The fish finder thing seems like it may not fair well because the shapes I've seen don't look quite accurate. Anyone ever actually tried this? Sounds like a good idea but I dunno.

Just buy it, its something you can use in the future too as your on the water a lot. It also has a resale value when u find ur boat and are bored of it. If you have a mud bottom and no current, that boat will be sitting on top of the mud and the shape of the image on the depth finder will show it. I am a full size boater and these units work well in the right conditions. Where I boat its a sandy bottom so the finder shows floor shape very well along with stuff that's laying on top of it, hope that helps.

[SloHD]

A cast net might be another option to try.

[T.S.Davis]

Travis, you and I argue about everything. Gonna do it again. Don't let this hold you back. Get right back on the horse.

Not meaning to be insensitive. Sooooo sucks losing a boat. The more work you put into the worse it feels too. I lost a carbon boat a couple months ago. Second run I think. 4s/2p with Neu power. Everything I learned from multiple builds incorporated. It's just gone. Went down because I was a jack wagon. My own danged fault. Ahhhh! Lesson learned for me. You'll be smarter for this. You wont lose another. Not the same way at least.

I watched a diver retrieve one in Atlanta in murky water. He basically crawled across the bottom in the approximate location with a piece of PVC about 10' wide. When he hit something he traced to where he though the hit was. Found the boat. Found some hatches too that he wasn't even looking for. A diver might be able to find mine. Maybe. You could probably hire a guy from the local dive shop. Just tell them what your up against and get a price. If it cost you $250 but you got all that work back......worth it. I may go this route myself still.

[kfxguy]

Travis, you and I argue about everything. Gonna do it again. Don't let this hold you back. Get right back on the horse.

Not meaning to be insensitive. Sooooo sucks losing a boat. The more work you put into the worse it feels too. I lost a carbon boat a couple months ago. Second run I think. 4s/2p with Neu power. Everything I learned from multiple builds incorporated. It's just gone. Went down because I was a jack wagon. My own danged fault. Ahhhh! Lesson learned for me. You'll be smarter for this. You wont lose another. Not the same way at least.

I watched a diver retrieve one in Atlanta in murky water. He basically crawled across the bottom in the approximate location with a piece of PVC about 10' wide. When he hit something he traced to where he though the hit was. Found the boat. Found some hatches too that he wasn't even looking for. A diver might be able to find mine. Maybe. You could probably hire a guy from the local dive shop. Just tell them what your up against and get a price. If it cost you $250 but you got all that work back......worth it. I may go this route myself still.

Good stuff, thanks. I have a diver going after it on Wednesday. I'll pick up a piece of pvc pipe and tell him to try that. I'll get back on the horse, I just ordered another Esc for it and the same batteries I lost. Don't think I'm going lehner on the motor again. I think I'm going to try a tp motor this time. Ive kinda lost the drive on making this boat hit 100. I got really close but it's just not worth it to me anymore. I'm thinking a 4070 2050kv tp ought to push it pretty well. I know a bit overkill but it's not quite a 1527 neu but a little more than a 1521 so it should cruise nicely on 4s and 5s. This boat that sank ran 82.7mph on 5s right before it sank. I think I'll just settle around that mark and just drive it for a bit and build a bigger "saw" boat later. I'm right on the edge of ordering that motor.

Your right you know....I don't think I'll lose another one like this again. I will go through great lengths from now on to reinforce everywhere I can and put as much flotation as I can. I'm even going outside the box and considering pool noodles stuffed in places where putting foam isn't feasible.

[revoltrunner]

Good luck and watch out for this guy while your looking for it.

[T.S.Davis]

I've kinda lost the drive on making this boat hit 100. I got really close but it's just not worth it to me anymore. .

You'll be right back to it. Not right away but you will. You'll just approach it with a "speed kills" mind set. Which is pretty true for anything running 70 plus

We've broken so much crap in the last few weeks between my son and I. Speared once. I was oddly okay with that. It's been silly stuff too though. Bearings failing. Water cooling line broken off that baked a motor. Seem opening up on a 10s mono. Coupler slipping making for a bind that killed a 4s pack. ugh. Getting tire of wrenching. I was like........."this racing crap is for the birds, I'm going to just heckle at the MI Cup. Screw it". Had to just power through it and keep going.

Guess I'm just trying to reassure you that all the super freaks have their moments of "why the heck am I doing this".

[kfxguy]

You'll be right back to it. Not right away but you will. You'll just approach it with a "speed kills" mind set. Which is pretty true for anything running 70 plus

We've broken so much crap in the last few weeks between my son and I. Speared once. I was oddly okay with that. It's been silly stuff too though. Bearings failing. Water cooling line broken off that baked a motor. Seem opening up on a 10s mono. Coupler slipping making for a bind that killed a 4s pack. ugh. Getting tire of wrenching. I was like........."this racing crap is for the birds, I'm going to just heckle at the MI Cup. Screw it". Had to just power through it and keep going.

Guess I'm just trying to reassure you that all the super freaks have their moments of "why the heck am I doing this".

Man you got luck like me! Bad luck! You are right....sometimes I wonder why I do this. Nobody really cares that I know. I start talking about a fast boat and they get a little interested until I tell them I'm talking about an rc boat....then they don't care anymore. I guess it's a personal satisfaction type of thing but I'm sitting here rethinking the amount of money I've been putting into it. I think I'm scaling back some.

I think there was one thing that kept me going in this. Right before the Rivercat sank I went run my mono and I made one pass, it was like 65.7 on 6s (which was a little low than normal) Then I threw it back in the water and nothing. The throttle topped working. Retrieve it and it seems like the Esc went. I had got a lot of water in it while on vacation (saltwater at that) because of a leaking cooling line fitting. It acted funny on me when I was out in the bay so that was a waste even bringing it to Florida. So anyway, it's not working, I bring it home ticked off and grab the Rivercat. Go back to the lake. Sink it. Ugh. Now I'm hot. I don't want this anymore. $300 Esc gone then a whole boat with a $450 motor and lord knows how much custom work and parts in it...gone. Then while I'm stewing on that I'm thinking about the $490 lehner and $300 mgm I just toasted. Ugh. I'm madder than a hornet at this point. So when I get home I cool off a little. Drink a few beers and start taking the mono apart because I'm selling it all. I'm pricing stuff in my head. Then I decide to test the Esc on my tester. It worked. Wth? The cause was a corroded connection in my receiver extension wire. Whew. I love that boat but if that brand new $300 Esc was toast...it was getting sold. All of it. Except my mini Rivercat. Lol. It's the one I think I'll keep no matter what. Love that boat. So I can relate man. Believe me. I seem to be having more issues now that I've moved up to more expensive equipment. Go figure. Old seaking 180 and neu 1521 was bullet proof it seemed.

[electric]

Sorry your lost your boat. Been there done that. Lost a T-mono in race last year, everything. Flipped a second t-mono just a month ago and it ripped the entire top of the hull off, luckily it landed right side up, but I lost the entire top of boat, so the hull was not much use. On my third T-mono in one year...this is not my class to race apparently...

[kfxguy]

Travis, you and I argue about everything. Gonna do it again. Don't let this hold you back. Get right back on the horse.

Not meaning to be insensitive. Sooooo sucks losing a boat. The more work you put into the worse it feels too. I lost a carbon boat a couple months ago. Second run I think. 4s/2p with Neu power. Everything I learned from multiple builds incorporated. It's just gone. Went down because I was a jack wagon. My own danged fault. Ahhhh! Lesson learned for me. You'll be smarter for this. You wont lose another. Not the same way at least.

I watched a diver retrieve one in Atlanta in murky water. He basically crawled across the bottom in the approximate location with a piece of PVC about 10' wide. When he hit something he traced to where he though the hit was. Found the boat. Found some hatches too that he wasn't even looking for. A diver might be able to find mine. Maybe. You could probably hire a guy from the local dive shop. Just tell them what your up against and get a price. If it cost you $250 but you got all that work back......worth it. I may go this route myself still.

Btw, I really don't wanna argue with you anymore. You seem like a pretty good fella that means well and is very knowledgeable. I respect that. We just have different ways of doing stuff. We still arrive at the same point tho.....having fun and doing what we like. :)

[T.S.Davis]

I start talking about a fast boat and they get a little interested until I tell them I'm talking about an rc boat....then they don't care anymore.

haha Yeah, the glossy stair of disinterest. Starts off good...........then.........ah lost em. Almost had one!

I think that's why I love the racing events so much. At least there I have at a couple dozen idiots like myself that actual give a crap that I banged off a 1:08 heat time. Pick your own bench mark. 80 mph, 100mph, a hot heat, 14 offshore laps. It's got to be part of the attraction for the SAW guys too. That's even more niche.

The conversation with a layman sounds like this......

"Oh you set record world speed record? That sounds complicated. How'd ya do it?"
"OH! Well thanks for asking. I used 10s2p in a twin cat pulling about 250 amps. Works out to about 9000 watts, and blah, had an ESC's made to my specifications, blah, custom hardware, propeller balancing, 100's of 3 second test runs, blah, blah, blah"..................aaaaaaaand there's the blank stair of disinterest that we all know and love.

Their next comment is either, "you spent how much time?" or "that sounds expensive".

You do it so someone else that actually knows what that takes will say "hey man, nice job". The forum is great for confirmation but doesn't quite encompass that sense of kindred spirit I get at events. You lose a boat there and we all mourn it's loss. You might even get a hug. LOL