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D Huey - 4 years ago

Just boat my first boat in November 2019. You videos are extremely helpful and I refer to your site often foe information.
#esearider

Matt Charles - 4 years ago

Shoals move during heavy storms... ask me how i know. #esearider

Paul Porter - 4 years ago

Great information in this video. #esearider

jman3336 - 4 years ago

I fish out of Tavernier Creek. Unfortunately it’s one of the few channels that hasn’t been dredged out so it’s very shallow. I’m in a 30’ single diesel so I draft a lot. Just about 3 foot. I’ve bumped bottom 1 or 2 times but luckily never had damage. Now I just plan accordingly and leave as close to dead high tide as I can.

B Mick - 4 years ago

I have watched people run their boats right into the sand bar near of my favorite fishing spots. They try to power through only to fill their engines up with sand and cause an overheat. #Esearider

Jack Salisbury - 4 years ago

Nice job as always, thanks for posting! I just forwarded to 6 buddies. #ESeaRider

vxnova1 - 4 years ago

#easyrider, Haven’t hit bottom yet, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time

wesley currin - 4 years ago

Last year we ran aground on the 22' bayboat while fishing (white sand) and got out of the boat and it floated enough to walk beside it and push it to a deeper hole. That deeper hole turned out to be a great trout fishing spot and we found a way out on the other side. #E-SeaRider

jgsmith16 - 4 years ago

New to boating, love the channel #esearider

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BRAD SATTERFIELD - 4 years ago

Great content keep’em coming!! #ESeaRider

Javier Rodriguez - 4 years ago

don't see many shallow spots on the west coast, but very informative. #esearider

Ethan Rossler - 4 years ago

Unfortunately those sayings don’t work when running at night which means you gotta be extra careful. #esearider

myfast5oh - 4 years ago

Love the vid.. great infp

Lustfulvengance - 4 years ago

The shallow Florida water is EXACTLY why I bought a jet boat! It will float in 6" of water and on plane it draws like 1" ALSO won't hurt our Manatees! Completely flat under there!
#esearider

Jpl636 - 4 years ago

I have never run aground. I have been close a couple time , makes you pucker up a little. Very informative vid. #esearider

Brad Cortez - 4 years ago

#ESEARIDER
Although I was familiar with the 1st saying "Red, Right, Return" one of my first experiences driving thru the channel, I came across a 2 man crew working on one of the markers, blocking the marker symbol. That particular set of markers only had one. Not being familiar, I had to choose, is it red or green? Needless to say, I chose wrong! Worse sound ever! That particular area is heavy with oyster bars! Yikes! Ended up with a mushroomed over prop, no damage to lower unit tho.

Best part .. I was already slowing down, as that marker also marked a 'minimum wake zone' so the crew heard the noise and knew exactly what happened. Heard the guys yell, 'hey, it's safer over here in the channel'

'Gee thanks!'

butch c - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider as a rookie boater I didn't know about the red right return and I went to the right side of the red marker on inbound and grounded in the mud about three hours later someone pulled us out oops

Ethan Floyd - 4 years ago

Been in a more rare hitting ground situation in NW Florida. I’ve been on a buddies boat several times that beach launch. A very cool experience each time. Bumping and nudging ground is quite the common occurrence. They change their lower unit oil every 20 hours and the props will get razor sharp from them sharpening in the sand. #ESeaRider

Catfish Stalker Outdoors with Capt Greg Ollila - 4 years ago

Awesome! #Easyrider

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Fireship1 - 4 years ago

Have never hit bottom in over 20 years of boating. I watch my depthsounder like a hawk and I guess I’ve been plain lucky. #Esearider

Jamie Redington - 4 years ago

A few years back I went out of the channel to pick up a plastic bottle I thought was litter floating in the water. Well it wasn't and turned out to be tied to a string marking a submerged rock. The second I realized what it was it was too late. Needed a new prop but luckily didn't do any permanent damage to the motor #esearider

RED RACING GO-KARTS - 4 years ago

#esaerider

Scott Stolz - 4 years ago

Running up the War Eagle River I rounded a bend and hit a gravel bar. # ESEA Rider

jquinn5611 - 4 years ago

Few weeks ago at the lagoon, Horn island #ESearider

DRBumbles - 4 years ago

Ran aground while trying to scout new flounder higging spots around Sunset Beach, NC. I had to get out and push the boat about 100yrds. #ESeaRider

DirtMcGert29054 - 4 years ago

#Give my wife a. damn prize

DirtMcGert29054 - 4 years ago

Going to marathon on august , sent this video to the 5 other people going with me , It will be my 10th , wife has been with me a few times , but the other clowns need to know

Santy Sardinas - 4 years ago

#esearider another great and very useful video thanks guys I like the frases

Mike Shirvis - 4 years ago

....was coming in from fishing with girlfriend at night in New England, during the week, pitch black, no moon, no boats around...strong guide light went dead....foolishly went for the short cut way into the bay (running late as it was), but smart enough to cut my speed down.....too see a line of birds sitting in a row - on top of the rocks in the bay directly in front of me.....BAAAAMMMMMM......slammed into the rocks......after cleaning up my shorts, drifted off rocks and motored in.....Grady White only suffered a slight bruise on the hull!!!!!! #Esearider #Lucky

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Christian Bockelmann - 4 years ago

I have never hit the bottom. This is largely due to me just getting a boat last week. The #esearider would be a great addition to the new boat. Stay safe and your love the videos as always!

genrllee - 4 years ago

Been aground a few times in the flats, but was luckily able to jump out and push the boat off. Haven't had to wait for a tide to change to get free as of yet! #esearider

J Green - 4 years ago

Ran aground twice in Bogue Sound, with one being just east of marker 12 on ICW. Both times when big wind pushed water out of the sound. #EseaRider

Les - 4 years ago

I found the bottom in flamingo once in my 20 wellcraft. I see why this area is only for flats boats now. Glad I had help with me that day to get it out. #esearider

Hook & Spear - 4 years ago

I hit ground going out of Hatteras Inlet the first time in my panga... it was dark. #ESearider

Eric Frisch - 4 years ago

if you haven't hit bottom...you have not boated much. Spent the night high and dry many years ago and the skeeters loved us #ESearider

Wheel Man Motoring - 4 years ago

Bottomed out on a sandbar in between Elliot key and Boca Chita key doing at least 40 knots on my dads old John almond with a 454! Dead stop but I’m alive!!! #Esearider

Frederick Wiley - 4 years ago

Cut a bridge to short...ended up with a new lower unit and prop...learned stop trying to out fish the rain..#esearider

The Spinning Ballyhoo - 4 years ago

Hit the bottom at horseshoe island near key colony... freaking clogged the engine pisser and we had to limp back to kcb on one engine, luckily we stuck a wire into the pisser and it ran and flowed water fine! #esearider

Abel Esparza - 4 years ago

White poles down here in the Lower Laguna Madre were used in the days before gps and chart plotters. They are scattered all up and down our bay system. You for got to mention if you see birds standing in the water it is definitely to shallow for many boats. #esearider

Jack Miller - 4 years ago

I hit a rock in crystal River. Rocks are everywhere. Just have to know the areas. I fish a lot of rocky places. Tides need to be right or it’s can be a graveyard for lower units. #Esearider

florida musician - 4 years ago

Hit Bottom Florida Keys Tavernier Key a local shallow pass on the bay side known for the marker poles decorated by Toilet Seats hung off of them.... Was not up enough on a plane for a clear passage and hit bottom and bogged out. Had to wait about an hour for the tide to rise high enough to pole-push out to deeper water. #esearider #navigation #FloridaKeys #boating

Julio Gonzalez - 4 years ago

Lol was having fuel pump issues with a 200 Johnson sonic had my brother take over the helmet while I kept pumping the primer bulb and I guess when I told him to go BETWEEN the islands he though I meant go straight for one and we definitely hit bottom! Luckily I was able to get us out quick with just minor scratches on the skeg. #ESeaRider

mrmettler1983 - 4 years ago

I hit the edge of a sandbar in our local river following a friend. Wasn’t low tide and wasn’t shown on our GPS unit. #esearider

Time Well Wasted - 4 years ago

4 weeks back we launch out of Dunedin boat ramp it was early morning just before sunrise the guy i thought who new this channel well made us run a ground luckily no on was hurt we got a tow out of our situation by some very kind hearted passerby since then i never let anyone drive my boat again. # Esearider

alllstar01 - 4 years ago

Ran aground on a sail boat had to wait hours for high tide and was about to push it off #esearider

John Lancaster - 4 years ago

Is your shop hiring but any chance??

Doug Copeland - 4 years ago

#Esearider. Ran my micro skiff right up onto an oyster bed and broke a my prop at the same time was not a good day fishing. Still have the scar on the bottom of the skiff.

Timothy Beaty - 4 years ago

#ezrider. First time out in my boat. Thought Biscayne bay was deep enough, but not in Stiltsville! The tide freed me up an hour later. Next purchase, Garmin GPS!

Bottomknockin' Baja - 4 years ago

Mother mother ocean... she is beautiful and unforgiving! #ESeaRider

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Luis Vallecillo - 4 years ago

Ran into a sand bar in Rehoboth Bay Delaware while vacation with family. Misread the red/green single marker. Always messes me up. #esearider

Kyle Black - 4 years ago

I've never hit bottom in my boat thanks to pure luck, but while a friend of mine and I were on his, he decided he wanted to cut across the river to the other channel during low tide. Didn't end well. #ESeaRider

David Cimarik - 4 years ago

Dragged my lower unit a few times at a slow speed but haven’t truly run aground thus far. #esearider

John Paukovits - 4 years ago

When I was 11 I bounced an outboard of the back of a dingy because I was ripping out into a bay on Long Island and hit bottom. The engine was spinning in the water while I held it by the gas line. I wasn't allowed to drive alone for the rest of the summer. #ESeaRider

Mario Sanchez - 4 years ago

That time we broke the skeg off, lol #esearider

Jeremy Bushue - 4 years ago

I wasn’t paying attention to the white pipes and ran ground #esearider

Ed Mullins - 4 years ago

Ran aground last fall in the flats trying to get through a cut I was sure I’d make it through! Oh well, still caught fish and got out a few hours later at high tide. #E-SeaRider

Tom Losco - 4 years ago

Always like to ride with someone who knows the area before I take my boat through #ESeaRider

Brady Bryant - 4 years ago

I’ve hit the bottom plenty of times, working on shallow lakes makes it always a challenge especially when on a new body of water. If I see a marker typically it is marking something in the water. This information in this vid will help if we get out on the bigger bodies of water! Never knew what those markers meant when going on charters. Thanks for the info! #ESeaRider

Michael Collins - 4 years ago

2 Years ago staying at Pirates Cove in Central Florida..I was in the channel and during low tide bottomed out. I was totaly pissed and it pulled all the paint off my skeg! Thank goodness it was only sand! ..#esearider

J Sails - 4 years ago

#Esearider Glad your still producing even during the Covid 19 outbreak. Your a great break from our daily (stuck at home) routine.

VinMan - 4 years ago

When my pop had a 17 foot aluminum StarCraft in the early 80's we got bottom all the time in Barnegate Nj. We always left the engine unlocked so when we hit at speed the engine would fly out of the water screaming. .. good times....

VinMan - 4 years ago

@veeco3110 so true! The light house inlet was treacherous sometimes it was gorgeous and others it seemed like haulover inlet in Miami.

veeco3110 - 4 years ago

Barnaget bay is SKETCHY! 1 second you’re in 8 feet of water, the next second you’re in a sandbar by island beach state park.

Carter S - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider - we were on a small Boston whaler and cruising along the shore and then we hit a huge sand bar

Howe W. - 4 years ago

I am knowledgeable about my boating area..... now my wife?!?! Well, one time she took a few kids and a friend out on our old ‘63 Katama Whaler. On the way in they cut a corner and chewed up the prop real good on some rocks! They got in safe and we had a few laughs. I don’t think she’ll cut that corner again! #ESeaRider

Lovin House - 4 years ago

I was a passenger in a bass boat that ran aground...Not fun!
#esearider

Stacy Meister - 4 years ago

I was riding on a buddies boat one time, while we were following about 25 of his previous gps track lines. In the middle of discussing the water depth, due to it very silty color, we slowly cam to a stop. Sure enough, sitting in the mud at low tide. Thankfully, we sat back and chilled for about 2 hours until the boat floated free. Could have used a #ESeaRider

Bill Stewart - 4 years ago

My first grounding was in the Atlantic ICW. I got out of the main channel to spend the night. Next morning when I returned to the channel I did not retrace my track. Very quickly my keel got stuck on a sand bar that didn’t register on my depth gauge quickly enough. Good thing for Towing contracts. #Esearider

Marcus Huenefeld - 4 years ago

Here in the Carolinas (Cape Lookout NC), in behind the barrier islands, the channels shift like sand in a windy desert. You have to be careful all the time but especially after big storms or you can get yourself in a real bind in both natural channels and man made ones.
Was running at cruising speed in a spot we knew the channel well shortly after hurricane Florence and the water almost completely disappeared in front of us.
Had time to trim up the outboard and avoid sucking up sand but not quick enough to avoid a significant grounding in our 23ft bay boat. Took me, the wife, and two kids digging and rocking for 30 min to drift her back out but could have been worse. I’ve seen guys run completely out of the water going wide open! Now let me get that #esearider so it’s not so hard on the tush!

Tim Hanrahan - 4 years ago

I was taking my 36 foot sailboat into a small bay at Isle Royale on Lake Superior. The sun was high and the water was nice and dark which usually means deep water. The problem was that there was a big flat rock that was also dark. The keel of the boat rode right up on it and we were stuck for a hot minute. Fortunately we got away unscathed, but it took the rest of the day for my heart rate to return to normal. #Esearider

Dennis Bott - 4 years ago

#esearider
After trying to run a storm that was coming in behind us, we went under a bridge to the left of the channel and found an abandoned train tresses. Almost took our engine off.

Coppertune - 4 years ago

Ever thought about doing more than 1 vid a week?

Easton Dufour - 4 years ago

Luckily haven’t ran upon ground yet almost got pushed unto the beach by a rouge wave once #esearider

shaun ruark - 4 years ago

ESea Rider: Was looking at GPS and somewhere I could go in the summer but winter ran a ground. I just moved people to the front of the boat and floated off.

Joseph LaHood - 4 years ago

Never hit ground but still would like the #esearider

Eddie Tinoga - 4 years ago

#Esearider

chadclm - 4 years ago

We don get the pleasure of clear water in Galveston bay ran aground a few time out of the intercoastal #esearider

Eddie Tinoga - 4 years ago

# easyrider

CJ - 4 years ago

Keys trip low tide excited at night running west of 7 mile and the sandbar popped out of no where lol #esearider

Jeremy Hawley - 4 years ago

What about limestone bottoms in the gulf of mexio?. Weeki wachee has claimed a few of my props and shafts. You can use all of the tips until you enter those limestone bottom area. #ESeaRider

Ed Loewen - 4 years ago

Vicinity Savannah, GA on a St Patrick’s day. Lucky just before low tide. Was stuck on a sand bar for a couple hours while the tide came back in. Lots of bugs! #esearider

Jeff Marshall - 4 years ago

I once got caught up on some sand in a channel that the markers weren't in a great place, luckily was going slow enough and could back off and get around it. #esearider looks very comfy!!:-)

Jorge Llovet - 4 years ago

#esearider Never hit ground but got close when looking at something else

Logan Shine - 4 years ago

One time I went to Suwannee Florida just south of were I live and didn’t realize they didn’t maintain the Chanel’s and at low tide ran a ground IN THE CHANNEL always be careful wherever you haven’t been #Esearider

David Traurig - 4 years ago

Dave T. again with the hash tag. #easyrider. Sorry forgot to add with my comment.

David Traurig - 4 years ago

I live in Fort Myers Fl. on the southwest gulf. We have a great fishing area known as Pine Island Sound. Anyone that fishes the area knows for sure how much brown ground there is. The water clarity doesn't even compare to the Florida Keys. We have the Caloosahatchee river which runs into the gulf of Mexico. So in turn we get a lot of run off from Lake Okeechobee; of which turns a lot of the fishing waters to a rusty brown color. So as you could expect we have to pay extra attention to the channel markers. The skinny water blends into the channel water. You get the point. I have hit the brown ground twice; one time was a hidden oyster bar i knew nothing about. Scraped the bottom of the boat so bad had to have it skimmed with faring material, sanded and repainted. Luckily there were no holes to fix. Learned my lesson pretty quick. Needless to say we are the captains of our boats and are responsible for all aboard as they expect to be returned to the dock safely. Thank You Dave T.

Andrew F Yakim - 4 years ago

Hi BAB, This is all super information; I cannot imagine the work you did to put this together with all the drone video and such. Thank you! #esearider . I have hit the bottom so many times I don't know which one to pick! Most recent was last week when I hit 'something'; a submerged object or the 'bottom'. I don't know at this point, but did some damage to my lower unit...
By the way, the name of my present boat is Sea Sea Rider, so I am feeling exceptionally lucky about the bean-bag chair! ☺

captdwilliams - 4 years ago

I've never hit the bottom but would love an e-sea rider

__ row_shack - 4 years ago

Hittin bottom with the wife #esearider

David Moran - 4 years ago

there are two types of boaters on Moreton Bay QLD Australia - those that have run aground and those that lie about it! #esearider

rc-xd inbound - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider

Rover Republic - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider I was going 1/2 throttle across the ICW to a buddies house one morning. Sky was blue, air was warm, the water was too shallow. I hit bottom (Sandbar) and nearly tossed my daughter out of the boat. We were both okay but I had to trim up the motor, jump into the water and push us off. To this day, we laugh about it and the pact that we would not tell Mom what went down that morning.

VooDoo - 4 years ago

thx for the offer for bean bag .......very nice...I know others can use it.
luv the vid nice job

IFeelfishy - 4 years ago

Ran aground while talking on the phone in a tricky area by Oregon Inlet, NC. A 20 min struggle to get out, but we got out under our own power. Solid lesson learned: Pay attention to what you are doing, even if you have done this hundreds of times. #EseaRider

T. Koogle - 4 years ago

We were visiting friends and took a trip on their boat. The husband went below leaving the wife to drive out (she had done it before many times) when we hit! She forgot what side of the red marker she was supposed to be on! #esearider

Gavin Kralik - 4 years ago

Was going duck hunting in my boat, it was 30 degrees here in Nc, and the water was super low. I was on plane when my boat just stopped. Still went hunting tho. #ESeaRider

David Dye - 4 years ago

#Esearider fortunately I’ve not hit the bottom yet, and I do not plan on it thanks to another informative video.

Md Wills - 4 years ago

There are only 2 types of sailors... Ones that have run aground and those who are lying about not running aground... #esearider

Michael Duhe - 4 years ago

I've hit multiple Mississippi river sand bars, water is always brown and they sneak up on you. Most passes aren't even marked. #esearider

rrw2gonefishing - 4 years ago

Last time whent aground. I drifted over a oyster bar hard. Had to get to out in my boxers and push off cause it winter lucky a mild day but water was cold. And only a ten min. ride back to the ramp. But cut my feet up, not bad some foot soaking and I was fine. #EseaRider

Mike Herman - 4 years ago

Nice looking water ,here on the Anclote River brown all the time#esearider

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Brandon Curry - 4 years ago

Running out of Crystal River. I left the channel a little early and found a sand bar. Didn't get stuck just knocked the paint off the lower unit. #ESEARIDER

Johnny R - 4 years ago

#esearider when going in unknown water, I always trim the motor up.

Benji Gans - 4 years ago

Because I completed US power squadron, I've never run aground, yet I've seen many folks who are stranded at the sandbar! #ESeaRider

Mike Shirvis - 4 years ago

Benji Gans .....boat long enough and you will

James Landon - 4 years ago

very cool #esearider

TheRoadGlideRider - 4 years ago

I would love the seat #ESeaRider. Sand bars in the Colorado River on Lake Havasu can be a bear to navigate. I have hit them before.

Working Diligently - 4 years ago

#esearider My cousin had a rhodes 19 with a full keel back when we were kids. She wanted to get closer to some friends out in front of a farm at a raft, it may have been high tide or low - but it was an area that we never usually sailed with her boat. Needless to say, we hit ground and all rolled up to the front of the boat... luckily no one was hurt, but it was an abrupt stop. Also, we were able to lean the boat off the sand bar pretty quickly and head back home. It made for a great memory..

Tommy McCormick - 4 years ago

Howe W. Nice! I haven’t had the pleasure of spending much time there but I spent a week in Brant Beach for a sailboat regatta this past summer and had a blast, aside from running aground in Little Egg Harbor, of course...

Howe W. - 4 years ago

Hey my friend.... I grew up in Beach Haven ... summered there as a kid in the ‘60’s. I loved It there!

David Johnson - 4 years ago

If you ain’t been Aground you ain’t been around... #esearider

Fabian Diaz - 4 years ago

bayside on miami i kissed a sandy bottom

elmasry alhorr - 4 years ago

Going out at night with my 16 footer I ran a ground for not checking the tides before leaving at marina del rey Rey California but thank GOD it was all sand not rocks and with some help from my friends got back to safe depth to continue #esearider

Hemlock Grove - 4 years ago

Great video, thanks for the great information! We hit bottom coming in to the dock last year, didn’t raise the motor, shallow water. Bad mistake.
#Esearider

wukain - 4 years ago

#esearider went to key largo in early March didn't get stuck but my propeller did kick up some serious mud

Fishing Fool - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider I hit the bottom after crossing Humboldt Bay in California. I followed another boat but I guess they were lighter. I saw mud but didn't get stuck.

Tom - 4 years ago

amazing content

Gelacho - 4 years ago

I get grounded enough where the # EseaRider will help me wait comfortably, I need it!!

seawhaturnissen - 4 years ago

Just did it in Tarpon springs low tide watch out! #esearider

George Ringer - 4 years ago

I've been very luck I haven't it bottom but came close a couple time #esearider

michael burke - 4 years ago

Crystal River is one area that has sand bars, oyster beds and flats. #EseaRider

Yovan Rosario - 4 years ago

Its was an almost situation getting out of the sand bar and wave pushing the boat back to land not been able to push it back out we were lucky wind wasn't that strong and finally pushed out and then trim engine down but it was and almost stuck situation. Love the video keep the good work. #ESeaRider

dewey66904 - 4 years ago

#esearider Key West, This local says just drive straight to the ramp. well, my friend did and we made it about 100 yards and bottomed out.......me saying the whole time "dude slow down" .

kishidabu - 4 years ago

Thanks for the nav tips! Red Right Return worked great in the States but here in New Zealand (and other countries called "Region A" we have to say "is there any red port left?" as the port marks are red and on the left when returning. Why couldn't someone just come up with a standard for the whole world???

JMounce - 4 years ago

It all started with her: "Hey we should get a boat". First lesson, even if you're not ready, you get that boat. Took it down to Key West thinking we're surrounded by water this will be easy! Cruised around, went o Marquesas Key, looked at dolphins and boom!

All that light brown and green stuff on aerial Google Maps - yeah that's land on low tide. Spent about 4 hours stuck in just north in Key West yelling at her and the dog to get on the bow while I try to lift the stern and push it across the flats.

Watched a small shark do the same thing with its top half out of the water flail around and realized it's not just me.

Still would do it all over again. #ESeaRider

Steve & Melissa McAdams - 4 years ago

As a matter of fact run a ground last year trying to anchor at a sand bar. #ESeaRider

William Blomdahl - 4 years ago

I live in Virginia Beach on the Lynnhaven River and use these tips all the time. I love watching your channel and you have inspired me to change my steering cable and binnacle cables in my boat. I check the tides all the time because where we keep our 1986 boston whler is based off the tides and channels. I would love to have the #esearider

Jason Lefevers - 4 years ago

We hit a sand bar in Pensacola, FL while tubing once. We were doing about 25/30 mph and came to an abrupt stop. No fun at all. #EasyRider

Jazzy J - 4 years ago

You might want to edit your hashtag to say esearider.

Fred Rempe - 4 years ago

Cant say I have ran aground ,but I will remember the brown,brown run aground saying..great video as always!#ESEARIDER

Generalturbo - 4 years ago

Rode my with paps some years ago and he didnt realized the depth of the tide that time and we ran aground during a bad storm after having to cut our fishing trip short and almost tore off the motor off the transom .. It was a scary moment but one to very much learn from. #Esearider

cslider - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider - Always good to lay close attention going down the Intercoastal. Sometimes if you aren’t paying attention and head off your coordinates you can run aground easily. Not so bad in Miami, but in the Keys you may be running into rock. Great content.

James Dewey - 4 years ago

Well. I bought a boat with a 25” shaft with a 20” transom. Was in 4ft of water in the channel and low tide, tried to get on plane and boom hit bottom. Lesson learned from your other episode. Raised up motor and nice and easy now. #esearider

John Bailey - 4 years ago

Thanks, Liked this content better then you others wish I knew it two props and one skeg ago :). Again thanks for all your content.

Matt Haithcock - 4 years ago

I was anchored overnight next to one of my buddies. During the night his anchor broke free and drug across mine breaking it free as well. My 34in draft sailboat caught a sandbar 100yrds away from a low fixed bridge going out of the inlet. By the grace of god both boats were held and no damage was done. Just real confused when I woke up. #ESearider

stubmt - 4 years ago

Never did I hit the bottom sorry #ESeaRider

Roger Roger - 4 years ago

Very good information! I brought a couple around some islands looking for buoys and I told them to hold my boat off the shore a little bit while I grabbed a buoy. Well they didn’t listen and we got tide nipped lol. 5 hour ordeal! #esearider

OfficerDave78 - 4 years ago

I got the Covid-19 and been out of work for over 2 weeks.

Jazzy J - 4 years ago

@OfficerDave78 that's good to hear!

OfficerDave78 - 4 years ago

Jazzy J thank you ! I am doing better !

Rob Mitchell - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider In muddy mobile bay i have run aground a few times. Just try and go back the way you came in. Pulled a few off shoals myself

OfficerDave78 - 4 years ago

#ESeaRider the times I ran aground. Never in my personal boat. Just anchored at the beach for the day and tide was real low when I left and was hitting bottom when I left. At work I was coming out of a canal and one of the buoys broke away when it froze so on my way out I thought I was over enough and I hit hard aground. No damage.

Eric Davis - 4 years ago

Never been stuck! Living in the Fort Myers, Sanibel area... I’m pretty proud of myself! It’s really shallow here and when they release water from Lake O, everything is brown!” #esearider

Tom - 4 years ago

awesome content keep it up dude