psneeld
Guru
You obviously have never had an outboard or outdrive, maybe even an inboard driven into the sand and choked off when in the surf.I think the incorrect trim of the motor is everything about why this was a disaster. I'm positive from the wave size that right from when we see him in the video he had adequate depth to get that motor down, the danger of the prop gouging a bit of very soft sand, (at that depth), being way less than the adverse effect of the up-tilted trim, (which I suspect he just forgot to lower, he was concentrating so much on the waves), ), that prevented him from powering up properly and getting the hell out of there...once he took a s**tload of water over the depressed stern, resulting from downwards thrust and going too slow over the waves, he was doomed.
Wave height is a lousy indicator of water depth between offshore bars.
Yep, nothing better than getting on plane between those waves...
And leaving your bow down to take every vwave.
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