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[HVACTECH]

hi everyone

 

I'm looking at buying a cottage on a lake that is boat access only, the public boat launch has a depth of about 4-5 ft and is a sandy muddy bottom, that doesn't have me worried so much but we have to drive about 5 min through an area where the weeds come up to the surface, also half the lake is like that too, the other half of the lake is 20-60 ft deep so that is where I will probably do most of my boating, I would like to boat all over the lake but with how the weeds come up to the surface it has me worried about the grate being plugged all the time, I would like to know if anyone has any tips for me on how these boats perform through weedy locations, I have heard of a weed rake and I might look into one of those if they're still available.

 

any advise would be great, thanks mike 

[ahamay115]

In my experience, weeds = bad day of boating.

 

The lake I like on has a bay connected to it, which we often ride through, especially on days where the lake is really choppy, but it seems like every time I even think about weeds I end up clogged and jumping in to clear the grate.  I have in the past couple years installed the fixed grate and it seems to work much better than the original hinged one, but I am still regularly clearing it for optimal performance.  At least with the fixed grate, I have the choice to clear the grate instead of unclogging the impeller with the old style one.

 

Hopefully someone will have better experience and possibly an opinion on the weed rake.  I have heard of them previously, but I have not ever found or used one.

 

Good luck!

-Chris

[HVACTECH]

 just thought I would give an update on this topic, we purchased the property and put the boat in last weekend and it performed very well, I checked the grate and only had 1 weed stuck in it but not enough to cause issues which was good because I didn't really want to buy a prop boat 

[BigWayne]

I boat on a lake that has lots of sticks and weeds that randomly pop-up in various locations. Forunately, I have not come across any issues so far when going through weeded water spots.

I usually just slow down and idle through rough areas on the lake.