The Submarine

[BosnBill]

Alright all you boating hotdogs, how is this done and would you do it yourself? The submarine

 

[Mr Googler]

You could do it on a jet boat. Swing the reverse bucket down and instant reverse thrust In my youth did bits and pieces like that but somewhat more gently. Dip the nose a bit and full lock to do a sort of hover spin.

Only thing is the boat in the video looks like a mastercraft which are normally shaft drive so I have no idea how that could happen

 

[Whopper]

Guys an idiot. Cockpits in mastercrafts don't drain easily unlike a rib or centre consol. Also I suspect that there would be engine components under water once the water filled the bilge. As far as I know there are breathers on the gear box which can take on water when the bilge fills to a certain level. Having said that we often splash a small amount over the bow which can’t really be helped.

 

[DAKA]

Alright all you boating hotdogs, how is this done and would you do it yourself? The submarine

I stuffed my Bayliner 3-4 times (by accident).
this is how I think he did it

There is his own wake he is heading into.

Hits fist wave and as he dips into the second he powers off ready to pull a 180 BUT the bow digs in to the second wash wave.

I believe it was a stunt gone wrong, credit due he was messing about and made a great film 10/10

We stuffed this to 3-4 inches above the windscreen, the canopy was up at the time.

 

[Trundlebug]

I stuffed my Bayliner 3-4 times (by accident).
this is how I think he did it

There is his own wake he is heading into.

Hits fist wave and as he dips into the second he powers off ready to pull a 180 BUT the bow digs in to the second wash wave.

I believe it was a stunt gone wrong, credit due he was messing about and made a great film 10/10

We stuffed this to 3-4 inches above the windscreen, the canopy was up at the time.

Looks like the Humber bridge, except the water's not muddy enough!
So where

 

[DAKA]

Looks like the Humber bridge, except the water's not muddy enough!
So where

well done trundlebug, its the humber bridge

On a spring the clean water just about makes it to reeds Island , of course thick brown sludge on the way back.

 

[Cookee]

That boat is a shaft drive Mastercraft and if you're especially determined to sink your boat a certain combination of actions make it possible - as a previous poster commented it is much easier with a jet drive!

 

[longjohnsilver]

Alright all you boating hotdogs, how is this done and would you do it yourself? The submarine

Why would anyone look so pleased after virtually sinking their boat and no doubt causing extensive electrical/engine damage, unless of course the boat wasn't theirs.

 

[DracoP]

I always did think that bow-riders were a stupid idea. I've often wondered as I powered incompetently through waves with water breaking over bows what would happen if I had an enormous hole, or a funnel, designed as part of the front of the boat. Now I know. Thanks for the clip.

 

[landlockedpirate]

This has been discussed loads, on here and even more on the Mastercraft forums. It was a fluke/accident, driver was just trying to do a standard Mastercraft turn, something went wrong and he submarined it.

I think Daka has the most plausible explanation i've seen to date.

 

[Whopper]

The driver turns the wheel at least three full turns to the right which is about full lock on a mastercraft. He was probably trying to do something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsF8niEGEMQ