My wife's 3up died today. No forward propulsion and engine whining.
What really caught me though, was that with a couple of small waves going over the gunwale, the port side of my wife's spark started filling with water. As she is now ankle deep in water on one side, her spark starts to list. I grabbed the rope she threw me and started towing. If I had not, she is in the water and then what? She can flip it over only to have the same thing repeat itself. This was in very calm water and has now happened to both of us except I went right in. We were very lucky. We had just come off Lake Ontario and the spark died right beside a boat launch! But the truth is, a spark is a boat that won't float. At least not upright, unless the conditions are dead calm.
We have had nothing but fun with the sparks but this has made me rethink how and where I will ride them.
What really caught me though, was that with a couple of small waves going over the gunwale, the port side of my wife's spark started filling with water. As she is now ankle deep in water on one side, her spark starts to list. I grabbed the rope she threw me and started towing. If I had not, she is in the water and then what? She can flip it over only to have the same thing repeat itself. This was in very calm water and has now happened to both of us except I went right in. We were very lucky. We had just come off Lake Ontario and the spark died right beside a boat launch! But the truth is, a spark is a boat that won't float. At least not upright, unless the conditions are dead calm.
We have had nothing but fun with the sparks but this has made me rethink how and where I will ride them.