Rope removal

[ski_king]

After being lucky for 20 plus years with regard to wrapping a rope around the prop, my luck ran out yesterday.
When I was getting ready to ski, in the middle of an empty river, my driver didnt see a stray floating rope. The result was about 50 feet of rope wrapped around the prop and shaft and a boat that wouldn't run.

After spending about 45 minutes of working under the boat to try to cut the rope off with a dull knife, I managed to swim the boat back to the ramp and get the boat on the trailer and remove the rope on land.

Does anybody know a way to easily untangle a rope?

To make matters even worst, after all of this, I found out my knee is still to sprained to get up skiing.........

[JEREMY79]

Carry a razor blade

[LakePirate]

A good box cutter, tied to a rope, works like a champ.

[Cloaked]

A good box cutter, tied to a rope, works like a champ.Yep. Otherwise a lot of time coming up for air. Been there, so don't feel bad.... It happens.

[ski_king]

Actually my knife wasnt that dull. The biggest roblem was visability and the fact I could only spend about 30-45 seconds at a time under the boat. The rope was also wound real tight. If my swim platform came off easily it would have been much easier.

[Workin' 4 Toys]

No easy way, but I would suggest a leatherman multi tool, sharp as razor, and much, much easier to hold.

[BriEOD]

I keep a box cutter and a diver's mask on my boat at all times.

[Cloaked]

Actually my knife wasnt that dull. The biggest roblem was visability and the fact I could only spend about 30-45 seconds at a time under the boat. The rope was also wound real tight. If my swim platform came off easily it would have been much easier.Just be glad it wasn't yEr brand new $95 ski rope that (just my luck) one bought last week, that you were cutting on... :D :D :purplaugh

[6ballsisall]

A pair of swim goggles and a sharp knife can work wonders. Never leave home without it!

[NatesGr8]

Been there as well, i had no knive or blade, just alot of water and alot of deep breaths. I had to wind it off backwards and keep pulling the slack out, after about 30 min we were good to go.

[east tx skier]

I was pulling a skier this weekend and a fisherman was parked in the middle of the river. I made my way around him and gave him as much room as I safely could. My wife said he had some choice words for us as we passed. Whatever, I thought. Perhaps not parking his boat in the middle of the river was not such a good idea. Once the boat was on the lift, I realized that a better idea would have been for him not to cast even further across the river. It seems we ran over his fishing line. Fortunately, we didn't drag him in a la Caddyshack. Fishing line comes off a bit easier than rope, too.

[Leroy]

Since you are not going so deep, you can use a hose to breath through if you trust someone on deck to hold it and not put something funny in it. ;)

[jimmer2880]

Since you are not going so deep, you can use a hose to breath through if you trust someone on deck to hold it and not put something funny in it. ;)

I tried that once with about 8' of hose. Didn't work for me. But - I was trying to go deeper. Have you been successful before?

Don't forget to either clip your nose shut, or use a mask. Found that out the hard way as I usually use goggles.

[krra1]

My head still hurts from bumping it on the swim plat foam when coming up for air. The rope was not damaged and was used for the rest of the day but it got tangled up easily after that. Bought a new rope and now use the old one as a spare.

[ski_king]

My head still hurts from bumping it on the swim plat foam when coming up for air. The rope was not damaged and was used for the rest of the day but it got tangled up easily after that. Bought a new rope and now use the old one as a spare.
Yes, I have had a headache all day from brusing the top of my head against the bottom of the boat and swim platform.

The rope that we wrapped up looked like it was off some sort of a swim float or canoe. Thank goodness it wasnt the new ski rope.

[Workin' 4 Toys]

Next time you dive, make sure you think about this. TAKE THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION!!! And be thankful you don't have remote start that could engage while you are under it!!!

[east tx skier]

Remove the kill switch, too. It is apparently possible to torque start these engines.

[Leroy]

I haven't, but know of people using them to 3-4'. Think you need pressurized air shortly after that.



I tried that once with about 8' of hose. Didn't work for me. But - I was trying to go deeper. Have you been successful before?

Don't forget to either clip your nose shut, or use a mask. Found that out the hard way as I usually use goggles.

[Diesel]

I was pulling a skier this weekend and a fisherman was parked in the middle of the river. I made my way around him and gave him as much room as I safely could. My wife said he had some choice words for us as we passed. Whatever, I thought. Perhaps not parking his boat in the middle of the river was not such a good idea. Once the boat was on the lift, I realized that a better idea would have been for him not to cast even further across the river. It seems we ran over his fishing line. Fortunately, we didn't drag him in a la Caddyshack. Fishing line comes off a bit easier than rope, too.

Had this happen this weekend to us :D . Guy fishing from the bank of a very small neck where the boat ramp is located and we ran over his line. Tried to give him as much room as possible but he must have had 400 yards out! The best part; My wife starts yelling you got one, you got one, as his rod was bending and popping out of its mud holder. He jumped off his bucket chasing the rod down the beach. She thought he really had a big one and I quickly tried to calm her down since I knew exactly what had happened. He thought she was rubbing it in, screamed some choice words, and my whole crew tried to contain the laughter until we were around the corner............... :D good times...........

[bcampbe7]

After being lucky for 20 plus years with regard to wrapping a rope around the prop, my luck ran out yesterday.
When I was getting ready to ski, in the middle of an empty river, my driver didnt see a stray floating rope. The result was about 50 feet of rope wrapped around the prop and shaft and a boat that wouldn't run.

After spending about 45 minutes of working under the boat to try to cut the rope off with a dull knife, I managed to swim the boat back to the ramp and get the boat on the trailer and remove the rope on land.

Does anybody know a way to easily untangle a rope?

To make matters even worst, after all of this, I found out my knee is still to sprained to get up skiing.........

Been there done that...
Happened to me last Summer. Luckily I saw the end of the rope just as I was passing over it. I was not going too fast and was able to shutdown just as the rope hit the prop. Wound it around about 3 times. It only took me about 10 minutes to get it unwound.

[ajgressette]

I feel for anyone who has had to deal with this problem. I keep a Wyoming Knife in my boat just for this reason. Any local hunting and fishing store sells them and they are SHARP!!! :twocents: