Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

What is a depth finder? Was it trying to indicate the water level was too low?

How come it only happened when I sped up?

Also, why did they give me money off, if this was an intended feature of the boat?
Just fishing.... Sonar to warn you about shallow water and keep you from ruining prop or worse.

You can elevate your prop usually with a little up/down button on your throttle

That piezo beep can be wired into a lot of things .... was wondering if it would marry up with your experience (happened near shore)

Edit: I got my boating license by taking an online test.
I'm pretty sure the boats you rent at Lake Mead are Jet Drive and not prop. The main reason I do not think this was depth finder beep was because unless Druff was hugging the shore line, most of which is mountain/rocky terrain, the majority of the lake once out of the marina is 100+ feet.

The beep or whistle is used to alert for a variety of different reasons, so pinpointing exactly what it was is difficult. My guess would be the engine was overheating at high speeds. This could easily happen with scarce maintenance. If the impeller isn't changed out regularly on my boat it will overheat every time. Not exactly familiar with the mechanics of a jet drive, but I could easily see overheating as the issue. Sounds like it was definitely a mechanical issue since he wasn't given an explanation what it was when they chopped off $50.

Also, maybe they have a speed limit the boats aren't supposed to go past for insurance reasons or whatever, and put that beep on there to discourage people from hitting those speeds.