Ditto here also. Did it in a smaller less dangeous place. Had a 17 Bass Tracker in a lake north of Atl. Put boat in and somehow plug came out. Bilge did not activate.....(only had one). When we were leaving the ramp we noticed water on the carpet floor. Opened bilge and you guessed it, full. Hit the throttle to get on plane and the bow went 70 degrees in the air. Was on the absolute back end of the power curve. Headed for the beach (in a no wake zone) wide open with plans to beach. I knew just before I beached I could make it so I did a 180 and keep up speed. My yellow lab kept giving me bad looks duriong the entire fiasco.
Glad no one observed this stupid exersise.