Woah! scary crap. Plowing the bow is my biggest fear in my fish-n-ski. Glad you made it back ok.

I keep a spare bildge pump on the boat with a 8ft piece of garden hose attached to it. It stays in a storage locker, but is one grab away. I can either plug it into the cigarette lighter outlet or clamp it onto the battery. That way if the main bildge pump goes down or can't keep up for some reason, I can chuck the extra pump into the bilge and the hose over the side. I plan to mount the pump permanently and put a float switch in with manual override.