marine4003
Lieutenant Junior Grade
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- Feb 3, 2008
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So i finally finished my 1965 13' Whaler restoration and decided to splash her, well given i cant leave my property towing a boat without my 2 dogs joining me, 1- 2 yr old Chesapeake Bay Retriever 2 - 3 yr old Black Lab, Summer and Zack....The three of us jumped in the truck and proceeded to the ramp..everything went well...motored upstream about 3 miles and was passing thru a bed of crab pots...Zack & Summer who generally sit in the bow area..all nice and docile started barking..and barking at a tangle of brush and what looked like an arm caught up in the brush, due to my time in the service i've seen more bodies than anyone ever needs to see,even with tha,t the cold trickle crept up my spine....at this point Zack decides to jump off the boat....Great, never being shy..Summer follows,and starts swimming towards the tangle,having to approach this deal from upstream,i come about to investigate...not to mention figuring out how to load two soaking wet dogs, as i approach the tangle i realize its not an arm but part of a buoy..off white in color,glad its not a body part,i now have to load these dogs, drop anchor,start calling my boys..well they respond and swim up to the boat,and attempt climbing in....grab Summer by the scruff haul her in....Grab Zack and attempt the same...half way in,Summer decides to go swimming again.....get Zack in boat.....Grab Summer.....and...yup , Summer goes back in...well this happens twice then those two miscreants realize im not kidding and stay in the boat....What A Great Day !!!!!!ps - Whaler ran Great,