A few years ago, my family and I were on a camping trip in Texas with my wife's sister and her family. when we got to the campground, my wife and I , in a rush to get the weekend started, hurried to launch the boat. I backed it down the ramp, got in the boat and backed it off the trailer, and she pulled the trailer back to the campsite. I ran over to the campsite by water, and proceded to help with unloading and setting up tents and equipment. My nephew went to put the fishing gear in the boat and hollered" uncle Mark, why is there so much water in the boat ?"!! I immediatly remembered I forgot to put the plug in, and my 17ft. alum. v-hull was quickly sinking. I got in the boat, which had no bilge pump, and cranked it up. I ran out in the lake to run the water out. due to gas tank and other equipment in the boat, I could not put the plug in from the inside, so after the water ran out, I skirted the bank, and called my brother-in-law out. I gave him the plug, noticed water was comming in quick, told him I woulg go run the water out again, and when I got back to him, I would kill the 50 h.p. motor, and he would put the plug in from the outside, that worked until he went to put the plug in, and DROPPED IT !!! he's in about 4 ft. of water. I took off again and he started diving. I circled for about 5 min before he found the plug, we executed the plan flawlessly the second time, and went on to have a wonderful weekend on the lake.
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