phwrd
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2007
- Messages
- 294
Please send me my plaque or my certificate, for I have joined the club...
Spent Saturday working on the boat, still have motor issues. Air in the lines, spluttering at mid RPM. Hooked the fuel line to a 6 gal portable tank, got it free of air. Ready to water test it.
Woke up Sunday morning early (before the sun), thinking about taking it out. Being the nice person I am, I let my brother sleep until daylight. As we did taste test a few brewski's on Saturday night. Least I could do.
Hooked the boat up, chains, lights, locked in the ball. Ran the motor on muffs for about 5 minutes, strapped down, winched tight.... Stopped for ice and bottled water. I walked around the boat twice wondering what the hell we forgot. Oh Well, guess we will figure it out when I get there.
15 minute drive to the ramp, pull in and get ready, Low Tide. Slick Ramp.
Brother backs the 4Runner down and I tilt down the motor, starts right up.
As he starts pulling away, I realize the we Don't have the Bilge Plug in. I am motioning for him to back the trailer back down to put the boat on it.
Fortunately, bilge pump is really spitting out the water.... get the front of the boat on the first cross bar, throw the bow line to my brother as I am reaching for the plug.
Why didn't he catch it ? The 4Runner is actually sliding down the ramp toward the boat all by itself.
The look on my brothers face as he is staring at me and actually pushing on the back of the truck to try and stop it. That is Priceless...
If I hadn't been in Panic mode by then, it would have been really funny.
I think at that point the only thing that went right (dumb luck) is that I fell on the throttle and the boat went into reverse and the truck stopped moving on it's own.
I am trying to get the boat tied to the shallow end of the dock, he gets in the truck and gets it off of the slick ramp. Once he runs back from the parking lot, I put the plug and wrench into my pocket.
Then as I try to toss the line to him, I stepped though my teak wood transom shield that I had forgot to lift (destroyed), but did manage to toss it as I fell on my back into the middle of the boat.
I really wish I had all of this on video... must have looked like a 3 stooges routine.
Did wade in chest deep and put the plug in, got the water out of the boat and had a good day on the water.
Hopefully never go through that lesson again... Use a brass screw-in from the outside type plug.
Going to drill a hole through the square part, chaining it to the steering wheel. If it is hanging there, then I am just being stupid again....
Will also take a rubber plug from the inside, so going to drop one in the bilge and leave it there...just in case.
Spent Saturday working on the boat, still have motor issues. Air in the lines, spluttering at mid RPM. Hooked the fuel line to a 6 gal portable tank, got it free of air. Ready to water test it.
Woke up Sunday morning early (before the sun), thinking about taking it out. Being the nice person I am, I let my brother sleep until daylight. As we did taste test a few brewski's on Saturday night. Least I could do.
Hooked the boat up, chains, lights, locked in the ball. Ran the motor on muffs for about 5 minutes, strapped down, winched tight.... Stopped for ice and bottled water. I walked around the boat twice wondering what the hell we forgot. Oh Well, guess we will figure it out when I get there.
15 minute drive to the ramp, pull in and get ready, Low Tide. Slick Ramp.
Brother backs the 4Runner down and I tilt down the motor, starts right up.
As he starts pulling away, I realize the we Don't have the Bilge Plug in. I am motioning for him to back the trailer back down to put the boat on it.
Fortunately, bilge pump is really spitting out the water.... get the front of the boat on the first cross bar, throw the bow line to my brother as I am reaching for the plug.
Why didn't he catch it ? The 4Runner is actually sliding down the ramp toward the boat all by itself.
The look on my brothers face as he is staring at me and actually pushing on the back of the truck to try and stop it. That is Priceless...
If I hadn't been in Panic mode by then, it would have been really funny.
I think at that point the only thing that went right (dumb luck) is that I fell on the throttle and the boat went into reverse and the truck stopped moving on it's own.
I am trying to get the boat tied to the shallow end of the dock, he gets in the truck and gets it off of the slick ramp. Once he runs back from the parking lot, I put the plug and wrench into my pocket.
Then as I try to toss the line to him, I stepped though my teak wood transom shield that I had forgot to lift (destroyed), but did manage to toss it as I fell on my back into the middle of the boat.
I really wish I had all of this on video... must have looked like a 3 stooges routine.
Did wade in chest deep and put the plug in, got the water out of the boat and had a good day on the water.
Hopefully never go through that lesson again... Use a brass screw-in from the outside type plug.
Going to drill a hole through the square part, chaining it to the steering wheel. If it is hanging there, then I am just being stupid again....
Will also take a rubber plug from the inside, so going to drop one in the bilge and leave it there...just in case.
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