Last summer my dad finally got his first boat...which he has wanted a boat for 30+ years. He got an 18 foot sea hunt bow rider. Awesome boat.
Regardless, my little brother and I had just ventured into some old Craigslist jet skis to wrench around on...and we both got our NC boating licenses since we were under 26 (18 and 24 years old) My mom kept telling my dad he should get a boating license even though it isn't required, just because he has never owned his own boat, though he has driven friends boats, etc, but he said he didn't need one blah blah blah. The second time he took the boat out with my mom...he was in a narrow channel and for some reason determined the channel markers did not apply to him...when....ka-thunk...he got stuck in 1.5 feet of water!!!! The worst part was my mom was just saying..."Honey, aren't you supposed to stay between those post thingies?" Needless to say, we all enjoyed giving my dad a hard time
Luckily there was no damage and a nice gentleman helped get us out.
Fast forward a few months (3 weeks ago)...my little brother and I decided to take the boat out, seeing as we are legally licensed boaters. We put some gas in the boat and went cruising. After about an hour, we were getting ready to come back in....but the fuel gage said we were half full...hmmm...that seemed odd since we didn't put a whole lot of gas in to start with. Oh well, we go for one more little lap down the ICW when all of a sudden...the engine dies out on us and won't up. We tap the fuel gage a few times...and the needle falls to EMPTY...DOHHHH! THe boat ran out right out of reach from a marina dock with a GAS PUMP on it...but the current took as away. We had to carefully navigate to a dock (collapsable paddles actually came in handy..suprisingly in the current) and tie up and by the time we got to a gas can and the marina...the gas pump was no longer in service...DOHH! After calling MOMMY and begging for a ride to get some gas, we finally were able to get the boat back in....
BUT...my MOM is now the CAPTAIN:facepalm:
Regardless, my little brother and I had just ventured into some old Craigslist jet skis to wrench around on...and we both got our NC boating licenses since we were under 26 (18 and 24 years old) My mom kept telling my dad he should get a boating license even though it isn't required, just because he has never owned his own boat, though he has driven friends boats, etc, but he said he didn't need one blah blah blah. The second time he took the boat out with my mom...he was in a narrow channel and for some reason determined the channel markers did not apply to him...when....ka-thunk...he got stuck in 1.5 feet of water!!!! The worst part was my mom was just saying..."Honey, aren't you supposed to stay between those post thingies?" Needless to say, we all enjoyed giving my dad a hard time
Luckily there was no damage and a nice gentleman helped get us out.Fast forward a few months (3 weeks ago)...my little brother and I decided to take the boat out, seeing as we are legally licensed boaters. We put some gas in the boat and went cruising. After about an hour, we were getting ready to come back in....but the fuel gage said we were half full...hmmm...that seemed odd since we didn't put a whole lot of gas in to start with. Oh well, we go for one more little lap down the ICW when all of a sudden...the engine dies out on us and won't up. We tap the fuel gage a few times...and the needle falls to EMPTY...DOHHHH! THe boat ran out right out of reach from a marina dock with a GAS PUMP on it...but the current took as away. We had to carefully navigate to a dock (collapsable paddles actually came in handy..suprisingly in the current) and tie up and by the time we got to a gas can and the marina...the gas pump was no longer in service...DOHH! After calling MOMMY and begging for a ride to get some gas, we finally were able to get the boat back in....
BUT...my MOM is now the CAPTAIN:facepalm:
