MY sh## for the season I hope

[MH Hawker]

I thought I would make a quick run out to the marina to drop the boat back in between rain storms and take a little test ride. Did my normal of adding about 4 feet of slack in the winch strap and backed it in deep enough for it to float off and drift back a bit.Then I hear the wife saying, the boat is floating off and their is no rope on it. SO I jump out of the truck and sure enough the winch strap has came off ( looks like the spring loaded latch must of been in the wrong place ), so I striped off me shoes and shirt and I was lucky enough to be able to walk out the lower walk way and grab it, only ended up waist deep and the water felt nice, Got it pulled back to the landing , and when and parked and took a nice little ride, Well ok now thats out of the way lol. only one witness so it wasn't to bad.

 

[LongLine]

Re: MY sh## for the season I hope

I hope so too. Hopefully the wife will let you live it down. ( I learned long ago to attach a bow rope & tie it off to the dock while boat is still on trailer.)

 

[Ripfence]

Re: MY sh## for the season I hope

I bet you won't repeat that mistake. Many of us have done the "swim of shame" just be glad it was warm when you had to do it!

 

[dmoriarty51]

Re: MY sh## for the season I hope

its ok i stepped off the side of a walkway into chest deep water that i thought was going to be just past my knee and a 10 yr old kid was having a hay day with it.... didnt drop my keys or shirt though

 

[scottmm73]

Re: MY sh## for the season I hope

only one witness so it wasn't to bad.

Aren't we all witnesses now?