posted September 15, 2001 01:39 AM <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />New boater stupid,<br />I just bought my 1st boat ( other than a jon boat)...My brother was visiting from out west , living on the Gulf I wanted to show them a good time and take them out in my boat...So my brother,his wife,13 yr old daughter,my wife,my 9 yr old son and myself,get ready to take off My brother says , "hey theres water in the boat, you have the plug in" oh crap no I dont, freaking out forget the bilge pump,grab the plug jump into 12 foot of water,drop the plug,,dive down to tryn fing it , ya right....grab my car and trailer , get the boat back on the trailer,, drain the water ,, a guy gives me a plug,,by now I'm feeling pretty sick about the whole idea, and were off..... out in the inter coastal having a pretty good time,, we tie up to an island, swim, have a nice lunch,a couple Mikes hard lemonades,mmm, just hang out .. beautiful day out,,,,we stay there about 2 hours , decide its time to go , we have plans for the night. Get in the boat, the battery is dead, we left the key on , lifting the prop, (even thought you dont need it on,duh...)they are saying spend $150 on Sea Tow,,they are not real happy, Im like forget it..we have now had too much sun... ... We spend 2 hours tryn to get some one to come around and jump the battery, finally someone does,,start to take off, the back of the boat is pulling way down, the water behind the boat is huge, I THINK WE'RE SINKING! turn to dock on the island before we BEFORE WE ALL DROWN,, My brother says .. wait.. your prop isnt down,,I stop put the prop down,, and we get the boat back to the dock,,,ya we're alive..<br />My brother says, "well we are going back to the hotel,take a nap, you take care of your boat , see ya tonight for dinner"...<br /> <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Posts: 3 | From: St Pete fl | Registered: Sep 2001 | IP: Logged <br /> <br />masterchief <br />First Mate <br />Member # 3838 <br />Rate Member <br /> posted September 15, 2001 12:15 PM <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />We go down to Black Creek to do some fishing in my 17'G3 aluminum bass boat.Not much of a ramp no place to stay out of water.I play out line so we can let boat float off trailer.My girlfriend is supposed to hold on to rope,she does,nt.I pull trailer out with truck look back to see boat floating away.My girlfriend panics jumps into creek until she,s over her head.Realizes she can,t swim and gets back on land.Luckily another boat grabs boat for me.We had a nice day of fishing.<br />--------------------<br /><br />RLP <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Posts: 5 | From: Green Cove Springs,FL | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged <br /> <br />lenpilot <br />First Mate <br />Member # 3880 <br />Rate Member <br /> posted September 17, 2001 02:18 AM <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />This just happened about a week ago. I bought a new trailer cause the one that the marina sold me for my 21' ofshore center console was way too small. I kept moving both trailers around in order to adjust the bunks etc. on the new trailer. <br />Finally the time comes to head to the nearest boat ramp and switch trailers. With two trucks and a friend I put the boat in and then remove it on the new trailer. I braged to my buddy about not having even gotten my feet wet.<br /><br />The ramp was deserted so I pulled up to the top of the hill and we start moving the winch stand and other things. just then I decide to put the boat back in the water to level it. As I start backing up my buddy starts to panic. I look back to see my boat and brand new trailer heading down the hill all by theirselves completely detached from the truck. The boat turned a curve and went straight down the ramp hitting the water at the perfect angle and washing down the back half of the deck.<br /><br />It seems I had forgot to attach the safety chains or even lock down the coupler when I was moving the trailers around earlier. after diving to the trailer to tie a rope I could no longer claim to have dry feet <br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Posts: 4 | From: here | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged
