Dan19720
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2010
- Messages
- 45
A couple of years ago, I was at my aunt's place in Massey's Landing, on the Indian River / Rehoboth Bay, in Delaware. My dad and I decided to take my aunt's boat to the inlet to pick up my cousin from work. We head out, and he decided to take the narrow unmarked channel by one of the islands to save 5 minutes. Well, that did not go so well.
We are in a carolina skiff, 17 foot with a Yamaha 60hp 4 stroke. I was sitting in the seat on the front of the console holding the spotlight, when all of a sudden, I am kissing the bow. I didn't drop the light or my beer, but I banged my shins real good.
My dad throws it in reverse. Nothing but a lot of noise and vibration. He tries everything he can do to power it off. Nothing is working. The whole time I am yelling at him to kill the engine, and being the seasoned boater, he ignores me.
I kill the engine, and show him what I was just looking at over the bow. It was shallow enough to step out and not get our shoes wet. I hit the trim and got the motor out of the water. Pushed off the sand bar back in to the channel. Off we went, and took the marked channel back to the house.
I love the Carolina Skiffs for shallow water. They will float with the motor up in about 3 inches of water. But need a little more when on plane.
We are in a carolina skiff, 17 foot with a Yamaha 60hp 4 stroke. I was sitting in the seat on the front of the console holding the spotlight, when all of a sudden, I am kissing the bow. I didn't drop the light or my beer, but I banged my shins real good.
My dad throws it in reverse. Nothing but a lot of noise and vibration. He tries everything he can do to power it off. Nothing is working. The whole time I am yelling at him to kill the engine, and being the seasoned boater, he ignores me.
I kill the engine, and show him what I was just looking at over the bow. It was shallow enough to step out and not get our shoes wet. I hit the trim and got the motor out of the water. Pushed off the sand bar back in to the channel. Off we went, and took the marked channel back to the house.
I love the Carolina Skiffs for shallow water. They will float with the motor up in about 3 inches of water. But need a little more when on plane.
