NW Redneck
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2006
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Just a fun little thread as boating season is starting to wind down for a lot of us.
SS = 'Stupid Score' :redface:
Some of these are 'not if but when' like the plug out but most I've seen/heard of often enough that they are not uncommon. For things like not attaching the kill switch lanyard, I don't mean you turned the key once or twice looked down and said 'oops' but you spent significant time investigating everything else but, asked someone to help find the problem, had a large audience, etc. If you did the same thing more than once you have to count each time and add them to your score! :facepalm:
1. Left the plug out.
2. Left the plug IN (and it rained!).
3. Forgot to raise motor/drive & scraped the skeg.
4. Forgot to remove tiedowns when launching.
5. Arrive at ramp, no boat keys.
6. Dropped trailer off edge of concrete ramp & got stuck.
7. Prematurely removed/forgot to attach safety chain & had an 'unintended launch'.
8. Forgot to attach safety/kill switch lanyard.
9. Forgot to attach fuel line to outboard or tank.
10. Forgot to open vent on portable tank.
11. Ran out of gas.
12. Dropped anchor without tying it off, or without attaching the rope!
In the spirit of fair play, I get 6/12 including a repeat on #1. :facepalm: If you've got a good one , I'll add it to this post & update my score if I have to.
SS = 'Stupid Score' :redface:
Some of these are 'not if but when' like the plug out but most I've seen/heard of often enough that they are not uncommon. For things like not attaching the kill switch lanyard, I don't mean you turned the key once or twice looked down and said 'oops' but you spent significant time investigating everything else but, asked someone to help find the problem, had a large audience, etc. If you did the same thing more than once you have to count each time and add them to your score! :facepalm:
1. Left the plug out.
2. Left the plug IN (and it rained!).
3. Forgot to raise motor/drive & scraped the skeg.
4. Forgot to remove tiedowns when launching.
5. Arrive at ramp, no boat keys.
6. Dropped trailer off edge of concrete ramp & got stuck.
7. Prematurely removed/forgot to attach safety chain & had an 'unintended launch'.
8. Forgot to attach safety/kill switch lanyard.
9. Forgot to attach fuel line to outboard or tank.
10. Forgot to open vent on portable tank.
11. Ran out of gas.
12. Dropped anchor without tying it off, or without attaching the rope!
In the spirit of fair play, I get 6/12 including a repeat on #1. :facepalm: If you've got a good one , I'll add it to this post & update my score if I have to.
