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re: boat dock bloopers
Posted on 8/20/10 at 8:06 am to redneck
Posted on 8/20/10 at 8:06 am to redneck
Once lived within a stones throw of a boat launch. I was home one morning, in the middle of the week, on the dock, and noticed an aluminum boat ½ full of water floating down the river. I grabbed the boat and tied it to the dock and walked over to the boat launch.
There was a man soaking wet on the ramp that has no idea how he got there. There was no truck and no trailer. It was winter and in the 40’s outside.
Apparently what happened was the man had borrowed his friend’s new truck to launch his boat. As he was putting the boat in the water he noticed that it was still tied down (I don’t remember if it was the bow or the stern.) He got out of the truck to untie the boat, but did not put the truck in park or apply the parking break. The truck door hit him and knocked him down. The bumper got caught on his clothes and drug him into the water, somehow he got free…
It took divers over an hour to find the truck.
There was a man soaking wet on the ramp that has no idea how he got there. There was no truck and no trailer. It was winter and in the 40’s outside.
Apparently what happened was the man had borrowed his friend’s new truck to launch his boat. As he was putting the boat in the water he noticed that it was still tied down (I don’t remember if it was the bow or the stern.) He got out of the truck to untie the boat, but did not put the truck in park or apply the parking break. The truck door hit him and knocked him down. The bumper got caught on his clothes and drug him into the water, somehow he got free…
It took divers over an hour to find the truck.
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Posted on 8/20/10 at 8:15 am to wickowick
I consider myself an experienced outdoors fella, have put in a boat plenty.
However in ONE trip to the boat dock just a few months ago I did the following>in no particular order!
1.) Damn near jackknifed a single axle trailer.
2.) When got to dock realized I had drug safety chain all the way to lake.
3.) Flooded out motor trying to start.
4.) Forgot plug, damn near passed out reaching over the back and putting it in.
5.) Thought bilge was not working, but never turned power switch on.
6.) Coming back to dock, wind blowing like hell, tied it up....still dont know how it came untied, but when I come back down the ramp I see a Skeeter floating out...with NOONE in sight.
7.) Finally had boat towed to me, and put it on trailer too short, and had to back back down and put on correct.
All these things independent (except boat floating off) are simple, but putting them all together, I was lucky to make it out alive.
However in ONE trip to the boat dock just a few months ago I did the following>in no particular order!
1.) Damn near jackknifed a single axle trailer.
2.) When got to dock realized I had drug safety chain all the way to lake.
3.) Flooded out motor trying to start.
4.) Forgot plug, damn near passed out reaching over the back and putting it in.
5.) Thought bilge was not working, but never turned power switch on.
6.) Coming back to dock, wind blowing like hell, tied it up....still dont know how it came untied, but when I come back down the ramp I see a Skeeter floating out...with NOONE in sight.
7.) Finally had boat towed to me, and put it on trailer too short, and had to back back down and put on correct.
All these things independent (except boat floating off) are simple, but putting them all together, I was lucky to make it out alive.
Posted on 8/20/10 at 8:57 am to wickowick
The only good one I have is when my FIL was testing his flare gun after discovering his dry box wasn't so dry (plus they were expired) and a private launch. He probably had never shot one before either.
He launched a flare and while messing with the gun for the second shot, didn't pay attention to where the first one went. He then shot the second one and saw it went in the water. My buddy looks up from whatever he was doing to see the marsh burning...and yells out about it.
He and I jump in the FIL's boat and drop it off the lift to go over there asap to try to put it out. We get there and are using a five gallon bucket in assembly line fashion to fill up from the side of the boat and passing it to toss on the fire as fast as we can. Then my buddy notices the water in the boat was up to his ankles, so we had two major eff ups.
We got the fire out and the boat didn't sink, but there sure was a lot of panic there for about 3-5 minutes. Needless to say, the father in law didn't have anything to say then or since, about forgetting to put the plug in the boat.
He launched a flare and while messing with the gun for the second shot, didn't pay attention to where the first one went. He then shot the second one and saw it went in the water. My buddy looks up from whatever he was doing to see the marsh burning...and yells out about it.
He and I jump in the FIL's boat and drop it off the lift to go over there asap to try to put it out. We get there and are using a five gallon bucket in assembly line fashion to fill up from the side of the boat and passing it to toss on the fire as fast as we can. Then my buddy notices the water in the boat was up to his ankles, so we had two major eff ups.
We got the fire out and the boat didn't sink, but there sure was a lot of panic there for about 3-5 minutes. Needless to say, the father in law didn't have anything to say then or since, about forgetting to put the plug in the boat.
Posted on 8/20/10 at 9:16 am to wickowick
I was 16 y/o with my dads suburban and his wellcraft. Took couple friends skiing and we wuz drinking. When I backed the trailer in to pick up the boat, I left it in reverse and got out the truck. By some miracle, the driver's door got hung up on the pier and stopped the truck from submerging (door was mangled). Had to tie it shut and drive home across the causeway. Not a fun night when pops found out.
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