Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:05 pm
I bought a 18ft fiberglass boat years ago. Wanted to take everyone out on it the first time, I think my wife and three of the 5 kids were there for the first "fun" spin in the Ohio River putting in at Forked Run State Park.
Backed her down the launch ramp...unhooked and had her tied up to the dock.....went up and parked the truck and trailer....walk back down-hook up the battery....hook up the gas line...get the O/B motor purring.....then I see there's water splashing around OVER the top of the transom....hmmmmmm....don't remember that on the couple of tune-up runs in the lake right after I got it.....I lift the skirt up at the back of the boat where the gas tanks go...WATER !!!! EVERYWHERE !!!!...then it dawns on me.....you know the feeling...a combonation of impending doom and 'I can't believe I was so &*%^#@*&^%$#(*&^%#$ STUPID !!! HA ! On the way down, it rained like cats and dogs thru Mansfield OH, and when we stopped for a bite to eat, I removed the drain plug so the water would run out till we got to the river. Some dumb--- forgot !!! So, I jump outta the boat hollering to everyone else 'STAY OUT OF THE BOAT' !....run back up to the truck...race back to the ramp...back down...get the trailer under the boat any which way it was....I didn't care.....get back in the truck...drop it into 1st....by the time I had the drain hole out of the water I need two new tires for the rear(limited slip axle thank God)....it took 38 minutes for the water to stop coming out of the hole!!!!! put the drain plug back in.....back down the ramp...float the boat to the right spot on the trailer....back to the cabin cause now it's too late in the evening to go on the little joy ride I had planned......had a successful time in the boat the following day!....I will never forget that one !!
Backed her down the launch ramp...unhooked and had her tied up to the dock.....went up and parked the truck and trailer....walk back down-hook up the battery....hook up the gas line...get the O/B motor purring.....then I see there's water splashing around OVER the top of the transom....hmmmmmm....don't remember that on the couple of tune-up runs in the lake right after I got it.....I lift the skirt up at the back of the boat where the gas tanks go...WATER !!!! EVERYWHERE !!!!...then it dawns on me.....you know the feeling...a combonation of impending doom and 'I can't believe I was so &*%^#@*&^%$#(*&^%#$ STUPID !!! HA ! On the way down, it rained like cats and dogs thru Mansfield OH, and when we stopped for a bite to eat, I removed the drain plug so the water would run out till we got to the river. Some dumb--- forgot !!! So, I jump outta the boat hollering to everyone else 'STAY OUT OF THE BOAT' !....run back up to the truck...race back to the ramp...back down...get the trailer under the boat any which way it was....I didn't care.....get back in the truck...drop it into 1st....by the time I had the drain hole out of the water I need two new tires for the rear(limited slip axle thank God)....it took 38 minutes for the water to stop coming out of the hole!!!!! put the drain plug back in.....back down the ramp...float the boat to the right spot on the trailer....back to the cabin cause now it's too late in the evening to go on the little joy ride I had planned......had a successful time in the boat the following day!....I will never forget that one !!