Not saying that I have done that, but I know how you feel! LOL
Carry on brother.
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Mine happened early March actually was going Walleye fishing. I have never mentioned this to anyone so embarrassed. Any way get to the ramp get the boat unhooked backed into the water the boat would not come off and I have a roller trailer. Pulled the boat out walked around the boat checked underneath as thought maybe some ice or something else got wedged in the trailer nothing. Backed the boat back in still not coming off of the trailer. Get in the boat start the motor up and try to pull off the trailer nothing zip nada, what the heck . Pull the boat back out walked around the trailer twice and again NOTHING, I am stumped no clue as I am standing there wondering what the heck noticed the tiedowns were still hooked up. I walked around that dang boat at least a dozen times and never noticed.
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Not saying that I have done that, but I know how you feel! LOL
Carry on brother.
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Launched once with both ends of the tie rope tied to the boat. Wind at my back, not a soul around, I had to do something as the boat was getting further all the time. Opened the door to the pickup, stripped down to tighty whiteys and went after it. Climb in, drop the tm and stand there, in my undies, back to the ramp where I dropped the wet, got into the dry and went fishing.
Oh, I've done the very same thing, Bricks
Well, not "me" alone ... my two buddies were responsible for getting the boat ready to launch. I was IN the boat and directing them to "come on back & hit the brakes" (thinking the boat wasn't in far enough to float it off the trailer). Three tries and I said "pull it out, something ain't right" .... and sure enough "someone" had forgotten to take the tie downs off.
After we all had a good laugh and trash talking each other for being in such a big hurry & being such dummies ... we got it launched & that little "oopsy" never happened again.
Once when I was a kid my Dad ha an ole Fabuglass try hull and this launch had a hoist that picked up the boat and put it in the water. They had a piece of the dock that stuck out about two feet further than the rest of the pier so as I was walking backwards pulling the boat down the pier I walked off of it into the canal. It just so happened that the launch owners wife was one of my teachers and their daughter was in my class and they were outside the office and seen the whole thing so all my friends new about it Monday morning. This happened back in the sixtys and I remember it like it happened yesterday.
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How about forgetting to put the drain plugs in and realizing you were not going to make it back to the dock and trailer. Ran the boat up on the only beach around and hitchhiked back to the ramp, got the plugs from the box on the trailer, hitchhiked back and put plugs in then hand bailed until the boat floated.
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no drain plugs equals a real long run of wide open as I remember …..
no rope on a self launch equals a mad dash with a long handle broom to ketch said vessel as it passes by the dock …..
still tied down equals a lot of self slapping when you finally realize it …..
but stepping on a wet red clay bank in the dark as you try to board your vessel that is really steep and drops to about 4 fow straight off when the water is about 60 degrees at 5 am in the morning …..
that my friends is just about priceless
sum kawl me tha outlaw ketchn whales
Once a few decades ago, I was fishing with my brother on the CT. River. We had my 14' open alum. boat. Fishing the shoreline just fine until this huge cabin cruiser heads up our way and passes us. I saw the wake coming at us, so I fired up the 7.5 hp and turned the bow INTO the approaching wake! BAD move. The wave went completely over the bow, soaking my brother and flooding the inside of the boat!
What do you do? Well, I knew that the thing you're "suppose" to do is start moving and pull the plug. Do you have any idea of the anxiety in doing so in the middle of a large river? I told Don to get his life jacket on and I started moving forward......very slowly, as we were half swamped. Then I pulled the plug and we started to gradually move faster. By gosh it works! Soon we were somewhat bailed out and back to fishing again.
"A voyage in search of knowledge need never abandon the spirit of adventure."
I was duck hunting one cold December morning on the Mississippi north of Memphis. Left the ramp, cruising downstream when I noticed my feet were in water. The plug had blown out and was no where to be found. I used the best tool I could find, my thumb, to plug the hole until I turned around and raced back to the ramp. I had forgotten to throw the cam lever on the plug, and it almost cost us our lives.
These are great boating misadventures, but don’t forget wading. On my favorite creek there is a fairly steep bank and being lazy and not wanting to walk 100 feet to a safe path down I figured can do this no problem. Well, the problem was the bank was slick dirt (like goose you know what) and my felt soles weren't up to the task. Rolling down the bank I wound up in a rock strewn dry gulch with a nice bump. Anything feel broken, how about the rod? Finally with a good look around to make sure no one saw it I parked on a log and laughed ay myself. Dirty Harry was right - “A man has got to know his limits!” LOL
Bob