720 man

[jmelzark]

was heading up the skagit river in my 20' sled which is powered by a johnson 105 jet it was the 3rd of january and was heading up towards rockport state park and the launch to fish one more drift thru the flats for steelhead. there was probally 200 people at the park watching the eagles and taking tours of the eagles i had the old 105 floored and trimed out and was probally doing 45+mph my buddy was sitting on the bow as we got to the launch i took my hand on the wheel and the jet thru hard right at full speed my boat did a complete 720 never flipping or swamping and came to rest facing up river at idle. all we could do was laugh because it scared the crap out of us. we looked over at the bank and all the tourist where cheering and clapping they thought we did it on purpose so i throttled up went up river beached the sled and just had to site and stop shaking. a buddy of mine on the river got me a shirt made up that says 720 man.........i will never live that down.

 

[JB]

Re: 720 man

Check your keyboard, jm.

On the far left is a key labeled "shift". That is for making CAPITALS. Capitals belong at the beginning of every sentence and at the beginning of proper nouns, including "I".

Near the right of the first row is a key with a > and a . (period). Periods belong at the end of a sentence.

 

[jmelzark]

Re: 720 man

A english teacher in every crowd. Sometimes it's hard to do with one arm........

 

[JB]

Re: 720 man

See? I knew you could do it.

 

[Maclin]

Re: 720 man

I bet that was funny to see, glad no one was hurt. You may need to get a foot pedal for the throttle in that thing!

 

[jmelzark]

Re: 720 man

No putting a tiller handle on that boat as we speak. Have throttle and shifting cables made. This boat has been the only sled that I have own that has remote steering. All my other sleds all have tillers.