jdlough
Master Chief Petty Officer
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Well dang,
So,
Didn't know if I should put this in Repair, Restoration, or just Stupid Human Tricks.
I tie up my maybe 40 year old Beall wooden skiff and 90's Merc 8HP outboard real good to my my new-and-improved pier (new post installed inside the 'L' to give a 4 corner boat tie-up, see first pic). This is on a river, right where it dumps into the Chesapeake Bay. All is good. Weather easy.
I head over to my condo in Ocean City, to batten it down real good for the mini-hurricane. Sure, it's a bit windy there, but just tourists on the beach taking pics of the big waves, no big deal, deck furniture is secure. I return to home, to find just the fan, 'cuz the sh*t washed away....
1st clue - stalled in driveway due to H20.
2nd clue - slipped on a jellyfish in my friggen yard.
3rd clue - Dude! Where's my boat?
4th un-needed mocking clue - Osprey catching fish in my yard. Couple of good-sized ones, too!
So, I wade out to the pier. Pier boards are popping up under my feet from the waves. (Just last month I was annoyed with the Pier Building Idiot & Son Company for building my pier about 4' too high.... Well, in this one (and only one) instance they may have been right. Water higher than I've ever seen it.
Anyway, Leaky is capsized. Occasionally I see a bit of just the upside down bow poking up, so apparently the motor is still attached, dragging the stern down. Then the last line to the bow snaps and the stern pops up and the boat is now totally free, so it appears the motor dropped off at that point. Of course, now I realize that last week I replaced the bow eye-bolt, but didn't bother to reattached the anchor, so now the anchor's gone and the boat can now feel free to drift about the bay as a navigation hazard with my brand new friggin registration number on it's upside-down hull. Nothing I could do. Big water is serious business. Fortunately, my boat has decided to just bash itself inside of the new 'L' and piling. It's bashing up quite nicely. Might save me some work later. Did I mention my toolbox I left on the boat when I installed the new eye-bolt? Toolbox for sale, too. The PFDs were a bit mildewed, anyway.
So, I have a fair idea where the motor is. Should I bother trying to retrieve and save it, or just drag it out away from the pier and attach a bouy for a mooring point? I don't really NEED it, since the boat's bashing itself up now, and anyway I have a spare 15 HP, but no more skiff. I just had that sucker running real good, too.
Sell it on craigslist, 'U find, U haul'? It's still under brackish water now, and will be for about 12 hours before I can get it out, so I need to decide real soon.
One good thing, my wife glanced at it, and says, 'We're gonna need a bigger boat.'
Yep,
Thanks,
Jim
So,
Didn't know if I should put this in Repair, Restoration, or just Stupid Human Tricks.
I tie up my maybe 40 year old Beall wooden skiff and 90's Merc 8HP outboard real good to my my new-and-improved pier (new post installed inside the 'L' to give a 4 corner boat tie-up, see first pic). This is on a river, right where it dumps into the Chesapeake Bay. All is good. Weather easy.
I head over to my condo in Ocean City, to batten it down real good for the mini-hurricane. Sure, it's a bit windy there, but just tourists on the beach taking pics of the big waves, no big deal, deck furniture is secure. I return to home, to find just the fan, 'cuz the sh*t washed away....
1st clue - stalled in driveway due to H20.
2nd clue - slipped on a jellyfish in my friggen yard.
3rd clue - Dude! Where's my boat?
4th un-needed mocking clue - Osprey catching fish in my yard. Couple of good-sized ones, too!
So, I wade out to the pier. Pier boards are popping up under my feet from the waves. (Just last month I was annoyed with the Pier Building Idiot & Son Company for building my pier about 4' too high.... Well, in this one (and only one) instance they may have been right. Water higher than I've ever seen it.
Anyway, Leaky is capsized. Occasionally I see a bit of just the upside down bow poking up, so apparently the motor is still attached, dragging the stern down. Then the last line to the bow snaps and the stern pops up and the boat is now totally free, so it appears the motor dropped off at that point. Of course, now I realize that last week I replaced the bow eye-bolt, but didn't bother to reattached the anchor, so now the anchor's gone and the boat can now feel free to drift about the bay as a navigation hazard with my brand new friggin registration number on it's upside-down hull. Nothing I could do. Big water is serious business. Fortunately, my boat has decided to just bash itself inside of the new 'L' and piling. It's bashing up quite nicely. Might save me some work later. Did I mention my toolbox I left on the boat when I installed the new eye-bolt? Toolbox for sale, too. The PFDs were a bit mildewed, anyway.
So, I have a fair idea where the motor is. Should I bother trying to retrieve and save it, or just drag it out away from the pier and attach a bouy for a mooring point? I don't really NEED it, since the boat's bashing itself up now, and anyway I have a spare 15 HP, but no more skiff. I just had that sucker running real good, too.
Sell it on craigslist, 'U find, U haul'? It's still under brackish water now, and will be for about 12 hours before I can get it out, so I need to decide real soon.
One good thing, my wife glanced at it, and says, 'We're gonna need a bigger boat.'
Yep,
Thanks,
Jim
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