Just a thought!!!

[Jack Daniels]

I know this isnt the best place to post this but i thought its as good of a place. When i was on the ramp yesterday trailering my boat, there was an old 1970s trihull next to me. I didnt think anything of this until I started to talk to the owner. The boat looked cool and i told him so, well as we got done talking he walked to the back to tilt the engine up and proceeded to fall through the deck. As he fell he knocked himself unconcious on the splash well and proceeded to bleed all over the place. After a while he woke up and stated that he knew the floor was rotten but wanted to wait for a few years to fix it. Ok so you ask why this is in this location, ill tell you. I constantly read in here that people want to wait to fix a unsafe boat. This was a minor accident that could have been alot worse. So next time you have a soft deck or rotten transom think about the safety of yourself and your occupants and fix it immediately.

Sorry for the rant, just thought i would share.

 

[cordell]

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No this is good to read, I am working on a 70's something trihull myself. The deck is soft so I had some scrap plywood thrown on top and was going to wait a year for a fix. Well I came down HARD on a wave and the seat fell through the rot and a screw hole went through my hull! Now here I am deck ripped out and was going to try and cheat the stringers but after researching this type of project I have decided to do it correct. I just hope I am done by the 4th of July.

 

[MikDee]

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Wow! So sorry for the guy, but that would be me, procrastination!
Don't worry, I'll fix that when I get around to it,,, You know, that thing they sell in the stores, a "roundtoit"

 

[cordell]

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I seen one of those once lol

 

[Chinewalker]

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That sounds like a case in point where a band-aid for the boat eventually results in a band-aid for the owner or passengers...
- Scott

 

[JB]

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I disagree, Jack. I think this is the best place to post this story.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[Coors]

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Agreed, it could have been a transom falling off-instant swamp.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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he is lucky it happened at the ramp.

 

[redfury]

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Wow. Good read. Too bad about the guys head, but it seems like the knock he took is a good one for the rest of us to listen to.

 

[oops!]

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sounds to me like a perfect motto for the resto forum.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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here is one that happened yesterday. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=255928