thesignguy
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- Feb 21, 2011
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So we had some of the kids come up to the lake last Saturday. After fishing from the dock and the water edge for hours with no luck, I decided to take our Medalist 1600 out for a evening cruse. 
It was about 7:30 in the evening when we left the dock and I just wanted to stretch the old girls legs. As we were going in and out of the coves here at Deep Creek (because I did not have much gas) I thought what the heck and head out into the deeper back part of the lake.
The water was fairly calm, the wind was blowing about 5-10 and the air temp was about 65 a little cool but I did not mind. As we head out of our cove at 39mph I see a lone boat in the middle of the lake. As we get closer I see that the boat is dead in the water with the engine cover off. The boat was occupied by a Mom, Dad, teenage boy and girl, the Dad was in the back looking at the engine. I slowed down to see if they were OK and if we could assist in any way, everyone was OK.
By now the time is about 8pm, I asked what the problem was and they said the engine just lost power and it would not restart. They were sitting out in the water alone with no other boats in sight for about 20 minutes before we stopped. I did what I could and made a few suggestions but my lack of outboard engine knowledge had come to light.:facepalm: They said they just got the boat back from the marina and spent about $2k fixing and tuning up the engine. As I'm looking around at their boat I realize that it too is a StarCraft Medalist 1600, same boat as mine! They had a bigger engine (Johnson 115 4 stroke) but the boat, make and model were the same.
The Mom furious at this point with the marina, keeps trying to call to come get them off the water. After trying for over a half hour I ask how far they need to go to get back to their dock "Oh, it's just around the corner" the Dad says. I feel obligated because they have the same dang boat as me but I tell them I can only take them so far because I was done to a 1/8th of a take of gas. So I get out the tubing lines and proceed to tow them into safety to their dock about a mile away from where we found them. It's about 8:45 and the sun starts to set and I call my wife to tell her we are OK just helping someone out. So at about idle speed I tow them back with them inhaling my exhaust fumes the whole way back. As I get them as close to their slip as I can I stand up to take a quick snap shot. LOL
The Dad offered me some cash but I did not take it, I told him I would hope someone would do the same for me and my family if I was in their shoes.
It's not often you get to help people like that, and those people really appreciate it. I hope to do it again some day....
It was about 7:30 in the evening when we left the dock and I just wanted to stretch the old girls legs. As we were going in and out of the coves here at Deep Creek (because I did not have much gas) I thought what the heck and head out into the deeper back part of the lake.
The water was fairly calm, the wind was blowing about 5-10 and the air temp was about 65 a little cool but I did not mind.
As we head out of our cove at 39mph I see a lone boat in the middle of the lake. As we get closer I see that the boat is dead in the water with the engine cover off. The boat was occupied by a Mom, Dad, teenage boy and girl, the Dad was in the back looking at the engine. I slowed down to see if they were OK and if we could assist in any way, everyone was OK. By now the time is about 8pm, I asked what the problem was and they said the engine just lost power and it would not restart. They were sitting out in the water alone with no other boats in sight for about 20 minutes before we stopped. I did what I could and made a few suggestions but my lack of outboard engine knowledge had come to light.:facepalm: They said they just got the boat back from the marina and spent about $2k fixing and tuning up the engine. As I'm looking around at their boat I realize that it too is a StarCraft Medalist 1600, same boat as mine! They had a bigger engine (Johnson 115 4 stroke) but the boat, make and model were the same.
The Mom furious at this point with the marina, keeps trying to call to come get them off the water.
After trying for over a half hour I ask how far they need to go to get back to their dock "Oh, it's just around the corner" the Dad says. I feel obligated because they have the same dang boat as me but I tell them I can only take them so far because I was done to a 1/8th of a take of gas. So I get out the tubing lines and proceed to tow them into safety to their dock about a mile away from where we found them. It's about 8:45 and the sun starts to set and I call my wife to tell her we are OK just helping someone out. So at about idle speed I tow them back with them inhaling my exhaust fumes the whole way back. As I get them as close to their slip as I can I stand up to take a quick snap shot. LOL The Dad offered me some cash but I did not take it, I told him I would hope someone would do the same for me and my family if I was in their shoes.
It's not often you get to help people like that, and those people really appreciate it. I hope to do it again some day....
