My first mistake

[Dreenn]

Last season was my first saeson owning a boat i haven't been on one for atleast 5 years well anyway i was driving through the canals at sencia lake in new york and y buddy asked to drive so i let him a little while later there was a bouy he asked what it meant and i had no idea when we got up too it we found out the it was marking some stumps under the water needless to say we got stuck on the stumps pretty much tore up my prop and my skeg plate nothing too bad..

The same day takeing the boat out of the water i forgot to trim up WHOOPS when you hear the grinding sound on the concrete its not a good thing LOL glad the skeg was already messed up from the stump earlier.

 

[External Combustion]

Re: My first mistake

The learning curve can be steep. A good book can help. Read about boating when you can't get to the water. Chapman's "Piloting and Seamanship" is well worth the money. Check it out at your local library and you will soon own one.

May this be your last mistake. Come to think of it, I hope my last one will be my last one!

 

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May this be your last mistake. Come to think of it, I hope my last one will be my last one!

At last.

 

[rndn]

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Thanks for sharing your unforunate accident. At least now I know when I boat that canal to stay away from the buoy.

 

[larky]

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I launch out of the south end of seneca lake. and have an equally embarrassing story. I was, and still am, new to boating, when I spotted a orange buoy. I thought to myself " I wonder what that says on the side of it". no naturally I got close enough to read it and it said "danger". Well i again thought to myself "danger of what?" at that moment I had my answer. I hit a large rock under the surface of the water. Of course I had to do it in front of a large boat with a bunch of people partying on it. I heard a couple of laughs as my poor boat was towed back to the dock by a friendly fellow boater.

Just so you know, everyone makes a similar mistake at some point in there life

 

[wavrider]

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26 years ago I recieved orders to Jacksonville FL.

Being a midwest boy I quickly found a boat, one I could afford which was not much on military pay but it floated, and engine ran sometimes.

Was in ST. Augustine, me and a buddy drinking beer, 19 years old and having a blast, saw some ripples in the river, I had heard about blues going into a feeding frenzy and wanted to go see for myself first hand.

Put the boat to WOT, was probaly WOT allready but sure it felt like it was going faster, got up on them blues real fast, Just in time to see the sand bar the water was running over causing a rippling effect on the surface, that wasn't a school of blues it was a sand bar, welcome to FL boating.

Of course the river was full of boats and we got laughed at and pointed at, my buddy and I got out and pushed the boat off the bar started the engine and off we go again, no injuries but I did spill my beer, alcohol abuse.

every single boater makes mistakes, we all still do at some time or another, part of the adventure.

 

[newbie4life]

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We were working on a house last year on the lake, and he lives right next to the boat landing. He gets a prime seat, to watch others make mistakes.... I got to witness one.

This fella took his dad fishing, parked up the road, then about an hour or so later, came back -- threw his crap in the back of his brand new F150, and drove the truck down to the launch, and turned around -- with his tailgate down. The winch pole put a nice little 4 inch bend in the top edge of his tailgate. The poor guy's roll-up cover wouldn't even come down onto the tailgate. He just rolled it back up against the cab, shook his head, loaded the boat, and drove off.

I felt so bad for him. If it were me, I'd be absolutely sick.

 

[Dreenn]

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I launch out of the south end of seneca lake. and have an equally embarrassing story. I was, and still am, new to boating, when I spotted a orange buoy. I thought to myself " I wonder what that says on the side of it". no naturally I got close enough to read it and it said "danger". Well i again thought to myself "danger of what?" at that moment I had my answer. I hit a large rock under the surface of the water. Of course I had to do it in front of a large boat with a bunch of people partying on it. I heard a couple of laughs as my poor boat was towed back to the dock by a friendly fellow boater.

Just so you know, everyone makes a similar mistake at some point in there life

hey larky i to was in the southern cannal right around ervays marina comming up from montour falls we possibly hit the same rock they really need to attach a giant arrow to that bouy telling everyone which side to stay on

on a side note the day i did this was during the italian fest and anyone that boats Sencia lake knows how many people are on the water and theres even more on shore watching

 

[larky]

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sure feels great to have an audience at a time like that

The buoy I hit was the one on the east side of the lake. as you leave the canal and head right, over near the shore where route 414 flattens out after coming off the hill from burdett.

I think I am familiar with the buoy you are talking about. I agree, they need to do something different, maybe they should line some buoys up like traffic cones so that there is no mistake. with that canal and some of the boats that go through there it can get tight at times.

 

[Dreenn]

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yeah i know what ya mean i haven't been near a big boat in those cannels i guess i'm glad captian bill doesn't go down in there i couldn't imange tring to fit through with him in there

BTW larky thanks for the info about the bouy you hit hehe i didn't know about that one

 

[BamaAlum97]

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Boating mistakes are pretty much a part of boating...you just have to learn from yours and others and try to be as prepared as possible...

I banged a rental into the pier while docking in Florida just last week (no damage...just embarassing). I am thankful that error occured in a rental and not my own boat...

 

[Ron Everson]

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I remember seeing splashing on the surface of the Escalante arm of Lake Powell a few years back, while at wot going down river. Thinking this must be one of those "striper boils" that I'd heard about, I cranked the wheel and circled back, while fumbling to get my pole out of the rack. I eased up to the area, hoping to cash in on some hungry stripers, only to find that it was just waves splashing on top of a big sandstone dome that was 1/2 inch below the surface. Good thing I didn't get too close, or I would have had serious damage. I looked around sheepishly to see if anyone had witnessed my foolish mistake - no one around to see, so I put my pole away and quietly resumed my trip out of the Escalante Arm.

Ron

 

[ricksrster]

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I launch out of the south end of seneca lake. and have an equally embarrassing story. I was, and still am, new to boating, when I spotted a orange buoy. I thought to myself " I wonder what that says on the side of it". no naturally I got close enough to read it and it said "danger". Well i again thought to myself "danger of what?" at that moment I had my answer. I hit a large rock under the surface of the water. Of course I had to do it in front of a large boat with a bunch of people partying on it. I heard a couple of laughs as my poor boat was towed back to the dock by a friendly fellow boater.

Just so you know, everyone makes a similar mistake at some point in there life

600+ feet deep, 2 miles wide, 40 miles long, and you found the rock!