brother chris
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Okay, I have been on holiday for a week and while away I went out on my friends boat. A 23' cabin cruiser. <br />It was around 5pm last wednesday. There was 6 of us. We get to the dock and launch the boat. <br />First of all, the motor which puts the leg down, broke. <br />So, we have a 2004 8hp 4 stroke Yamaha we figured we would use to cruise around with. At least we might be able to go fishing. <br />Did I mention that we were on the Fraser River(the currents are probably around 10-15 knots)<br />Only thing is...the kicker does not have a tiller handle, so we install our redneck piece of 2x4 to it with duct tape. You know where this is going. 
<br />We get the kicker fired up and head on out into the Fraser at full speed(just a bit faster than the current is). We decide it is better to go upstream first since all we had was the kicker. <br />Trying to go upstream with 6 people in a 23' cruiser, against the current, using a 2x4 as a steering mechanism. Ummm...yeah.<br />It was VERY hard to keep it in a straight line, very hard. <br />So, for 1/2 hour we are going upstream, or at least trying to and I look over at the shore...we probably travelled about 1 mile. <br />All of a sudden the high tech steering mechanism we had, broke off and now we have to steer by leaning over the back of the boat and holding the motor cover. <br />Back and forth in a zig zag line, all over the place. It was crazy. <br />At that time I asked my bud if he had enough life jackets aboard(I was getting a bit weary now).<br />He has 4 life jackets and there are 6 of us aboard <br />About 2 minutes later, the river patrol cruised up to us and asked if we had a problem. We told them about the main motor not working and the makeshift tiller handle breaking off. <br />They decided it was best if they towed us in. We all agreed.<br />I think next time I will take my own boat out instead. What a day! <br /><br />Sorry, I thought I had posted this in SHT's. Mod...can you move it..thanks.
<br />We get the kicker fired up and head on out into the Fraser at full speed(just a bit faster than the current is). We decide it is better to go upstream first since all we had was the kicker. <br />Trying to go upstream with 6 people in a 23' cruiser, against the current, using a 2x4 as a steering mechanism. Ummm...yeah.<br />It was VERY hard to keep it in a straight line, very hard. <br />So, for 1/2 hour we are going upstream, or at least trying to and I look over at the shore...we probably travelled about 1 mile. <br />All of a sudden the high tech steering mechanism we had, broke off and now we have to steer by leaning over the back of the boat and holding the motor cover. <br />Back and forth in a zig zag line, all over the place. It was crazy. <br />At that time I asked my bud if he had enough life jackets aboard(I was getting a bit weary now).<br />He has 4 life jackets and there are 6 of us aboard <br />About 2 minutes later, the river patrol cruised up to us and asked if we had a problem. We told them about the main motor not working and the makeshift tiller handle breaking off. <br />They decided it was best if they towed us in. We all agreed.<br />I think next time I will take my own boat out instead. What a day! <br /><br />Sorry, I thought I had posted this in SHT's. Mod...can you move it..thanks.
