What is your worst day on the water?

[DeepCMark58A]

My most recent bad day was last year, had a friend and his family up for the day to tube and pontoon. 20 minutes in the ski boat goes down, have to have a kayak come out then paddled to get the pontoon, towing the ski boat the pontoon quits shifting. 2 boats down in an hour no water sports that day, I felt horrible, they were going to stay overnight they ended up going home.

 

[dingbat]

Back in the young and dumb days.
Buddy had a17’ tri-hull with a 100 hp Merc on the back. Followed the charter fleet to a hot bite about 30 miles down range

We’re happening. Catching fish, high fives amongst the crew. Then we noticed we were the only boat left in the area. Figured they caught their limit and went home.

Long story short, a storm warning was issued. Got beat to heck. Had a (green) crew member hang over the transom. Wave takes out the windshield, splitting the captains head wide open (10 stiches). Left me and the other guy bailing to keep the boat afloat . After what seemed like forever, the clouds part we finally made it back to the dock where we were greeted by an old salt (charter Capt) smoking a pipe. In his best James Cagney voice… didn’t think you all were going to make it.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I sunk a Jon boat on the Mississippi should have never put that 9.9 on a 10 x 28 boat with electric start and a battery in the back, transom tore out.

 

[Ifishmuskie2]

Years ago.

Some captains make it interesting.
A friend got a boat but didn’t have a tow vehicle yet so he asked me to go. His dad had a boat so I figured he probably knew how to drive one. Four people and a baby load into an old 15’ runabout, closed bow with windshield. We round a point and the waves are over 4’. His wife is yelling at him to turn around but everything is ok. We are doing 2mph. He then goes full throttle and the boat goes up a wave and spears the next one. The bow is fully under and The water is 1’ up the windshield. To my surprise the boat comes up on top. It has about a foot of water in it and we head for the ramp.