I'll start.
It's been a while since I pulled something like this out of my rear. Saturday we had VJER's dad and his buddy Dean out at the camp. When they were done fishing, VJER's wife Lynne came down to pick them up at the ramp. We got the boat loaded up and ready to roll, but when I went to turn the key, nothing. No problem. Just need to tighten up the battery connections. Nope. Dang, I just used the boat, what's the problem. Vic went to grab another battery out of the camp and we switched them. Nothing. This battery must be bad too. Got another one and nothing again. Well at this point I'm pretty worried.
I've got Lynne at the dock, Vic's dad and Dean are tired and ready to get gone and I have no kicker motor to save my butt. I'm fixing to get under the console to inspect things. I'm contemplating hailing the guys down the bayou fishing and offering them some dough to get the guys to the dock. I'm relatively certain that whatever it is I won't be able to fix it. Regardless, I'm up the creek with nothing but a paddle.
Then Dean says, "Hey Sandy, did you make sure it's not still in gear?"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I check it and sure enough, it was just barely in gear, not enough to see that it was in gear, but in gear nonetheless. Nothing but a good old Homer Simpson, "DOH!" for a moment like that. My sheepish feeling was assuaged greatly by my relief that it was not something terribly wrong with the boat.
So, share you most "DOH!" boating moments. No raggin' on other people here, you only get to taddle on yourself.
It's been a while since I pulled something like this out of my rear. Saturday we had VJER's dad and his buddy Dean out at the camp. When they were done fishing, VJER's wife Lynne came down to pick them up at the ramp. We got the boat loaded up and ready to roll, but when I went to turn the key, nothing. No problem. Just need to tighten up the battery connections. Nope. Dang, I just used the boat, what's the problem. Vic went to grab another battery out of the camp and we switched them. Nothing. This battery must be bad too. Got another one and nothing again. Well at this point I'm pretty worried.
I've got Lynne at the dock, Vic's dad and Dean are tired and ready to get gone and I have no kicker motor to save my butt. I'm fixing to get under the console to inspect things. I'm contemplating hailing the guys down the bayou fishing and offering them some dough to get the guys to the dock. I'm relatively certain that whatever it is I won't be able to fix it. Regardless, I'm up the creek with nothing but a paddle.
Then Dean says, "Hey Sandy, did you make sure it's not still in gear?"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I check it and sure enough, it was just barely in gear, not enough to see that it was in gear, but in gear nonetheless. Nothing but a good old Homer Simpson, "DOH!" for a moment like that. My sheepish feeling was assuaged greatly by my relief that it was not something terribly wrong with the boat.
So, share you most "DOH!" boating moments. No raggin' on other people here, you only get to taddle on yourself.
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