Where did I leave off?

Well, I can't recall, so I'll just go with pictures I have that you haven't seen yet.

Here is my boat. It is not supposed to be in slings of a big expensive machine. It is supposed to be on an unregistered trailer without any kind of safety lighting, with several rusty parts that threaten to give way at any moment being pulled by an over-the-hill truck with a windshield that has a giant crack that clearly is illegal.

But no. Here is the story.

I take my boat down to the launch again this year better prepared. You might recall, last year we had to disconnect trailer from truck to get the boat to float off it. Well this year, I decided to get smart and build an extender that goes between trailer and truck to allow the trailer to get deeper but still be fully connected to the truck. Only I didn't get to use the piece this year.

Instead the trailer front wheel hand crank broke off in my hand. At the boat launch. just as we were ready to detatch the trailer from truck. Faced with the prospect of driving around town in this illegal rig or asking for help...well it was an easy choice.

Next to the launch is a marina that I happen to know the owner of. He helped us out and lifted our boat into the river. He also watched as I tried to start the @#$%^ outboard engine in vain. Then Dad jumps in and starts her right up.

I am starting to think the outboard and I will never be friends.

Comments

Anonymous said…

It's personal ... All the bad things you have said about power boats in the past is now coming back to haunt you.

Noj nOj noJ

12:13 PM

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