medic3538
Member
- Aug 17, 2008
- 151
- Boat Info
- 2005 260 Sundancer. 2003 F250 Super Duty V10 Ford Tow. 5.0 KW Kohler genset. Old school Naman GPS.
- Engines
- 350 MAG MPI, Bravo 2 drive.
Or you may choke while laughing your ass off at me.
I again will swallow my pride and share my most latest blunder in hopes others will not have to enjoy my morning. This is a true story that just finished up only 30 min. ago. Again, i am admitting to this. You can never get too comfortable with your skills. I have been using the same landing with this boat for 2 years and NEVER did this one.
Stayed overnight on my boat. "Jasmine" is my boats name and "Buelah" which is a 03' F250 V10 is my trucks name.
Woke up at 0800 and headed for the landing. It was low tide this morning and I had to back the trailer in a little farther then I ever have before ( I guess). Well, my precision bunk placement was not working EXACTLY the way it has been in the past and the boat didn't line up exactly the way I like it to. So, instead of pulling off and realigning, I decided to just hop into the truck and back it in a little more so I could float the boat into the correct position. This worked SWIMMINGLY (please hold onto that word as that's going to be a key point in just a minute) and when I came out of the truck to band up on the winch I noticed Buelah was in deep. The exhaust was fully submerged and you could hear it bubbling like the boat exhaust does. This of course is a BAD thing. I re-secured Jasmine for the pull out and high tailed to Buelah and started pulling out, And then, STOP. OH CRAP!!!!.....I was over the lip on the boat ramp and the trailer was stuck in the river. "OH CRAP AGAIN!!!" I tried a couple more times and I was spinning the wheels. Well, now I had to get fricking moving. Buelah's exhaust is submerged in the water, I need to get Buelah disconnected from the trailer or I am going to need a new engine and of course the tide is coming in. I hauled ass (imagine fat boy running up and down the steep incline of the put in 60 yards or so to the bridge to the dock) up onto Jasmine, pulled her off the trailer, secured her to the dock, ran back to Buelah, got in and tried to pull the trailer out. NO DICE!! Stuck in the mud..GOOD. So, now it's time to disconnect the trailer from Buelah so I can get her out of the water. Of course, the trailer lock keys are on Jasmine's ignition keys..."Of course" I muttered, and ran back up the put in, across the bridge and down to the dock and grabbed the keys. Reverse the direction and now I am back at Buelah unlocking the trailer. I got it unlocked, but I can't lift it off the ball, too heavy.
"Hmmmm, what to do now"
Meanwhile, the tide is still rolling up faster than I could ever believe and clearly faster just because i am in thes precarious situation. Well, time to go in deep I guess. I had to now submerge myself over to the trailer crank lift and start cranking, but of course it's not long enough because the roller wheel fell off the other week and I decided to not reattach it as I felt it was more stable when up on the wood blocks. I mean, no wheel, no roll, right? Well, I ran back up to Buelah and retrieved the wheel and an oversized crescent wrench so I could re-attach the wheel. The only way that wheel was going back on was for me to submerge and go under water to get at it. This was slightly difficult, but I managed to get the wheel on in like 12- 15 min. Lets not forget the tide, still on it's way up. Buelah is now submerged to the truck bed lift gate. I crank the trailer lift and THANK GOODNESS the trailer disconnects!!!! PHEEEEW!!! Well, now I am blowing some serious lung, full of Wando river water and mud on my legs, shorts and chest, but dam, I was able to get Buelah out of the water to the top of the landing and the emergency is over. So, now of course I am scratching my head wondering how to get the trailer out of the water as it continualy begins to disappear from sight as the tide gets higher. I came up with the brilliant plan to call Tow Boat US as I remembered i got trailer emergency coverage. I reached for the phone and.......oh yeah, the phone....in my pants, FRIED!!! Thank goodness for VHF radio. I called Tow Boat US on the air and they responded immediately. They sent a tow truck out with a winch and I had to swim out to the trailer, get back under water and feel my way around the trailer connector and get the cable secured for the pull out. We pulled the trailer out in 10 minutes, I put Jasmine BACK on the trailer, cleaned her up, flushed her out, came home and now I am sitting here laughing at my dumb ass self. So, that was a FUNNNNNN morning.
Anyway, moral of the story is: I was should have just followed my normal routine and not tried a short cut.
I hope this provided for some comedic relief on a Monday morning. Geesh!!!!
I again will swallow my pride and share my most latest blunder in hopes others will not have to enjoy my morning. This is a true story that just finished up only 30 min. ago. Again, i am admitting to this. You can never get too comfortable with your skills. I have been using the same landing with this boat for 2 years and NEVER did this one.
Stayed overnight on my boat. "Jasmine" is my boats name and "Buelah" which is a 03' F250 V10 is my trucks name.
Woke up at 0800 and headed for the landing. It was low tide this morning and I had to back the trailer in a little farther then I ever have before ( I guess). Well, my precision bunk placement was not working EXACTLY the way it has been in the past and the boat didn't line up exactly the way I like it to. So, instead of pulling off and realigning, I decided to just hop into the truck and back it in a little more so I could float the boat into the correct position. This worked SWIMMINGLY (please hold onto that word as that's going to be a key point in just a minute) and when I came out of the truck to band up on the winch I noticed Buelah was in deep. The exhaust was fully submerged and you could hear it bubbling like the boat exhaust does. This of course is a BAD thing. I re-secured Jasmine for the pull out and high tailed to Buelah and started pulling out, And then, STOP. OH CRAP!!!!.....I was over the lip on the boat ramp and the trailer was stuck in the river. "OH CRAP AGAIN!!!" I tried a couple more times and I was spinning the wheels. Well, now I had to get fricking moving. Buelah's exhaust is submerged in the water, I need to get Buelah disconnected from the trailer or I am going to need a new engine and of course the tide is coming in. I hauled ass (imagine fat boy running up and down the steep incline of the put in 60 yards or so to the bridge to the dock) up onto Jasmine, pulled her off the trailer, secured her to the dock, ran back to Buelah, got in and tried to pull the trailer out. NO DICE!! Stuck in the mud..GOOD. So, now it's time to disconnect the trailer from Buelah so I can get her out of the water. Of course, the trailer lock keys are on Jasmine's ignition keys..."Of course" I muttered, and ran back up the put in, across the bridge and down to the dock and grabbed the keys. Reverse the direction and now I am back at Buelah unlocking the trailer. I got it unlocked, but I can't lift it off the ball, too heavy.
"Hmmmm, what to do now"
Meanwhile, the tide is still rolling up faster than I could ever believe and clearly faster just because i am in thes precarious situation. Well, time to go in deep I guess. I had to now submerge myself over to the trailer crank lift and start cranking, but of course it's not long enough because the roller wheel fell off the other week and I decided to not reattach it as I felt it was more stable when up on the wood blocks. I mean, no wheel, no roll, right? Well, I ran back up to Buelah and retrieved the wheel and an oversized crescent wrench so I could re-attach the wheel. The only way that wheel was going back on was for me to submerge and go under water to get at it. This was slightly difficult, but I managed to get the wheel on in like 12- 15 min. Lets not forget the tide, still on it's way up. Buelah is now submerged to the truck bed lift gate. I crank the trailer lift and THANK GOODNESS the trailer disconnects!!!! PHEEEEW!!! Well, now I am blowing some serious lung, full of Wando river water and mud on my legs, shorts and chest, but dam, I was able to get Buelah out of the water to the top of the landing and the emergency is over. So, now of course I am scratching my head wondering how to get the trailer out of the water as it continualy begins to disappear from sight as the tide gets higher. I came up with the brilliant plan to call Tow Boat US as I remembered i got trailer emergency coverage. I reached for the phone and.......oh yeah, the phone....in my pants, FRIED!!! Thank goodness for VHF radio. I called Tow Boat US on the air and they responded immediately. They sent a tow truck out with a winch and I had to swim out to the trailer, get back under water and feel my way around the trailer connector and get the cable secured for the pull out. We pulled the trailer out in 10 minutes, I put Jasmine BACK on the trailer, cleaned her up, flushed her out, came home and now I am sitting here laughing at my dumb ass self. So, that was a FUNNNNNN morning.
Anyway, moral of the story is: I was should have just followed my normal routine and not tried a short cut.
I hope this provided for some comedic relief on a Monday morning. Geesh!!!!
