Things I learned today ...

parared · Post by **parared** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:32 pm

1 ) If your (kinda old) outboard is going to fail, it will do it 100 feet from your mooring, after the sails are stowed, in close range of a bunch of other boats ...
2 ) My mooring field has a appreciable current ...
3 ) That current always runs towards the most expensive other boats ...
4 ) If this happens, its really good to have a friend aboard to help fend off and grab that nice 27 foot something ...
5 ) My harbor has a nice couple of guys who will run out in a floating dock and taxi you over to the mooring you belong to.

Now, to unship the outboard without dropping through the bottom of my (kinda cheap) dinghy

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( funny moment, as I was getting taxied, the floating dock's motor cut out, and we started drifting towards a yet another boat. funny cause after a couple of tries, the motor came back )

Bhacurly · Post by **Bhacurly** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:28 pm

Thanks!

That was good for a giggle!

Alanhod · Post by **Alanhod** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:52 am

It's good it all worked out in the end. Well done!

Thanks for the story!

Alan

NYCSAILOR · Post by **NYCSAILOR** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:32 am

that is hilarious, what a great sense of humor...reminds me of fatty or fat capn' bob or whomeever that is that writes that column in one of those sailing mags..

CaptainScott · Post by **CaptainScott** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:02 am

Sounds like entertainment for all the other boaters! LOL!!!

A tip not necessarily applicable bit here it goes . . .

I have made a 10 foot tether for my dinghy outboard.
This tether is ALWAYS connected to either Destiny or the dinghy. Especially when moving the outboard! When I lift it of Destiny to the dinghy the outboard is physically tethered in case I drop it! ALWAYS!

The way I see it, it is cheaper to do a salt water dip rebuild than to replace the motor! LOL!

My wife understands but I also she thinks it is a bit overkill! Heh heh! Only because I've never dropped the outboard! Ha ha!!

yet . . . .
Scott

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:35 pm

Things I learned: have an anchor ready to deploy in the cockpit.

parared · Post by **parared** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:50 am

Gus wrote:Things I learned: have an anchor ready to deploy in the cockpit.

Heh, yea, that was the big 'lesson learned' for me on this occasion. My anchor was way to hard to get too ( buried under lines and bumpers ). I realize now that its a safety item, and I'll be stowing it accordingly.

slane1124 · Post by **slane1124** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:38 am

With as little expericence as I have, I can hear them now, "Hey, Martha, you gotta get a glass of tea and come watch this land lubber try to get his blow boat to the dock. Ten'll get you 20 that he punches a hole in that expensive house boat before he's through!" I'm sweating just thinking about it!!