[mastercylinder60]

oil and water.......

should not drink while boating, glad they arrested him but I am sure he thinks that it is all the kids fault still. Glad he got what was comin to him though. I have seen plenty of these altercations at the ramp. Generally I will just try and assist the inexperienced person out a bit to get them going on their way. There is no reason for stupidity.

even if you do choose to drink, it is no excuse to act uncivilized.

 

[mastercylinder60]

when i was a teenager, i worked at the old bait camp and marina that used to be at the end of the texas city dike. one morning we put this guys boat in the water that obviously hadn't been used in a long time. it had 4" of dead leaves on the deck floor. we got him in the water, but he had some serious problems getting it started and was holding up the line of people waiting to be put in. we moved him out of the way the best we could.

he finally got it started, but was having trouble getting it to idle smoothly(duh), so he decides to rev his mercury up a little bit to "blow it out." he slammed the throttle down so hard that his entire engine came off of the transom and sank into the water. a buddy of mine and i jumped in and pulled his motor out of the water, and he gave us $5.00 each. ($5.00 was three hours pay back then).

moral: always check your boat, motor and trailer out before leaving home - especially if you haven't had it out in awhile.