Boating Blunders

[egaito]

Someone sent me a pretty funny video of "boating blunders" that I thought the rest of the group might enjoy. I've parked it on an unpublished link on my website:

http://www.marineinnovation.com/funny/loveboat.wmv

Some of them are of the "oh, that had to hurt" variety, and may not come across as funny to some, but those can be taken as lessons of what not paying attention on the water can end in.

Enjoy!

-Ed G.

 

[ThirdHatt]

HAHAHAHAH! That was TOOOO funny! THANK YOU Ed!

 

[CARL GUZMAN]

I got the whole family together for that one they thought it was Americas Funniest Home Video and i think it was but water related

 

[Boatsb]

The wife sent me that yesterday. Did anyone see a hatteras there?

 

[Boss Lady]

That was funny. Just goes to show you how unaware people are of the physics involved with safe boating. It is amazing that most humans survive for as long as they do!

 

[SeaSwick]

Those are classic, but I will not admit to painfully relating to some... er... several... um... any.

Reminded me of one summer during college. I worked at a marine supply store on LI, NY. (S.T. Preston & Sons in Greenport) The summer was the year VIKING came out with their 47 footer ('79??).

Hanging out in the side doorway (which was a constant & a big No-No), overlooked the store's fixed docks, Greenport harbor & Shelter Island. Coming towards the docks was an obviously brand-new, shiney & BIG Viking. Something about the approach said 'I'm bored, what should I do now? I know I'll buy a boat!!' and required watching.

The guy pulls in bow first until he's between two of the docks & begins to spin her around to tie up bow out. The problem was the side of the center dock he was on was (and still is) only about 40' wide. He wedges the Viking between the two docks.

His solution was to gun the engines to force the boat to complete the spin. Well... the center dock would only sway so much & the Viking wound up perpendicular to the docks, with each side of the transom blocked by pilings and the centerline of the transom against the stringer of the center dock. In a classic case of poetic justice, the pointy-end (as I'm sure he called it) happened to be jammed between a pair of sistered pilings on the other dock.

This boat wasn't just stuck, she was absolutely pinned in.

It took close to 90 mins & a chainsaw to get her out of there. Most of that time was arguing what to cut off: the pilings or the bow.

 

[UNIQUE_NAME]

those are funny.
the best part is you can have this kind of entertainment almost any weekend, go to any public launch ramp and sit and watch.

jim

 

[egaito]

those are funny.
the best part is you can have this kind of entertainment almost any weekend, go to any public launch ramp and sit and watch.

jim

I've heard it said many times that the best entertainment in the world is a six pack and a boat ramp!

Wonder why they don't build bleachers at public ramps?

 

[34Hatt]

roflol