Wake UP!!!!!

[ppat324]

This past year was my first on a boat and definately my first on a 65' Hatt!
One of the first things Bill taught me was what a No-wake Zone was. Since we sit right outside the O'Brien Lock we get everyone rushing to catch the lock and all the idiots rushing to get out of the lock. That means that our boats get rocked around ALOT!!!!
This first year I had a little air horn that I would use to get everyones attention and then would have to yell at the top of my lungs to slow down! It was a little embarrasing when I'd yell at someone and then they would come up to the boat and ask for Bill. He'd just tell them they should slow down.

NOT ANY MORE!!!!!! This season will be different....just in case I missed anyone last year I promise they will notice me this year!!


Bill bought me these really neat bull horns on e-bay. One is 30 watt the other is 50 watt.....let me tell ya .........They are LOUD!!!! My shouting days are over. Now everyone will know who I am and know that I mean business!!!!
I'll see if this summer we can get a u-tube of me in action with these babies!!! ppat

 

[Sparky1]

So Pat, are you related to Pascal?

 

[yachtsmanbill]

So Pat, are you related to Pascal?

No. Why do you ask? ppat

 

[Sparky1]

I'm sure somebody else will tell you. LOL

 

[yachtsmanbill]

I'm sure somebody else will tell you. LOL

CHICKEN!!!!!!!! ppat

 

[Angela]

I COMPLETELY feel your pain!!! I lived at Rickenback for 3 years. It was like living in the Gulfstream from all of the "I-gotta-be-there-first" boaters. I broke every glass onboard, popped every fender, and my dad remained in a constant state of seasickness IN THE SLIP. Go anchor, and he was fine.

Randy, there ain't nothin' wrong with those horns!!! I'm not sure how you correlate that to Pascal in the least bit. That's more up my alley. Heck, I had a paintball machine gun that I borrowed from Gil one time. I like the Rambo feeling, and I ain't scared to pull the trigger.

Ppat...good luck. I've found that all the yelling and screaming gets you nothing more than a finger and a heavier hand on the throttle just for spite, at least that's the Miami response. Things change dramatically when you race down to the launch ramp to kick the shit out of them. They cower so quickly then. Oh yeah, the apologies come flowing out of their mouths like a bad case of the runs.

 

[yachtsmanbill]

I agree Ange! When Gator and I were leaving the lock at Starved Rock Il. an ol boy with a mouthfullachaw rolled by out of the lock from behind us and knocked my full sized fridge on its side... I got on the radio and had a chat with ol' bubba junior. Could hardly understand him with his one hand on the wheel, one on the radio, and the third in the sack-o-tabacky. He laughed at me and raced off the next ten miles to the fuel dock at Seneca. While he was fueling, he saw me rolling towards him at about 12 mph when I blasted the air horns at him, and you shoulda seen his crew scatter for lines and fenders.
I slowed down WELL before getting there and pulled along for a broadside and told him; "Ya'll do that ag-gin and I'll putcher Topaz so far up on the dirt ya'll'll think its a planter..." Bubba didnt get it, but I felt better.
Damn peckerwoods! ws

 

[yachtsmanbill]

... then theres the true proffesional yachtsmen up here that dont have a clue either! ;-)) ws

 

[Angela]

I have a list of boat names of those who have truly ruffled my feathers. If and when I see any one of them out when I'm out and they are not in a designated anchorage, I will circle their wagon at the beloved 12 mph....well truthfully 10 mph is my giant wake speed. I have a place on my website called the "Rickenbacker Wall of Shame." I never published that page to the public, but I've thought about it. I don't think about it so much anymore since I moved away from Rickenbacker, but I never forget my "list of names."

 

[ppat324]

... then theres the true proffesional yachtsmen up here that dont have a clue either! ;-)) ws

That gentleman professionals boat's name is "Pimps up, Ho's down"


Now, isn't that special? ppat

 

[egaito]

That gentleman professionals boat's name is "Pimps up, Ho's down"


Now, isn't that special? ppat

Judging by the looks of the captain, perhaps it should be named "Wishful Thinking"

 

[Avenger]

Ahhhhh, the "Wall of Shame". When I was stock-car racing it was photos of things we had done and places we had been, pinned to the sheetrock wall of the shop where the cars were based. Me and the Hooters girls, Davey Allison during a practice two weeks before the helicopter crash. You know, things like that.

At home, it was written in pencil on the garage wall. The "NY" numbers of the offending boaters who operated too fast in the 50 ft wide canal on which we lived. Some of those numbers are still embossed in the sheetrock.

Someone I used to know found a way to stop flat out high speed passes down their canal by slipping a telephone pole-sized piece of driftwood into the water crossing the canal. The inevitable high-speed departure started with the throaty torque of an Evinurude building to a high RPM full-on roar..... right up to the BANG!!! and high pitched scream of a sudden unload and overspeed of the powerhead.... which continued a few hundered feet into the bay.....and gradually died down to be replaced by a distant stream of profanity....which gradually died down and was replaced by the distand sound of a paddle....

splooosh.....splooosh....splooosh....

 

[Maynard Rupp]

Why does poor Pascal take the brunt of this discussion...He really is a very nice guy. Pascal and I have sat down and solved the world's problems several times. Most of them have been while drinking his beer. This winter I hope he and I will drink my beer while discussing all that crap.

 

[egaito]

Why does poor Pascal take the brunt of this discussion...He really is a very nice guy. Pascal and I have sat down and solved the world's problems several times. Most of them have been while drinking his beer. This winter I hope he and I will drink my beer while discussing all that crap.

Consider the source Maynard.....if you haven't noticed, Sparky's got a bit of a "thang" for Pascal ;-)