Non-V-20 BUMMER!!

[reelapeelin]

Some time back I posted a buddy of mine got a Bass Boat w/ a 225 Z Max (Yam HPDI) ... I saw 77 MPH ...anyway, last Sun he's towin' it home and hit some ruff-stuff in a construction zone...tilt hydraulics AND motor-toter failed, dropped his motor all the way down, dragged it 40 miles home :o :P ...he's so bummed out along w/ some other happenings, he's sellin' it... :( ...

[brianct12]

Ya know ..... for a hobby or recreational pleausure .... boating sure seems to have a way to kick you "right where you know where". I dont get it !!

[Kajun]

man sorry to hear that...definetly a kick in the jimmy! :( ....did he have a transom saver on it? or did that fail also?

[macojoe]

well all that means is he has to figure out want went on the tilt, and get a new lower unit??

[reelapeelin]

Kajun, transom saver (motor-toter) DID fail...he said it was bent 90*...

MJ, he's gonna turn it in as an insurance claim, then sell the boat after it's repaired...


I told him if I'd walked around behind my boat and saw that damage, I'd have PUKED!!... :P ...

[macojoe]

Me Too!!

[Hammerhead]

Sorry to hear that.
I had a little mishap with my lil' Bonito early one Sunday morn while towing it to the ramp. I had it behind a new F-150...I thought to myself .."Wow, this truck pulls the boat like it's nuttin'."...then I checked the rear view mirror to see my Bonito sliding sideways down the middle of the street. :-[ I slammed on the brakes, threw it in reverse, backed the trailer to it, hooked up and winched it fast as I could. The motor was locked in the up position and the hull suffered only a few scratches. Can't blame anyone but me. Seems after powering it on the tralier I neglected to connect the hook.

[bradford]

I saw a guy once unlatch his bow hook at the boat ramp before backing in. His trailer had rollers and the whole boat rolled right off the trailer onto the boat ramp on a busy saturday afternoon.

[Kajun]

I saw a guy once unlatch his bow hook at the boat ramp before backing in. His trailer had rollers and the whole boat rolled right off the trailer onto the boat ramp on a busy saturday afternoon.


ouch!http://floridasportsman.com/art/dooh.gif

[macojoe]

Years ago before the V20 I had a 17 footer and the same thing almost happened to me!!

My friend saw it going and jumped on the trailer and grabed the bow and was yelling!! I hit the gas and hit the water, Boat was a rocket into the water.

We laugh now, But I have never forgotten that!! And its a good thing!! I have a brand new Load Rite roller and the V slides off that thing so fast its not funny!!

Always very careful when i am unloading the boat at the ramp!!

[willy]

Sorry your bud got slammed Oz. Tell him you know where to find a nice V for sale, it won't go 70 mph but he would look real good on the lake tied up along side Reelapeelin :)

[lumberslinger178]

that really sucks,
When I was a kid my father bought a brand new 1972 aristo craft with a 120 i/o merc we were in the delaware river running up around pettys island going 3/4 throttle and hit a submerged log or pipe ......ripped the out drive rite off the back of boat. damn near sunk before we got a tow to the boat ramp...... lucky dad had ins back in the day that was unheard of for a boat.......

[reelapeelin]

Pulled into a ramp at Lake Murray several years ago...rigs lined up to get to ramp...unusual...looked past rigs to ramp and there sits a nice big F-250 duallie w/ an empty trailer, except for the bow of a 22' beauty of a CC was still on the rearmost center roller and the skeg of a 250 hp Merc holdin' the arse-end up...completely suspended in mid-air, sittin' on the skeg on one end and the bow on the roller on the other was a sight :o ....

[phester]

some of the most entertaining video can be had at any busy launch ramp, especially on weekends, 9am-5pm. Many times I wished I had a camera handy. :o

[reelapeelin]

Good example of that was another day at the ramp, this couple comes in on a brand new pontoon...wife jumps off, and does a perfect job of backin' the trailer down the ramp...hubby drives up on the trailer, kills the motor, stands up and says,"Go ahead"...she does and the pontoon does NOT ...she sees what is happening and stops, but not before the toon has come off the trailer to the point that when she stops, the toon is STANDING on 45* angle, skeg and rear of toons ON the concrete w/ bow way up in the air and hubby thrown into back of boat on his arse...3 of us went over and ran the winch strap up to the bow w/ two more bow-lines and pulled the toon back down and onto the trailer...she's nice, he never says thanks, kiss my butt, nothin'...broke the entire skeg off and busted off the transducer...it was danglin' on the wire as they pulled outta the parkin' lot...