PJBrownva I had that happen once where the fuel line disconnected from the motor. The only difference is I WAS going out of Hatteras inlet in my V21. I hit the first set of waves and realized I was lucky to be alive so I spun it around and headed back to the dock. We pulled the boat out and waited for the weather to calm down. A couple hours later we decided it was time to fish back in the soudn vs. ocean due to the forecast. Put the boat in, I went to squeeze the primer and could hear "water" squirting and the bulb would not prime. Then we smelled gas! I figure that when we hit that first big set of waves the boat slammed down on the back side so hard that it knocked the fuel line off - or almost (only thing holding it on the nipple is a small zip tie). Later that day the coast guard flew over and we later heard 3 guys in a Grady didn't fare so well going out the same inlet. One older fella had a cardiac situation hanging onto the turtled boat while another guy actually swam to shore to call for help. When the guy got to shore he thought he was on Hatteras Island but in reality he had swam to Okracoke Island just south of Hatteras. They all made it but were very lucky to escape with their lives. To say the least I was extremely lucky to make it out of that situation and learned a lot from it. Always best to play it safe on the water where ANYTHING can happen.
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1994 Wellcraft V21
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