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Thank god for the coast guard, the rescue personnel, and your good wits to make the call for help. Bless you for doing the right thing by having emergency communications equipment and flares onboard. I am sorry to hear about your grounding, but so glad to hear that all will be ok. You know, the kind of boating I do on inland lakes is so easy, I lose track some times of just how challenging that "real" boating on mother ocean or very large lakes can be. Best wishes to you and your crew. You will be so much smarter next time you venture forth.
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08-12-2010, 10:51 AM
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So, now that it is on the trailer, what is the damage like to the hull (there is obviously a hole or several given that the boat was basically sunk)? How long was the engine submerged? Hope you got the engine to someone immediately for service. If not, it is probably toast by now.
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08-12-2010, 10:52 AM
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WOW...Great pics!!! Thank you for sharing them. Pickle that engine ASAP. From what I can see that hole in the hull looks repairable.. Looks like you didn't loose your ride. Again, so sorry for your loss, glad that it looks like things are coming back together again.
 On a different note, if you every have to tow a boat again like that, do not rig it the way yours was rigged. Just putting a line thru the chocks like that is an invitation for injury or death. Rig a towing line like a lasso, put it through the chocks, down around the stern of the boat, up throught the other chock and then tie it off with a bowline. That way all the strain of the tow is on the stern and transom of the boat, not on the front chocks. If they (the chocks) rip out of the fiberglass and the line comes flying at you in the tow boat with the chocks attached they can (and have in previous accidents) become deadly missles. Maybe this isn't the place to talk about it, considering your accident and loss, but the number 2 picture you provided is a great teaching tool of how not to do it. Glad that it safely worked out for you this time. 
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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08-12-2010, 10:56 AM
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Well thats something you dont see everyday (unless you are Capt Pete) I guess there's more foam in a V-20 than I thought, looked like it was ready to go to the bottom at any second! Glad you got it out of harms way. What do you think your plans are with it? BTW your first post said your dad just gave the boat to you. Is he pissed?
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08-12-2010, 11:00 AM
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WOW I'm just seeing this, thank God ya'll are ok.
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