This weekend I was pulling up to the public dock where we deploy etc... It was a zoo! This guy that works for a local rental company for jetski's and boats, was retreiving a boat that was broke down. The boat was tied to the dock, he pull the ropes and starts drifting in the wind. I move out of the way, then he cannot start it. I can hear it BTW clicking! Looks over at me and asks if I could tow him in close to the ramp. With the wind and wake I told him I'll try but if I feel I'm going to fail I'll cut my rope and it's your problem then. He agreed! So Started towing him in and swung him around close to the ramp area, all of a sudden this stupid kid dives into the water in front of us and decides he's going to swim out to a bouy. WTF! I told him to get out of the water before he DIES! I'm yelling at this fool!
At the same time trying to man handle my boat and position and contain the controllment of this idot behind me. I cut the rope then move out of the way fast, start to turn around to getback to the dock and this guy loses his big boat from the wind and starts drifting towards this dumb *** kid swimming still to a bouy about 100 yards out. At this point I'm like you better start swimming fast dude!! He jumps in and swims fast towards it and make onto the boat. I finnaly tie up and dock. My wife and kids are really confused and scared!
I was under control period! I go get my trailer and put it into the water, start to walk back to get boat ready to trailer it. The other guy that I towed in loses the boat off the trailer and boat is now drifting towards my boat, I turn quick one full turn and punch it onto the out trailer fast. Trim up and got out of there fast. At this point I'm like OMFG!
We get up onto the surface and start to doc things down, the guy from the rental boat comes over and asks me if I knew anything about electrical stuff. So I grab my tools and voltmeter. When he opens the hatch the battery box was full of water, and the battery was arching! WTF! I said theres your problem right their! So this guy has no tools no voltmeter and no skills but works for a rental company and deploys and picks up boat all day long. My god! We got home safe thank god to my skills and thinking!
all in all I went to the front gate and told the guy running the thing, that they needed to have a proctor at the ramp 24-7 to controll the crazy stupid people down there at ramp #2. He called the park ranger to go down there to check things out. LOL! :livid:
Oh well I'm alive and family safe!
At the same time trying to man handle my boat and position and contain the controllment of this idot behind me. I cut the rope then move out of the way fast, start to turn around to getback to the dock and this guy loses his big boat from the wind and starts drifting towards this dumb *** kid swimming still to a bouy about 100 yards out. At this point I'm like you better start swimming fast dude!! He jumps in and swims fast towards it and make onto the boat. I finnaly tie up and dock. My wife and kids are really confused and scared!
I was under control period! I go get my trailer and put it into the water, start to walk back to get boat ready to trailer it. The other guy that I towed in loses the boat off the trailer and boat is now drifting towards my boat, I turn quick one full turn and punch it onto the out trailer fast. Trim up and got out of there fast. At this point I'm like OMFG!
We get up onto the surface and start to doc things down, the guy from the rental boat comes over and asks me if I knew anything about electrical stuff. So I grab my tools and voltmeter. When he opens the hatch the battery box was full of water, and the battery was arching! WTF! I said theres your problem right their! So this guy has no tools no voltmeter and no skills but works for a rental company and deploys and picks up boat all day long. My god! We got home safe thank god to my skills and thinking!
all in all I went to the front gate and told the guy running the thing, that they needed to have a proctor at the ramp 24-7 to controll the crazy stupid people down there at ramp #2. He called the park ranger to go down there to check things out. LOL! :livid:
Oh well I'm alive and family safe!
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