The 2012 Dumb A move thread.

Gofirstclass said:
Karen and Pyrojudge, I did something similar to that...I went to the hobby store and got some of those little bottles of paint that's used on models. I painted the fresh water fill blue around the letters and inside the area where the Perko key fits. I did the same on the fuel fillls with red and the waste cap with black. It was a good reminder to me and anyone who might be wanting to "help" me get things ready.
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Great Idea! I think I'll run this past the captain right now!
 
Pyrojodge said:
All right... I am going to confess!

As my season has just started I haven't had any D.A. moments yet on Aftica.

But,

I have been researching and looking at new boats the last two months... god help me... I even found a few I am looking into... what the heck is wrong with me I am such a D.A.:smt021:smt100
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What would you be looking and now, hmmmm?
 
Ken,

Loking at a 410,460, 48 da and really like a 44DB. Yeah I guess we never learn...:smt100

But hey my old motto holds true.

Some people spend money on stupid things, I bought a boat!:thumbsup:
 
A very few years back when I got into boating, I decided to build a boat house in back yard vs storage. Built it outa left over treated lumber from a deck. Roof rafters were 2x3’s on 4ft center with one collar tie. Walls were same 2x3’s. Front open with nothing but the one collar tie on the leading rafter holding things together.

This last Feb/Mar I’m in Florida drinking when we get two feet of blue snow in 24 hrs. Only damage was two windshields and starboard bow rails. My insurance was “sorry not covered”
 
Was in back yard and one of my Nabors was working on a 28’ carver in a hoist said trim was not working. Next thing he did was try to trim it up and oil went everywhere so he put some dawn dish washing detergent in the water. Well thinking I would help had 21’ Pro-Line in water tied up cranked it up and put it in gear slow was looking good. Stood up on side to see how things were going fell landing on throttle and then the dock. Well boat puled two cleats out deck and left with no one in it went across the canal hit pilling turned and went around corner out sight dam. Standing there thinking what now and then hear it coming back at about 30+ MPH. Hit almost the same pilling it hit when leaving turned and was coming back (not good). Well it ran into Nabors dock about ten foot from the carver ran up on top the dock collapsing I jumped in and shut it down. Now knowing had to mess up a lot of stuff wife comes and said wish I had a camera you dumb A . $600.00 to fix old lady’s dock next to carver the Pro-Line 8” scratch at one time called Pro-Line (pro latex) never after that tuff boat ! NEVER NEW WHAT IT HIT DOWN THE CANAL TO TURN IT AROUND WHEN IT WAS OUT OF SIGHT. Cant believe I told this one on my self.
 
No worries telling on yourself. I can't think of any one on the site that doesn't have a great story to tell. Come on folks let's hear from you. I just bought new tires for the trailer. I'm packing the wheel bearings and installing the tires this weekend. Possible story in the making.:lol::lol:
 
Not dropping a boat in gear in the yard before driving an hour to the lake
 
Well it happened... finally had a dumb A$$ moment! Left for the lake directly after work on Friday. I packed the car the night before. Work all day and drive to the lake and decide to relax a bit with friends. Get a shower around 10pm and when I get finished I ask J for a towel and she asks where they are? I immediately remember them sitting on the dryer at the house. Trying to dry off with a 12x12 micro fiber cloth is a chore any way you look at it. The positive thing is they are easy to hang up to dry (take up virtually no room). So OK there it is I had to buy two new towels and launder them in the sink. Oh well other then that it was good weekend.
 
I got to my boat Friday to find two very dead batteries. I left them on and haven't seen my boat for over two weeks. Grrrrrrr.

I have a couple of things like a stereo faceplate that draw quite a bit of current. Two weeks of constant drain brought them to a level below what would start the motor.

I know better.



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With my first boat, 11 years ago, I had a rode locker with hawse pipe in the bow but no windlass. The bow pulpit had an anchor roller to hold the danforth anchor and a nice big cleat on the deck. I had 15ft of chain. My newbie D.A. brain said "Just wrap the chain around the cleat. There's no way it will come loose."

Well, running at about 35 mph in some pounding waves, she came loose alright. Anchor hit the water, then raced along the keel when it hit the alpha outdrive square on with an enormouse "BANG", taking the prop out. Then the rode was screaming out of the locker till it snagged coming out with about 50ft behind the boat. In a split second, the rode went taut, stretched like a rubber band and launched that danforth out of the water BACK TOWARDS THE BOAT. It splashed in the water about 10ft behind the boat just as the boat was diving off plane.

My wife was sitting facing aft as we were driving and saw the the whoooole thing, including 15 lbs of anchor with chain attached flying through the air back at her and the kids. (now everyone picture the look on her face as she turned to face me after the boat came to a stop ......... oh myyyyy, if looks could kill.).

So now we are bobbing around on a blustery cold day in open water with 25% of a prop. Limped to the nearest marina, called a cab to take my wife and kids to the car and vowed to never take a boating short cut again. Damage was limited to the prop and my pride. The outdrive had a major dent in the forward edge where the bar on the danforth whacked it, but no cracks. I got lucky with my first major D.A. move.
 
OK, I'm going to admit it... I f'ed up!

Went to kellys island for a long weekend....

Backed perfectly into my slip and couldn't have asked for nicer weather...

Got her tied up, shore power and water hooked up and decided I needed a round fender forward. Get the round fender and instead of stepping to the swim platform then the dock I jumped straight from the deck...

Well I beefed it... landed on the newly laid water hose and my right foot rolled out from under me.
I fell between the boat and the dock and my large a$$ landed on the swim platform. I never got my wallet wet nor did I break my sunglasses. Only had one leg in the water (which yes is bruised and cut) but that is all I had wrong. Never even dropped the bouy.

So all I could do is laugh at myself as the gf was screaming bloody murder. At least the other people in the marina scored me a 9.8 on gracefulness...

What a way to start the weekend!
 
Falling between the boat and the dock is scarey stuff, glad your ok.
 
Let's just say that Blackberry's don't like water. (felt good to me though) ' nuff said!
 
sdarc said:
Let's just say that Blackberry's don't like water. (felt good to me though) ' nuff said!
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Did that on launch day in the spring. Dropped the wife's blackberry in the drink. (lol). Karma caught up with me a week later, when opening the engine bay hatch, my blackberry slipped from my pocket and fell in the oily bilge water.
 
Nice to hear we are all human here. Glad you're OK Jason. Wouldn't want you hurt for the Sea Ray event. Man am I getting heat from the admiral!! I think she wants the boat more than me. :smt001
 
Earlier this season I installed flip down lifting arm style davits (like dom's dinghy davits).

A couple of weeks later we were out on anchor, zodiac floating behind us so people could re-board using the ladder.

I decided I'd go for a swim and went to trimmed the drives up to inspect the anodes and clean the props. As I was trimming them up I could hear what sounded like the crinkling of aluminum foil, so I stopped thinking "who the hell is doing that?"...well no one was, the sound was the 316 stainless davit arm and quick release plate bending upward since the drives were turned at the magic angle to catch one of the arms in the down position.

Luckily I just bent the hell out of the arms, the plates and the quick release shoes. I thought there would be fiberglass damage for sure but when I finally got it all unbolted (I've got a molded, hollow to the bilge swim platform that requires climbing over an engine and a contortionist act to get to the back of) there was not even a crack or mark in the gelcoat.

I guess the giant backing plates I used saved me from tearing some huge holes in the platform!
 
This falls under more under the category of Lucky A move...

This is the first season we have owned our boat, so much learning in general for our kids around boats and water. On our second weekend trip to the boat, about 2.5 hours from home, we had two vehicles here (can't remember why). Getting ready to head home after the weekend, we had the cars all packed and doing a few last minute cleanup items around the boat.

My oldest was twirling my wife's keys on her finger when they launched off and hit the dock bouncing once and into the drink between the dock and swim platform.

Windows were down on her car to cool off and now we have no way of doing anything with the vehicle. After a few choice words and exchanges by all of us, I just needed time to think.....a magnet! I had a small magnet used for collecting bolts from engine bays. I tried it on my keys and the only thing metal that would stick to was the key ring itself.

I strapped it to the boat hook that extended to twelve feet and began poking around the bottom of the lake, no luck. Late on Sunday, middle of nowhere and what to do? I thought I need a bigger magnet, so I sacrificed a speaker from the cockpit and using a coat hanger, suspended it from the end of the boat hook. Told the girls to start praying. Second time down I pulled up the keys. My wife was committed to working vacation bible school this summer up at church because her prayer was answered.

Thats the great news, and the good news is that the speaker dried out and works just fine.....



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