Sadler
Member
- Nov 29, 2006
- 907
- Boat Info
- 2005 Nordic Tugs 37 FB
Mercury RIB dinghy with Honda 2 hp 4 stroke,
sold: 1997 290DA,
- Engines
- Cummins QSB 380
Mine was about 18 months ago. Weather was warm and skies clear. Couple of buddies and I were anchored off Snake Island near Folly Beach finishing grilling out dinner. Darkness had just fallen, when we heard a small john boat approaching slowly. It was a very remote location on a tidal creek and we wondered who it could be; plus whoever it was had no lights on the boat. The anchor light of our boat let us see him as he drew near--a very scruffy guy alone in the boat except for a big dog. I said hi and he didn't answer. He circled us, dropped to an idle, and then said in a slow scratchy voice: "Are you friend or foe?" One of the guys laughed nervously and responded "Friend dude!" I started thinking this was not good, when suddenly he peeled away and motored back into the darkness.
Unanimously we decided to pull anchor, and in the dark I threaded our way out of that creek and anchored back on the Stono River for the night about five miles away. Next day we went to the nearby marina (Mariners Cay) to get ice. They told us the guy was a homeless person living on an old boat that had blown ashore nearby. They said he was harmless. We weren't so sure. A few months later the tide and wind took that old boat, and I've never seen him again. Pretty strange.
Anybody else have a weird boating experience?
Sadler
Unanimously we decided to pull anchor, and in the dark I threaded our way out of that creek and anchored back on the Stono River for the night about five miles away. Next day we went to the nearby marina (Mariners Cay) to get ice. They told us the guy was a homeless person living on an old boat that had blown ashore nearby. They said he was harmless. We weren't so sure. A few months later the tide and wind took that old boat, and I've never seen him again. Pretty strange.
Anybody else have a weird boating experience?
Sadler