At least you are able to laugh at your misfourtune (sp).. I've been there, floating ... need a tow.. everyone just passes you by. Hell some even wave. That sucks
i bail out of work to go to my dentist appointment 1 I leave at 3p.m for a 320 app. get there at 325- ( ohhh cool - i'm on time ) Not -- she says your appointment wasssssss at 310- pm you can wait a half hour - ( getting a cleaning ) sooooo It's around a hundred and its only 330-p.m I reschuduel my appointment -- grab my 11 year old daughter -- hook up the boat and head to the lake - we are on the water at 430- and she held the boat - like a trooper -- wife does'nt want to meet us out there -- call the step daughter -- she and her boy friend will be out at 530 p.m ok - so we fire up the boat and this will have been the 7th time it has been out since new engine ( 78 howard v drive cruiser with a baby blower ) the boat once agian just sounds solid except the starter has kicked out twice since it went out the seven times ? -- so any ways -- my daughter and i idle out of the no wake zone - 1st gear - just the wine of the blower and gear drive mufflers just took all the other noises away so thats all you hear - sweet 1 so toward the end of the zone i pop her into second gear and prepare for take off -- wind her up plane her out lift the plates bang third gear - smooth water , no one on the lake - cruise the dam and the upper end of the lake -- I have only been cruising this boat as i- want to enjoy it all summer this year -- ( for those that know me - I have had the boat 4 years and rebuilt almost everthing ) so i'm really enjoying my self - we go to our favorite cove - wind down the boat and set anchor - me and niki swim and got our tunes going - and we're talking - the phone rings - step daughter's boy friend doen't want to come - so they're not comming lol -- so i grab my cell and call some other friends - no reception ( poor ) -- bring bring Jace ? your and Amy want to come out for a float -- chris is that you - i can't hear ya -- ( me **** ) Jaacee can ya hear me .. Jace ??? well it's 6p.m now i say screw it - so we swim some more -- Hey niki lets go cruize the rest of the lake and then we will head home -- alright -- so i pull the anchor and go to start -- ahhhhh metal on metal -- ( me what the hell ?) thinking poor battery conection - nope -- well i'll just roll the motor manully -- niki hand me the screw driver out of my tool cooler ( yes tool coooler ) lol -- dad -- there is no cooler -- what ???? Ohhh shit i cleaned the boat last saturday and it's sitting in my shop-- what do we have -- ( a 12" cresent wrench ( prop ) and a 9/16ths well i screw around trying to roll the engine over and finialy am able to fit my gorrilla hands under the tranny and catch a torqe plate bolt and roll about a quarter turn -- hit the key same thing -- ( did i sheer the drive pin ??? wtf -- so i make sure connections on silonid are tight -- yep -- what the **** -- is jingling down there ??? ohhhh nice nose cone offthe starte - well shit looks like a tow job - hey where's my paddle --- crap( cleaned boat - shop ) -- niki says good job dad - which makes me smile as she is my lil smart ass ! well if we get out of the cove we can hitch a ride -- so waves are coming into cove and it ain't moving -- well we finialy get to the end of the cove - and a boat goes by aroud 150 yards - niki and my self are on the bow - she's flaggin and i have the air horn ( these focker saw us but keep going ) so around a half hour late we finially secure a tow -- well niki and i start talking about getting towed in -- as i have gotten really teased with this boat - as it has happened a lot ( rebuilt alot of shit ) so my daughter says -- dad - we ought not tell mo (Wife ) or anyone else as you have been getting teased a lot - I said yea but i tease -so it's its alright - i can handle it -- any ways -- she My 11 year old finially convinces me i should just forget about telling any one -- so now we have a pact- I guess me and my daughter have a secret ... lol -- we get home and sit down and the mo says honey the electric fan blew up -- I looked at my daughter and said - dam electrical motors are going out all over the place -- she started smiling and ran to her room -- and that was my night ... :coffeycup
At least you are able to laugh at your misfourtune (sp).. I've been there, floating ... need a tow.. everyone just passes you by. Hell some even wave. That sucks
hey at least you got to go out and boat after work with the daughter..not to bad..
Aslong as you can still smile about it at the end of the day.. Right..
At least you are able to laugh at your misfourtune (sp).. I've been there, floating ... need a tow.. everyone just passes you by. Hell some even wave. That sucks
What he said.
That bond you have with your daughter is priceless. You've got to love it.
time like that is priceless
time like that is priceless
i concor'