Forgot the anchor
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Forgot the anchor
So I forgot to pull up the anchor before taking off the other day...I was sober, wasn’t tired, no excuses just careless. I only realised my mistake when my little deckie said there was a shark chasing the boat.
My question is, how did the rope/chain not get caught in the motor & what other potential disasters did I miraculously avoid?
My question is, how did the rope/chain not get caught in the motor & what other potential disasters did I miraculously avoid?
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Re: Forgot the anchor
Your lucky it didn't get caught in prop and twist the propeller shaft or drive shaft or mesh up bevel gears or seize up the motor and get stuch in middle of no where lol
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Re: Forgot the anchor
If the anchor didn’t free itself from the bottom you could’ve capsized your boat i guess.
That’s a fair effort :cheers:
That’s a fair effort :cheers:
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Re: Forgot the anchor
We need a Wooly of the Week award for stuff like this. Glad you're ok.
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Re: Forgot the anchor
Haha :thumbsup:DougieK wrote:We need a Wooly of the Week award for stuff like this. Glad you're ok.
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Re: Forgot the anchor
I did it once, not long after i got my first boat.... :oops:Mattblack wrote:So I forgot to pull up the anchor before taking off the other day...I was sober, wasn’t tired, no excuses just careless. I only realised my mistake when my little deckie said there was a shark chasing the boat.
My question is, how did the rope/chain not get caught in the motor & what other potential disasters did I miraculously avoid?
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish
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Re: Forgot the anchor
I did it once and the anchor slapped under the boat and put a hole in the fibreglass, was only young but I learned the hard way. In a hurry to go nowhere fast.
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Re: Forgot the anchor
[quote="DougieK"]We need a Wooly of the Week award for stuff like this. Glad you're ok.[/quote
Hope you meant "Wally of the Week" :rofl:
Hope you meant "Wally of the Week" :rofl:
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Re: Forgot the anchor
Possibly, possibly......Wolly Bugger wrote:DougieK wrote:We need a Wooly of the Week award for stuff like this. Glad you're ok.[/quote
Hope you meant "Wally of the Week" :rofl: