My SH#@TY day!!

[NautiII]

I know I will get ridiculed for this, but oh well.... now, let me tell you about my day at Bartlett.....first, we get there, ramp is not crowded. so, I begin to back my boat in..then, my whole truck starts sliding, front brakes GONE!! my boat jackknifes, my truck ends up towards the water up on the walk ramp!!! scratches my brand new paint, dents the shit out of my truck....well, now people are staring. a few good guys come over and help me get my crap together. then, I was going to back down the sand portion of the ramp....blow a radiator hose!!!!!! fixed that, hit the road home! never even touched water. now mind you, I have had big boats all my life and this has NEVER happened!! so, big dent in my bronco, scratched paint on the boat...got to find someone who knows about brakes. money is a tad tight, so a big brake job is out of the question right now. boat may have to sit awhile!!! time for BEER, in my pool, where it is safe!!!!! Jordy...go ahead and laugh!! lol

[77 Apollo Jet Boat]

atleast you have a boat... :cry: :cry: :cry:
:rollside:
better your tailer jack knife and suffer a dent/scratches than have EVERYTHING go underwater. sorry to hear about your accident (sp).

[taxman]

Hey I was at Bartlett last nite for a sudown cruise and I have to say no problems but than again I drive like a granny backing the boat in.....and drive the boat like a 16 yr old Sorry to hear about the bad luck next time go with someone I personally love that lake not to many jack offs there....Drink until you can't see straight than in the morning do it again until you are over the pain of the mistake

[SHIFTY]

GOT TO PYRAMID ABOUT 8:00 OR SO, EMPTY RAMP, EVERYTHING IS COOL.
TAKE A RIP AROUND THE LAKE, AND HIT THE SAND BAR TO HANG OUT AND WAIT FOR Jetdriver AND Raff. I STARTED WALKING AROUND THE SAND BAR, AND CAME TO THE INLET OF WATER RUNOFF FROM THE HILL. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INLET LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOOD SAND WITH NO ROCKS, A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHERE WE ALREADY WERE. BEFORE MOVING THE BOAT AND ALL OUR STUFF, I THOUGHT I'd CHECK IT OUT. I DECIDED TO CROSS THE STREAM, IT's ONLY ABOUT TEN FEET ACROSS. I TOOK TWO STEPS IN, AND SUNK TO MY CHEST IN THE SAND. I SPIDER-MANNED MY WAY OUT, AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
SO AS WE're CHILLIN', PEOPLE START TO SHOW UP. A COUPLE ROLL-BAR BOATS, AND A FEW PWC CLOWNS. THEY DROPPED THEIR BACKPACKS AND STARTED DOING SPINOUTS AND ATTEMPTING WEAK TRICKS ABOUT TWENTY FEET OFF THE BACK OF MY BOAT. THE WHOLE LAKE IS EMPTY, AND GLASSY, AND THEY HAD TO BE RIGHT THERE. TYPICAL.
I DECIDED TO GET OUT THE HELMET NEW CAMERA AND HELMET CAM THAT I BOUGHT EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THINKING I'd GET SOME ON-BOARD FOOTAGE. I GOT EVERYTHING SET UP, TAPED THE HELMET CAM TO THE BOW AND TOOK OFF. GOT BACK, WENT TO REVIEW THE FOOTAGE, AND IT DIDN't RECORD. AS I WAS CHECKING THE CORD TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE CAMERA PROPERLY, THE ENTIRE CAMERA CAME APART IN MY HANDS. IT LOOKED LIKE I HIT THE SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON, AS THE COVER PLATE AND SCREEN POPPED OUT, AND THERE WERE WIRES HANGING OUT THE SIDE. NO BIG DEAL, IT WAS ONLY SIX HUNDRED BUCKS...
AS I'm SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE FIDDLING WITH MY SAMSUNG PAPERWEIGHT, THE PWC CLOWNS FROM EARLIER START DOING CIRCLES AROUND THE BOAT, NEARLY SWAMPING ME. I STARTED UP AND TOOK OFF TO THE BEACH. AS I GET BACK TO OUR SPOT, THERE WAS SOME JACKASS RIGHT WERE WE WERE, SITTING INCHES FROM MY COOLER, TOWELS, ETC. I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS COMFORTABLE IN MY SPOT, AND IF HE WOULDN't MIND MOVING DOWN THIRTY OF FORTY FEET. HE LAUGHED, AND DIDN't BUDGE. I GAVE HIM THE STINK-EYE UNTIL HE KNEW I WAS SERIOUS, THEN LEFT. WE DECIDED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE, AS THERE WERE BOAT LOADS OF TRASH ROLLING UP EVERY COUPLE MINUTES. AS WE're GETTING EVERYTHING IN THE BOAT, A SEA DOO COMES FLOATING OUT OF NOWHERE AND ALMOST TAGS THE SIDE OF MY BOAT. NOBODY ON IT, NOBODY AROUND, IT WAS JUST FLOATING DOWN THE BEACH. WE FINISHED THROWING EVERYTHING IN THE BOAT... I PUSHED THE SEA DOO OUT INTO THE LAKE, AND TOOK OFF.
Jetdriver AND Raff FINALLY SHOWED, AND WE GOT A SPOT IN A NO WAKE ZONE UP IN ONE OF THE CANYONS. WHILE WE WERE HANGING, SOME BOATS AND A COUPLE SEA DOOS WENT THROUGH AT FULL SPEED (AGAIN, THIS IS A NO WAKE ZONE) AND I GUESS SOME OF THEIR WAKE HAD GONE OVER THE TRANSOM AND DUMPED INTO THE BOAT. I DIDN't NOTICE, BUT COMBINED WITH THE WIND, AND THE INCONSIDERATE GENERAL PUBLIC, QUITE A BIT OF WATER HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE BOAT. ME AND SHIFTETTE HOPPED IN FOR SPIN AROUND, AND AS I GOT A FEW HUNDRED FEET OFF SHORE, I TURNED AROUND AND SAW WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN THIRTY-FIVE GALLONS OF WATER IN THE BILGE. I PULLED THE PUMP SWITCH AND HAULED ASS, BARELY GETTING ON PLANE. AT THIS POINT, I DON't KNOW THAT THE WATER GOT IN THERE FROM SITTING ON THE BEACH, I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE SPRUNG A LEAK SOMEWHERE. I HAUL ASS AROUND THE CORNER TOWARDS A COVE, CONVINCED I'm GONNA SINK, AND THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF MYSTERIOUS HOLE NOW IN THE BOAT. THE COVE I'm POINTING AT IS A MIXTURE OF SAND AND LOOSE ROCK, BUT I FIGURE THAT's BETTER THAN SINKING. I BEACH IT AT ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR, BUT I MUST HAVE KILLED THE MOTOR A FEW SECONDS TO LATE. THE BILGE SLOWLY PUMPS ALL THE WATER OUT, AND I PUSHED OFF TO START THE BOAT. NOW CONVINCED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE WAKES FROM THE BEACH, AND NOT A MYSTERIOUS LEAK... I START TO FEEL BETTER. MOTOR STARTS FINE, AND START TO GET UP ON PLANE. THE BOAT WAS SHAKING LIKE A WASHING MACHINE, SO I TURNED AROUND AND BEACHED IT AGAIN.
NOW I FIGURE I SUCKED UP A ROCK, BUT I'm NOT 100% ON WHAT TO DO. I FLAGGED SOMEBODY DOWN THAT WENT TO GET Jet AND Raff, AND THEY FOLLOWED ME AS I IDLED BACK TO THE RAMP. I APPRECIATE THE HELP GUYS, I WAS A LITTLE SHAKEN UP AT THAT POINT...
GOT IT BACK TO THE TRAILER AND WENT HOME. MUCH LIKE Nauti, I WENT HOME AND GOT SH!TFACED BY THE POOL...

[Jordan_23_85205]

i feel the pain Once had a boat that the transom leaked . We took it into the shop like 5 times only to go to the lake dump it in the water and pull it back out because the f in thing leaked like a fire hose was put inside.I dont mension names but ive heard halderman marine sucks. good lucck on fixin everything hope to see you at the lake.

[502 JET]

Hey NAUTI I used to tow my 22' deep v cuddy cabin with a K5 Blazer.The boat would pull me down the ramp unless I put the truck in 4WD.Give it a try you will have more control when backing down the ramp.Its a good thing no one was hurt.The truck can be fixed.

[cave]

I use my 4 wheel drive also. But if my brakes let go I don't know if I could react fast enough to get it back in forward to avoid a jackknife. Your truck & boat can be repaired. Hope to see you out this coming weekend NauttiII. How did you get it home without brakes?
SHIFTY, you are a patient person...

[BIGAMIST]

GOT TO PYRAMID ABOUT 8:00 OR SO, EMPTY RAMP, EVERYTHING IS COOL.
TAKE A RIP AROUND THE LAKE, AND HIT THE SAND BAR TO HANG OUT AND WAIT FOR Jetdriver AND Raff. I STARTED WALKING AROUND THE SAND BAR, AND CAME TO THE INLET OF WATER RUNOFF FROM THE HILL. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INLET LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOOD SAND WITH NO ROCKS, A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHERE WE ALREADY WERE. BEFORE MOVING THE BOAT AND ALL OUR STUFF, I THOUGHT I'd CHECK IT OUT. I DECIDED TO CROSS THE STREAM, IT's ONLY ABOUT TEN FEET ACROSS. I TOOK TWO STEPS IN, AND SUNK TO MY CHEST IN THE SAND. I SPIDER-MANNED MY WAY OUT, AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
SO AS WE're CHILLIN', PEOPLE START TO SHOW UP. A COUPLE ROLL-BAR BOATS, AND A FEW PWC CLOWNS. THEY DROPPED THEIR BACKPACKS AND STARTED DOING SPINOUTS AND ATTEMPTING WEAK TRICKS ABOUT TWENTY FEET OFF THE BACK OF MY BOAT. THE WHOLE LAKE IS EMPTY, AND GLASSY, AND THEY HAD TO BE RIGHT THERE. TYPICAL.
I DECIDED TO GET OUT THE HELMET NEW CAMERA AND HELMET CAM THAT I BOUGHT EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THINKING I'd GET SOME ON-BOARD FOOTAGE. I GOT EVERYTHING SET UP, TAPED THE HELMET CAM TO THE BOW AND TOOK OFF. GOT BACK, WENT TO REVIEW THE FOOTAGE, AND IT DIDN't RECORD. AS I WAS CHECKING THE CORD TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE CAMERA PROPERLY, THE ENTIRE CAMERA CAME APART IN MY HANDS. IT LOOKED LIKE I HIT THE SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON, AS THE COVER PLATE AND SCREEN POPPED OUT, AND THERE WERE WIRES HANGING OUT THE SIDE. NO BIG DEAL, IT WAS ONLY SIX HUNDRED BUCKS...
AS I'm SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE FIDDLING WITH MY SAMSUNG PAPERWEIGHT, THE PWC CLOWNS FROM EARLIER START DOING CIRCLES AROUND THE BOAT, NEARLY SWAMPING ME. I STARTED UP AND TOOK OFF TO THE BEACH. AS I GET BACK TO OUR SPOT, THERE WAS SOME JACKASS RIGHT WERE WE WERE, SITTING INCHES FROM MY COOLER, TOWELS, ETC. I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS COMFORTABLE IN MY SPOT, AND IF HE WOULDN't MIND MOVING DOWN THIRTY OF FORTY FEET. HE LAUGHED, AND DIDN't BUDGE. I GAVE HIM THE STINK-EYE UNTIL HE KNEW I WAS SERIOUS, THEN LEFT. WE DECIDED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE, AS THERE WERE BOAT LOADS OF TRASH ROLLING UP EVERY COUPLE MINUTES. AS WE're GETTING EVERYTHING IN THE BOAT, A SEA DOO COMES FLOATING OUT OF NOWHERE AND ALMOST TAGS THE SIDE OF MY BOAT. NOBODY ON IT, NOBODY AROUND, IT WAS JUST FLOATING DOWN THE BEACH. WE FINISHED THROWING EVERYTHING IN THE BOAT... I PUSHED THE SEA DOO OUT INTO THE LAKE, AND TOOK OFF.
Jetdriver AND Raff FINALLY SHOWED, AND WE GOT A SPOT IN A NO WAKE ZONE UP IN ONE OF THE CANYONS. WHILE WE WERE HANGING, SOME BOATS AND A COUPLE SEA DOOS WENT THROUGH AT FULL SPEED (AGAIN, THIS IS A NO WAKE ZONE) AND I GUESS SOME OF THEIR WAKE HAD GONE OVER THE TRANSOM AND DUMPED INTO THE BOAT. I DIDN't NOTICE, BUT COMBINED WITH THE WIND, AND THE INCONSIDERATE GENERAL PUBLIC, QUITE A BIT OF WATER HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE BOAT. ME AND SHIFTETTE HOPPED IN FOR SPIN AROUND, AND AS I GOT A FEW HUNDRED FEET OFF SHORE, I TURNED AROUND AND SAW WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN THIRTY-FIVE GALLONS OF WATER IN THE BILGE. I PULLED THE PUMP SWITCH AND HAULED ASS, BARELY GETTING ON PLANE. AT THIS POINT, I DON't KNOW THAT THE WATER GOT IN THERE FROM SITTING ON THE BEACH, I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE SPRUNG A LEAK SOMEWHERE. I HAUL ASS AROUND THE CORNER TOWARDS A COVE, CONVINCED I'm GONNA SINK, AND THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF MYSTERIOUS HOLE NOW IN THE BOAT. THE COVE I'm POINTING AT IS A MIXTURE OF SAND AND LOOSE ROCK, BUT I FIGURE THAT's BETTER THAN SINKING. I BEACH IT AT ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR, BUT I MUST HAVE KILLED THE MOTOR A FEW SECONDS TO LATE. THE BILGE SLOWLY PUMPS ALL THE WATER OUT, AND I PUSHED OFF TO START THE BOAT. NOW CONVINCED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE WAKES FROM THE BEACH, AND NOT A MYSTERIOUS LEAK... I START TO FEEL BETTER. MOTOR STARTS FINE, AND START TO GET UP ON PLANE. THE BOAT WAS SHAKING LIKE A WASHING MACHINE, SO I TURNED AROUND AND BEACHED IT AGAIN.
NOW I FIGURE I SUCKED UP A ROCK, BUT I'm NOT 100% ON WHAT TO DO. I FLAGGED SOMEBODY DOWN THAT WENT TO GET Jet AND Raff, AND THEY FOLLOWED ME AS I IDLED BACK TO THE RAMP. I APPRECIATE THE HELP GUYS, I WAS A LITTLE SHAKEN UP AT THAT POINT...
GOT IT BACK TO THE TRAILER AND WENT HOME. MUCH LIKE Nauti, I WENT HOME AND GOT SH!TFACED BY THE POOL...
F Pyramid :squiggle: .......

[GasGuzzler]

Sounds like a steep ramp, too much speed, and too much weight on the azz of the bronco

[GasGuzzler]

I DIDN't NOTICE, BUT COMBINED WITH THE WIND, AND THE INCONSIDERATE GENERAL PUBLIC, QUITE A BIT OF WATER HAD ACCUMULATED IN THE BOAT. ME AND SHIFTETTE HOPPED IN FOR SPIN AROUND, AND AS I GOT A FEW HUNDRED FEET OFF SHORE, I TURNED AROUND AND SAW WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN THIRTY-FIVE GALLONS OF WATER IN THE BILGE. I PULLED THE PUMP SWITCH AND HAULED ASS, BARELY GETTING ON PLANE.
Automatic bilge pump on the must buy list!!