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Sweetwater · 08-30-2004, 05:12 PM

It always amazes me how people have so little respect for the ocean and the weather. I was out near Bishop and Clerks last year and 4 guys were in an 18 foot freshwater bassboat with all of 6 inches of freeboard, in seas that were building to over 3 feet and a SW wind nearing 20 kts. Luckily, it's only a 3 mile run back to Hyannis Harbor (but in a nasty quartering wind), and these guys were taking water pretty heavily.

But this one takes it all. 5 or 6 guys in an open hull runabout (maybe 16 feet) with a walkthrough console (so it had a wheel). We noticed a bunch of line wrapped around the outboard engine and something protruding from it. The protrusion was a piece of 2x6 that they had lashed to the engine as a tiller, since (evidently) the steering cables were no longer attached...and off they go into a decent wind and sea conditions with their only steering being a pine stick lashed with clothsline.

Jeez!

Darwin Awards await these bozos.

08-30-2004, 05:12 PM	#3
Sweetwater Ruled only by the tide iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Truro Posts: 801	scary It always amazes me how people have so little respect for the ocean and the weather. I was out near Bishop and Clerks last year and 4 guys were in an 18 foot freshwater bassboat with all of 6 inches of freeboard, in seas that were building to over 3 feet and a SW wind nearing 20 kts. Luckily, it's only a 3 mile run back to Hyannis Harbor (but in a nasty quartering wind), and these guys were taking water pretty heavily. But this one takes it all. 5 or 6 guys in an open hull runabout (maybe 16 feet) with a walkthrough console (so it had a wheel). We noticed a bunch of line wrapped around the outboard engine and something protruding from it. The protrusion was a piece of 2x6 that they had lashed to the engine as a tiller, since (evidently) the steering cables were no longer attached...and off they go into a decent wind and sea conditions with their only steering being a pine stick lashed with clothsline. Jeez! Darwin Awards await these bozos.
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