A week or two ago, I nearly pulled the boat with a rotted trailer hitch but luckily we found it just before leaving the driveway, I could have lost the boat. (Disaster avoided)
SO....last night I have gaurd duty at my marina. (Its about twice a year). So I'm thinking...great night to have to be there with this f'in weather... So I get there around 10 (10-1) shift. The second guy is already htere having a cold one. We sart to shoot the S and he asks me what boat I have and where, so I point out to the slip at her and he says, ""we just tied that boat down, it was hitting the dock at the bow"", but no damage....
Hmmmm thats strange, I just pulled up on the spring line Monday when I got back in and tied her up. So curious I took a dangerous walk out to the slip. Boat is sitting crooked, WTF?? I look around and see that the finger has ripped off the main dock and is hanging on by one small bracket. Another few minutes and it would have separated from the main dock and although I had bow lines, the boat would have gone sidways and smashed into the main dock, with the finger smashing her on the other side.
I lashed it in place as well as possible, go get the other guy with a flashlight, so in pitch dark docks swaying all over the place raining and 40+ mph wind, I'm crawling around trying to reattached the finger. WIth both of us we could still not reattach it. We untied her and put it in the next slip over. Then put 4 lines on my boat and 4 more on the broken finger to keep it from smacking into my boat, and now the bumpers are on the other side. Disaster avoided, again what where the chances that it was my night for duty and it was my finger that broke. When will this streak end???
So to top off the night, its now about 1130, I'm soaked to the skin, dont have dry clothes, so I have to hang around cold and wet. My watch finally ends at 1am, and I find I can't get to my truck cause with the storm surge and high tide the ocean is now in the parking lot, the water is 1/2 way to the axle of my truck. I had to wait another hour and a half to get to my truck.
Other than that it was a freaking blast !!!!! But at least its another disaster avoided,..
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