Boat For Sale
Well, I guess there comes a time when boating becomes more 'challenging' than it's worth. Well that day came today! EEEEK...
You may recall that at the end of the season last year, we enjoyed a wonderful day on the river with the Ward family and their yacht. It ended in a tragedy, well a tragedy for the boat. After hitting a log broad side going about 20mph, we realized we had a serious 'issue' with steering and found the problem to be a broken gimbel ring. I'm not going to spend the time to explain what a gimble ring is. If you're interested look on A9.com or Google.
Well we got that repaired, thanks a lot to our boat insurance. Still not cheap though. The repairs were done. The engine was winterized by a team of professionals who did everything possible to prevent any water from freezing and causing engine or out-drive damage. We got all the hoses and plugs put back together to find the battery DEAD. Well, that's not too serious so we jumped it off and got the engine running just fine. We even had Darren, our next door neighbor's 'quick starter' with us to insure that we got the engine started once we got to the ramp.
Well, Judy likes the downtown area to boat, and the Chattanooga Ducks have a nice boat ramp down under the Ojeotte Bridge. So, after some serious debate, Logan and I decided to try the 'Duck' ramp.
We got the boat to the water and could not get the motor started. We took the battery out to charged it for 15 minutes. Then much to our surprise, a Big Duck shows up and toots his horn. He was loaded with Duck Riders ready for a thrill ride down the ramp into the Tennessee River. Yipee! So, we had to pull the boat out and let the Ducks roll. Hey, this ramp is about 2 miles long! Trey, the muscle man carried the battery to the new location of the boat. Then ANOTHER Duck shows up... Well, we connected the battery and UGH... It wouldn't crank the engine. By this time, I had HAD IT. I was ready to uh... Do what ever you do when you've had it..
I headed for the mountain to dump the boat while Judy, Trey, Logan, Paige and Brooklyn
headed to McCallie for a nice swim and tower jumping contest...
Well, we ended the day with a nice Hamburger Challenge where Logan, Trey, and Brooklyn came out BIG winners. And here are the results.
P.S. We're not really selling the boat.. We're going to BURN IT if it doesn't behave!
You may recall that at the end of the season last year, we enjoyed a wonderful day on the river with the Ward family and their yacht. It ended in a tragedy, well a tragedy for the boat. After hitting a log broad side going about 20mph, we realized we had a serious 'issue' with steering and found the problem to be a broken gimbel ring. I'm not going to spend the time to explain what a gimble ring is. If you're interested look on A9.com or Google.
Well we got that repaired, thanks a lot to our boat insurance. Still not cheap though. The repairs were done. The engine was winterized by a team of professionals who did everything possible to prevent any water from freezing and causing engine or out-drive damage. We got all the hoses and plugs put back together to find the battery DEAD. Well, that's not too serious so we jumped it off and got the engine running just fine. We even had Darren, our next door neighbor's 'quick starter' with us to insure that we got the engine started once we got to the ramp.
Well, Judy likes the downtown area to boat, and the Chattanooga Ducks have a nice boat ramp down under the Ojeotte Bridge. So, after some serious debate, Logan and I decided to try the 'Duck' ramp.
We got the boat to the water and could not get the motor started. We took the battery out to charged it for 15 minutes. Then much to our surprise, a Big Duck shows up and toots his horn. He was loaded with Duck Riders ready for a thrill ride down the ramp into the Tennessee River. Yipee! So, we had to pull the boat out and let the Ducks roll. Hey, this ramp is about 2 miles long! Trey, the muscle man carried the battery to the new location of the boat. Then ANOTHER Duck shows up... Well, we connected the battery and UGH... It wouldn't crank the engine. By this time, I had HAD IT. I was ready to uh... Do what ever you do when you've had it..
I headed for the mountain to dump the boat while Judy, Trey, Logan, Paige and Brooklyn
headed to McCallie for a nice swim and tower jumping contest...Well, we ended the day with a nice Hamburger Challenge where Logan, Trey, and Brooklyn came out BIG winners. And here are the results.
P.S. We're not really selling the boat.. We're going to BURN IT if it doesn't behave!
1 comment:
The boat has been the cause of many a waiting around Saturday. Get a yacht. You know you want to. And I want you to. ;)
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