Rescue at Somerville!
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Knotty Girl
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Rough day that day
Devilman
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Trigger said:
Was his first or second time out with the boat from what the guy was telling us. It was windy & the water was rough as hell, he was heading in to load it & was swamped while coming in to shore. We/they took the scoop off so it wouldn't get damaged as they were lifting the back of the boat with that pontoon boat there in the pics...
Did our best not to drag it along the bottom so as not to damage any of the underwater gear. The pontoon acted as a lift somewhat & we basically carried the boat along in short spells. Not really carry it, more of "lift, inch forward, drop & repeat" over & over again, lol...
Devilman said:
Ahh, gotcha. That really sucks!!!!! I think that is the same ramp where I met Henry for the first time. I do NOT like that ramp at all!!!! Waaay too steep for short freeboard boats to use, especially being so exposed to the open lake. Gotta admit I was pretty nervous when we unloaded mine there. Only took a couple gallons over the transom to get it launched. Never again for me
Devilman
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Trigger said:
There is lots of big rocks right off the end of the ramp too, that was fokkin hell tryin to manuever that thing around once we got to that point. I do remember his rudder was snapped off, not sure exactly when that occured, but would guess it was after we got off the soft bottom. Looky loos were coming in close & making waves so it was bouncing up & down off the bottom.
The owner is in the last pic, dude withe cap & braided ponytail, his friend is the guy in the yellow shirt.
And ya, that was the Hondo brochure boat like you mentioned, supposedly spent most of its life in climate controlled storage when not in use. And then that happened to it, sucks. Never heard much about it afterwards though, so not sure what happened with it after he left that day.
The ramp had nothing to do with the boat going down. We had a summer squall blow through in the afternoon. He and his lady friend were parked out in the cove, and decided to make the shore. As he pulled up and shut the engine off, the waves the storm kicked up, sent the boat to the bottom. Had he turned the Bow into the storm, as most of us do, he would have been OK. You are right that boat had been in many Hot Boat and Hot Rod Magazines, and is a very important part of our Sport.
pro53
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The other guy that was there with the Sanger Hydro. Was at the Lonestar Round up carshow last year, was talking with him, asked how his buddy was doing. He said the fixed the boat again, unloaded on the boat ramp, and sunk again. Boat has now been under twice. Apparently they forgot to put the propshaft bushing or seal back in, down she went. I dont know if he still has it now.
Knotty Girl
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Easy to bite off more than you can chew with these things. Yes from experience. I see so many people taking unsafe risk with performance boats. I am surprised more people do not get hurt or killed. I am amazed when I hear people brag about how much experience they have and how good of a boater they are, then go out there and do something totally stupid. Yes I did get hurt and even though I was being careful. Stuff can happen really quick in a boat and it does not even have to be traveling that fast. OK I'm off my soap box now.