Boat rescue - but what went wrong ?

[IAIA3259]

On Sunday afternoon while doing a river trial just below Old Windsor Lock (my B25 is for sale cheap as I have now upgraded) we came across an eco friendly electric launch with just on on board drifting mid stream, he was trying to paddle it with his hands but couldn't reach the water !

Now the question what went wrong for him to need help ?

 

[byron]

Now the question what went wrong for him to need help ?

Flat batteries? Burned out motor? Line around prop? Overheated motor?

 

[CX54WEK]

Ran out of electric?

 

[IAIA3259]

no, no and no Byron

no, cx54wek

 

[spinreach]

Now the question what went wrong for him to need help ?[/QUOTE]

Was he on the largish side and when sat at the controls, trimmed the boat bow down so much that the prop came out of the water

 

[rr_123]

Sudden and catastrophic reverse polarity caused by aliens discharging photon torpedos at Bell Weir?

 

[IAIA3259]

spinreach that would have helped him as he would then have been able to reach the water so he could paddle with his hands!

rr 123 very close as I am sure he was on the same planet as you

 

[spinreach]

electric car, no boat, no car...

spinreach that would have helped him as he would then have been able to reach the water so he could paddle with his hands!

rr 123 very close as I am sure he was on the same planet as you

One last go. An amphibious vehicle with his only means of paddling to reach out of the windows.

 

[IAIA3259]

One last go. An amphibious vehicle with his only means of paddling to reach out of the windows.

open boat, no windows just open sides and a roof held up by some poles

 

[spinreach]

open boat, no windows just open sides and a roof held up by some poles

He was on the roof!

 

[fireball]

He'd knocked the master switch without realising.

 

[IAIA3259]

He was on the roof!

now thats getting silly !!!!!!!!!!! he would have blocked the light to any solar panels

 

[rr_123]

rr 123 very close as I am sure he was on the same planet as you

A stray and somewhat lost electric eel had mistaken the unusually high discharge from his anodes as a sexual advance, and short circuited the battery terminals in a fit of electric eel ecstasy?

 

[Gavi]

Sudden and catastrophic reverse polarity caused by aliens discharging photon torpedos at Bell Weir?

Hmmm, that happened to my r/c boat when I accidently reversed the polarity. The engine was fine but the rest of the electronics were not. Was it an r/c boat with an Action Man in it?

 

[IAIA3259]

He'd knocked the master switch without realising.

too simple that would put him in the pratt of the week thread

 

[CX54WEK]

too simple that would put him in the pratt of the week thread

<cough>

We thought we had a flat starter battery this weekend. Almost got a tow back to the marina only to discover one of us, in our drunken state the night before, had kicked the isolator switch.

 

[IAIA3259]

A stray and somewhat lost electric eel had mistaken the unusually high discharge from his anodes as a sexual advance, and short circuited the battery terminals in a fit of electric eel ecstasy?

You know from the other thread that there are only aligators and seals in the thames

 

[IAIA3259]

Hmmm, that happened to my r/c boat when I accidently reversed the polarity. The engine was fine but the rest of the electronics were not. Was it an r/c boat with an Action Man in it?

no full size boat with a real live person on her

 

[Chris_d]

The sun went in and he lost power?

 

[DogsBody]

He had lost the ignition key overboard?