I could weep..................

[longjohnsilver]

Just spent weeks epoxying and antifouling Blue Fisher, also had the prop refurbished. Launched last Tuesday and she goes better than ever before.

Arrived back in Exmouth last Friday so today was the first dive of the season. Great day out, sunny, good visibility, flat calm, loads of scallops + lobsters and crabs. Tied back up to the mooring and thought well nothing can go wrong now!!

2 diving colleagues took all our gear ashore in the RIB, one came back planing quite nicely when he suddenly stopped and then started drifting out to sea. He gave me the distress wave so I decided I'd better cast off to try and rescue him as no other boats around. I knew where he was driftring was pretty shallow but being neaps there might just be enough water to reach him. It was either that or watch him drift out to sea on an ebbing tide. So off I go and then CRUNCH!! I'm aground. B#####s. S##t. B@@@@@r!!!!!!!!!

Put the dry suit back on to check for damage, doesn't look too bad. Luckily a mate appears on his RIB to tow the broken down RIB back to me. Seemed strange that the outboard should suddenly cut out and not restart

Very simple solution - I put the kill switch back in place and 3 seconds later engine was running fine!

Apart from the bent prop on Blue Fisher, the keel now stripped of last weeks antifoul and the knowledge that half of Exmouth had witnessed my humiliation all was fine and dandy!

And all because of a disconnected outboard kill switch. And what made it worse was my diving mate said he knew he was going to drift ashore anyway!!! So why did he give me a distress signal!

So I now need a new prop, fresh antifoul to the keel and crane out and back in. Oh and the third diver had been wheel clamped!!

What a day! And to think when I originally tied up to the mooring I thought it was all but over. WRONG!!!

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[BrendanS]

Oops! Bugger! Not a lot I can add to that ...other than hope that most of Exmouth were doing other things at the time?
B

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[DepSol]

When it goes wrong it always goes badly wrong. Somehow with boating one thing cant go wrong on its own it has to have a knock on effect which costs every one money.

Oh well, gambling odds are that something has to go wrong at some time so hopefully you will have trouble free boating for a while now.

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[itsonlymoney]

Well I have had a thouroughly nice weekend thank you /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
But I am sorry to hear of your less than enjoyable one, look at it this way "it could have been worse" boat still floating, all lives intact and you never know, no one may have seen you.
Ian

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[Deleted User YDKXO]

Sorry to hear your tale, John. Sounds like Sod got you in the end

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[duncan]

on the bright side Muckyfarter really appreciated the scrub and many many on here appreciated hlb's hospitality on the Saturday night - all thanks to you.

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[hlb]

Yep. M Farter going like a train. Good job that nit LJ went aground after the scrubbing at Agatha Chrispies Isle. Still he might have had the manners to have caught the lobsters and crabs in between being a scrubber!! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[deborahann]

So so sorry to hear your news, nothing worse than you think things are all systems go, and then somthing awful happens. The joys of boating, its definately not at all plain sailing.

Anyway remember Dartmouth am, sunning yourself in the lovely sun, thats why you go boating. Ditch the Earl Grey tea though, can recommend Yorkshire tea !
but then i do come from "uuuupppp nooorth !"

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