Outnumbered Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I took one of my mates out for the first time today, we call him Feral. he turned up at my place late (7:30am) and we headed to the hole in the wall to fish between the bridges. launched the boat without a drama and thats where the days normal run came to an end. As this was the first time i launched from the hole in the wall i switched the sounder on to check my depth on the way out,....... Nothing it refused to work so i check the connections and they are all fine, so i try turning on the radio, running lights cabin lights and deck lights............nothing, all dead. every switch on the panal had power running to them but not through them so some quick rewireing had the sounder and radio working. ok lets go fishing!! uneventful day with only 2 bream over legal size boated and blowing over 20kts so we decided to call it a day. we got back to the ramp at a lowish tide and went to back the trailer down, nope!!!! brakes had seized on and refused to budge so after a bit of swearing i got the wheels moving and backed down the ramp. THUMP!!! before i had the trailer deep enough it fell off the end of the ramp. ok i've had that happen before, no drama, load the boat up and try to leave the ramp. nope she's stuck!! even with 2 blokes on the boot she wouldnt budge so i pushed the boat back off to let others retrieve their boats and it was still a struggle to get the trailer out. i put Feral in the boat and told him to motor over to the other ramp and i would drive the trailer around to it (he cant tow anything) but the brakes wouldnt budge, the axle rockers had jammed up, locking the brakes on solid. disconnected the brakes and headed to the other ramp, get there to find out Feral had left the winch handle at the other ramp to cut a very long story a bit shorter we eventually got the boat on the trailer at a very shallow ramp after jacking the axles and unjamming the rockers and headed home. TWO HOURS after getting to the ramp!! Feral has now been baned from the boat as i'm sure he is bad luck on two legs, after i unpacked the boat and he had gone home i checked out the electrics, nothing wrong everything worked, checked the axles, all fine nothing wrong there either. sorry for the rant but it's not everyday you find that 1 person that is your personal bad luck charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Wombat, Now you know what boat ownership is all about If it's happened once, it'll happen again - bet your socks on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outnumbered Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 we have had a few boats before bluecod and yeah problems do happen but they rarely correct themselves after your mate goes home it was just one of those days where if it could go wrong it did. at least i remembered the bungs and it wont happen again , he's been barred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jocool Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 What a FERAL day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 It pays to sort out anyone who is a jinx & plot against them Being fore warned is fore armed & when you know about a person who is bad luck you can always have an excuse ready for when they ask to come fishing with you. Best to leave them at home along with the bananas , priests & corpses as all are bad luck on a fishing vessel. Better "luck" next time if ya get my drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I took one of my mates out for the first time today, we call him Feral.i put Feral in the boat and told him to motor over to the other ramp and i would drive the trailer around to it (he cant tow anything) get there to find out Feral had left the winch handle at the other ramp Feral has now been baned from the boat as i'm sure he is bad luck on two legs, it's not everyday you find that 1 person that is your personal bad luck charm. 39065[/snapback] Doesnt the winch handle belong to the trailer? Gotta feel sorry for Feral Sorry to hear that you had "one of those days" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_nsw Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 gee, a bit of bad luck there brian atleast you boated some legal fish.............i would hate to read your post if you didnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outnumbered Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 Doesnt the winch handle belong to the trailer? Gotta feel sorry for Feral yep, after i re-launched the boat Feral put the handle on the ramp wall and drove the trailer out (tyres smoking ) and don't feel sorry for him he really does live up to his nicname Ken, i sorted him out alright and told him point blank, "your barred" he also wouldnt stop whistling all day. but he will get his, he is my offsider at work and i think his bad luck is just about to start Matt yeah despite it all it still beat working and the fish tasted nicer for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthefisherman Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 mate I had a night like that sunday night and I didn't have Feral on board. I'd blame Corey but it's his boat so I don't think I'd get away with Banning him. (If you read this Coery I'm only joking mate ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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