So this morning I decide to take the gf and my mother for breakfast on the small boat. We ended up going to Crabby Amys in seaford
The ride there was good, coming home was a nightmare. It could have been worse though..
I leave crabby amys, and head south run under wantagh 1 bridge, clear the bridge, get back up on plane, and now I am heading towards wantagh 2, Im half way towards Wantagh 2 when a 40plus foot searay is approaching me, bow way up stern is a diggin making a huge wake. Hes about 100 yards infront of me.
At this point the channel narrows, and anyone who knows that area knows if you step 1 foot outside the markers you are grounded. Well, the searay starts coming closer and closer to my side of the channel, to the point where we are closing in and its too late for me to go infront of him and pass where there is more room.
I could have done that, but I couldnt see if there was anyone to his starboard side..By the time we are passing eachother hes 15 feet of my port side, I turn slightly to starboard to ease the slamming my boat and passengers are about to take when WHAM. My boat stops dead in its tracks. IM GROUNDED. I hit so hard I broke a blade off my prop and the tilt and trim are all f-ed up.
I order the gf and my mother to the bow of the boat to help raise the stern, while I slowly crawl off the sandbar.
Everything is good, Im sitting in the channel with the motor on, I take the cover off make sure everything is good, the motor is pissing so I figured im good to crawl home..
Im putting along at 7knots, and I approach wantagh 2 bridge. There is a guy in a 30 plus foot fishing boat coming at me certainly not doing 5mph. Hes doing about 12-14mph, throwing a huge wake. He clears the bridge (as I am approaching it), Now I have both hands in the air signaling him to slow down slow down slow down. The guy flips me the finger and screams "F you, I already cleared the bridge" and goes right up on plane, not even 50feet from the bridge.
Now I have to deal with this guys wake. At this point there is nothing I can do to avoid it. I hit the wake head on and probably took on 50 gallons of water, soaked my gf and my mother.
By the time I got done being tossed around I couldnt even read the name of his boat to call the constables. It was a blue hull Tiara..
Finally crawl home, dock the boat and call it a day. Ill haul the boat during the week and see what damage is done..
GF and mother are OK, my mother who has been boating for over 30 years said she has NEVER seen anything like what we just experienced. My GF on the other hand told me she got turned on by how I handled the situations lol..Gotta love that
Whats the saying? A bad day on the water is better then a good day at work??
The ride there was good, coming home was a nightmare. It could have been worse though..
I leave crabby amys, and head south run under wantagh 1 bridge, clear the bridge, get back up on plane, and now I am heading towards wantagh 2, Im half way towards Wantagh 2 when a 40plus foot searay is approaching me, bow way up stern is a diggin making a huge wake. Hes about 100 yards infront of me.
At this point the channel narrows, and anyone who knows that area knows if you step 1 foot outside the markers you are grounded. Well, the searay starts coming closer and closer to my side of the channel, to the point where we are closing in and its too late for me to go infront of him and pass where there is more room.
I could have done that, but I couldnt see if there was anyone to his starboard side..By the time we are passing eachother hes 15 feet of my port side, I turn slightly to starboard to ease the slamming my boat and passengers are about to take when WHAM. My boat stops dead in its tracks. IM GROUNDED. I hit so hard I broke a blade off my prop and the tilt and trim are all f-ed up.
I order the gf and my mother to the bow of the boat to help raise the stern, while I slowly crawl off the sandbar.
Everything is good, Im sitting in the channel with the motor on, I take the cover off make sure everything is good, the motor is pissing so I figured im good to crawl home..
Im putting along at 7knots, and I approach wantagh 2 bridge. There is a guy in a 30 plus foot fishing boat coming at me certainly not doing 5mph. Hes doing about 12-14mph, throwing a huge wake. He clears the bridge (as I am approaching it), Now I have both hands in the air signaling him to slow down slow down slow down. The guy flips me the finger and screams "F you, I already cleared the bridge" and goes right up on plane, not even 50feet from the bridge.
Now I have to deal with this guys wake. At this point there is nothing I can do to avoid it. I hit the wake head on and probably took on 50 gallons of water, soaked my gf and my mother.
By the time I got done being tossed around I couldnt even read the name of his boat to call the constables. It was a blue hull Tiara..
Finally crawl home, dock the boat and call it a day. Ill haul the boat during the week and see what damage is done..
GF and mother are OK, my mother who has been boating for over 30 years said she has NEVER seen anything like what we just experienced. My GF on the other hand told me she got turned on by how I handled the situations lol..Gotta love that
Whats the saying? A bad day on the water is better then a good day at work??
