A fishing trip gone bad - Aircraft of World War II

Soren · 06-08-2008, 07:15 PM

Yesterday a close friend and I decided to go fishing in an old dinghy, however we needed an engine, but luckily our diving club had a 30 HP one which we then borrowed. Good, but we then needed a boat trailer to get the dinghy to the beach. We borrowed an old one from my friends father, however it had nearly completely rusted away, but what the heck we took the chance and borrowed it.

And so with the dinghy on the trailer and the engine in the trunk we headed for the beach. We got there with no problems, but we then had to pull the trailer & dinghy over the sand banks, which resulted in the trailer coming apart (The struts meant to hold the dinghy snapped [rusted away]). Hmmm... oh well, one then held the strut in place while the other pulled the trailer. By that method we successfully got the dinghy to the water.

With the dinghy at the waters edge we fastened the engine to it and were ready to go fishing, however as it turned out this wouldn't be just another one of those calm and relaxing fishing trips. After about sailing 5 kilometers along the shore at about 1.3km out the boat suddenly turned violently to the right! I sitting at the front of the boat to keep the nose down emmidiately thought we were about to tip over, however upon looking back I saw what infact had happened was that the engine had ripped itself off the dinghy and was now sinking to the bottom of the sea. I thought this was like taken out of some bad movie, I couldn't believe what had just happened! While all along my friend was swearing god knows what..

It turns out the engine had ripped off the metal platform onto which it was fastened the dinghy. A freak accident.

Anyway being in approx. the right position to start fishing and there being nothing we could do to get the engine we decided to just start fishing and make the best out of the trip. However this was to go wrong as-well as after nomore than 10 second after throwing out the first line we caught two weevers, which are poisonouss and worth nothing really. Crap! we had to get them off, but these guys were aggressive as hell and a real pain in the ass to hold still while trying to get the hooks out. Anyway with one of us holding them down with a sandal the other got out the hooks and we threw them out again. We then tried again and once again within 20 secs and we got a bite! Once again, TWO WEEVERS! ****! Oh well, same procedure, sandal, get out the hooks. One last try, this time with one hook. Again a weever!... OK, fishing trip is over, lets row for shore!

So tommorrow we have to get our scuba gear and go find that engine..

What a trip !

syscom3 · 06-08-2008, 07:39 PM

Lucky13 · 06-08-2008, 07:46 PM

Soren · 06-08-2008, 08:40 PM

Oh and just top all that bad luck off, after having rowed back to shore we decided to go have a nice cold beer to settle down and reflect upon what had happened. And to no suprise this went wrong as well as one of the cans exploded up my friend's face! Him getting completely soaked in beer I litterally broke down in laughter for the next 10 minutes!

I mean how the heck can so much go wrong on just one day ??!

pbfoot · 06-08-2008, 08:59 PM

nothing beats losing the transom

comiso90 · 06-08-2008, 09:30 PM

Look at it this way, you've used up all the bad Ju ju for the next 6 trips! You will have a great summer now!

Are you aware of any underwater archeology in that area? Be efficient while you're down there!

Scuba Dooba!

.

Thorlifter · 06-09-2008, 01:11 AM

Screaming Eagle · 06-09-2008, 05:03 AM

I hope you find the engine soren!

Wayne Little · 06-09-2008, 05:10 AM

man, what a day....

Lucky13 · 06-09-2008, 08:45 AM

Seems like good ol' Mr Murphy was having a day and a half with you guys....just wait and see if Riley if waiting around the corner....
Have had nights like that at work...

Njaco · 06-09-2008, 09:41 AM

Sounds like my fishing trip the other day. Some piece of metal was stuck in the shoreline and poked into my wooden canoe and then out on the lake we hit something that ripped the whole bottom out. It was an outboard engine somebody lost. We picked it up and now it supports my mailbox. Nice little 30hp machine.

timshatz · 06-09-2008, 10:18 AM

Sounds like Njaco found Soren's engine. Guess it was still running when it ripped off the boat. Crossed the ocean, went up a tributary and wrecked his boat!

Njaco · 06-09-2008, 11:12 AM

Lucky13 · 06-09-2008, 11:48 AM

Yup...good ol' Murphy's Law in the working here....wonder if we'll see a court order from NJ to Trackie where he sue them for bodily harm and mental suffering etc...

FLYBOYJ · 06-09-2008, 01:00 PM

Too bad you didn't catch all this on film......

06-08-2008, 07:15 PM	#1
Soren Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,107	A fishing trip gone bad Yesterday a close friend and I decided to go fishing in an old dinghy, however we needed an engine, but luckily our diving club had a 30 HP one which we then borrowed. Good, but we then needed a boat trailer to get the dinghy to the beach. We borrowed an old one from my friends father, however it had nearly completely rusted away, but what the heck we took the chance and borrowed it. And so with the dinghy on the trailer and the engine in the trunk we headed for the beach. We got there with no problems, but we then had to pull the trailer & dinghy over the sand banks, which resulted in the trailer coming apart (The struts meant to hold the dinghy snapped [rusted away]). Hmmm... oh well, one then held the strut in place while the other pulled the trailer. By that method we successfully got the dinghy to the water. With the dinghy at the waters edge we fastened the engine to it and were ready to go fishing, however as it turned out this wouldn't be just another one of those calm and relaxing fishing trips. After about sailing 5 kilometers along the shore at about 1.3km out the boat suddenly turned violently to the right! I sitting at the front of the boat to keep the nose down emmidiately thought we were about to tip over, however upon looking back I saw what infact had happened was that the engine had ripped itself off the dinghy and was now sinking to the bottom of the sea. I thought this was like taken out of some bad movie, I couldn't believe what had just happened! While all along my friend was swearing god knows what.. It turns out the engine had ripped off the metal platform onto which it was fastened the dinghy. A freak accident. Anyway being in approx. the right position to start fishing and there being nothing we could do to get the engine we decided to just start fishing and make the best out of the trip. However this was to go wrong as-well as after nomore than 10 second after throwing out the first line we caught two weevers, which are poisonouss and worth nothing really. Crap! we had to get them off, but these guys were aggressive as hell and a real pain in the ass to hold still while trying to get the hooks out. Anyway with one of us holding them down with a sandal the other got out the hooks and we threw them out again. We then tried again and once again within 20 secs and we got a bite! Once again, TWO WEEVERS! ***! Oh well, same procedure, sandal, get out the hooks. One last try, this time with one hook. Again a weever!... OK, fishing trip is over, lets row for shore! So tommorrow we have to get our scuba gear and go find that engine.. What a trip ! __________________ It was like being pushed by an Angel!* - Adolf Galland I'm an educated engineer, so I love being technical and appraising of great inventions. So if you think I am being biased about something: Tell me! Then you'll probably find out that I am not Last edited by Soren; 06-08-2008 at 07:18 PM.

06-08-2008, 07:39 PM	#2
syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,277	__________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

06-08-2008, 07:46 PM	#3
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,121	__________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

06-08-2008, 08:40 PM	#4
Soren Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,107	Oh and just top all that bad luck off, after having rowed back to shore we decided to go have a nice cold beer to settle down and reflect upon what had happened. And to no suprise this went wrong as well as one of the cans exploded up my friend's face! Him getting completely soaked in beer I litterally broke down in laughter for the next 10 minutes! I mean how the heck can so much go wrong on just one day ??! __________________ It was like being pushed by an Angel! - Adolf Galland I'm an educated engineer, so I love being technical and appraising of great inventions. So if you think I am being biased about something: Tell me! Then you'll probably find out that I am not Last edited by Soren; 06-08-2008 at 08:42 PM.

06-08-2008, 09:30 PM	#6
comiso90 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL Posts: 3,294	Look at it this way, you've used up all the bad Ju ju for the next 6 trips! You will have a great summer now! Are you aware of any underwater archeology in that area? Be efficient while you're down there! Scuba Dooba! . __________________ http://www.BOOKSonWAR.com/ .

06-08-2008, 08:59 PM	#5
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,585	nothing beats losing the transom

06-09-2008, 01:11 AM	#7
Thorlifter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 4,345	__________________

06-09-2008, 05:03 AM	#8
Screaming Eagle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 3,552	I hope you find the engine soren! __________________ "Success is nothing more than taking advantage of an opportunity." - Hitman! - The Technical Guide for the Independent Contractor.

06-09-2008, 05:10 AM	#9
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,487	man, what a day.... __________________

06-09-2008, 08:45 AM	#10
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,121	Seems like good ol' Mr Murphy was having a day and a half with you guys....just wait and see if Riley if waiting around the corner.... Have had nights like that at work... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

06-09-2008, 09:41 AM	#11
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,228	Sounds like my fishing trip the other day. Some piece of metal was stuck in the shoreline and poked into my wooden canoe and then out on the lake we hit something that ripped the whole bottom out. It was an outboard engine somebody lost. We picked it up and now it supports my mailbox. Nice little 30hp machine. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

06-09-2008, 10:18 AM	#12
timshatz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa Posts: 3,446	Sounds like Njaco found Soren's engine. Guess it was still running when it ripped off the boat. Crossed the ocean, went up a tributary and wrecked his boat!

06-09-2008, 11:12 AM	#13
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,228	__________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

06-09-2008, 11:48 AM	#14
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,121	Yup...good ol' Murphy's Law in the working here....wonder if we'll see a court order from NJ to Trackie where he sue them for bodily harm and mental suffering etc... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" Last edited by Lucky13; 06-09-2008 at 11:50 AM.

06-09-2008, 01:00 PM	#15
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,049	Too bad you didn't catch all this on film...... __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

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