Moor
10-03-2013, 03:32 PM
I found this amusing in a real prick kind of way, so i thought id share :)
Yesterday I decided i was definately too sick to work on the last sunny 80 degree day of the year. On my way down to the dock for my morning boat ride (Doctors orders) i saw my neighbors nice brand new $110,000 (or so he states) Tige barfing out of the bilge pump. (see pic) This gave me a sick sense of satisfaction, since my neighbors are not real high up my list of people with good moral character, but thats another story. I looked over at my 25 year old sunsport, and smiled as i realized that i dont remember the last time i needed my bilge pump. In fact, my boat has been virtually trouble free for the last hundred hours (since i bought it in May) and i couldn't ask for much more out of this old boat. So i fired up the sunsport and let her warm up. I walked over to my neighbors dock, who at this point had figured out there was a problem, and was pulling all his access panels to located the source of his continuous bilge barf. So i said "hey whats up? nice boat, did you find the leak yet? I'd be pissed if my brand new boat was sinking" He didn't seen too happy at this point, so i figured id leave him alone in his misery and take my nice dry 25 year old boat out for a morning rip around the lake. When i got back he was now standing there with his buddy, both scratching their heads. I decided to have some sympathy on them and offer a little advice. I walked back over and watched them run in circles for a few more mins. I took a peek in the bilge, and said "try to turn off the shut off valves on the ballast system, they are notorious for leaking." He listed off several reasons why it couldn't possibly be the ballast system leaking. I decided it was a good time to grill up some lunch. So i ate and drank a beer and relaxed for a while, and walked back over to see where the leak was coming from. By now there were several other people around the big new expensive boat. I asked if he had any luck. He replied with his typical pompus tone "yeah i found the leak in the ballast system, i just turned off the shut off valves and its all good". At this point i was lmao on the inside. I replied with "good for you, Hope they cover that under warranty, and by the way, your welcome". I walked away feeling slightly more satisfied. :)
Yesterday I decided i was definately too sick to work on the last sunny 80 degree day of the year. On my way down to the dock for my morning boat ride (Doctors orders) i saw my neighbors nice brand new $110,000 (or so he states) Tige barfing out of the bilge pump. (see pic) This gave me a sick sense of satisfaction, since my neighbors are not real high up my list of people with good moral character, but thats another story. I looked over at my 25 year old sunsport, and smiled as i realized that i dont remember the last time i needed my bilge pump. In fact, my boat has been virtually trouble free for the last hundred hours (since i bought it in May) and i couldn't ask for much more out of this old boat. So i fired up the sunsport and let her warm up. I walked over to my neighbors dock, who at this point had figured out there was a problem, and was pulling all his access panels to located the source of his continuous bilge barf. So i said "hey whats up? nice boat, did you find the leak yet? I'd be pissed if my brand new boat was sinking" He didn't seen too happy at this point, so i figured id leave him alone in his misery and take my nice dry 25 year old boat out for a morning rip around the lake. When i got back he was now standing there with his buddy, both scratching their heads. I decided to have some sympathy on them and offer a little advice. I walked back over and watched them run in circles for a few more mins. I took a peek in the bilge, and said "try to turn off the shut off valves on the ballast system, they are notorious for leaking." He listed off several reasons why it couldn't possibly be the ballast system leaking. I decided it was a good time to grill up some lunch. So i ate and drank a beer and relaxed for a while, and walked back over to see where the leak was coming from. By now there were several other people around the big new expensive boat. I asked if he had any luck. He replied with his typical pompus tone "yeah i found the leak in the ballast system, i just turned off the shut off valves and its all good". At this point i was lmao on the inside. I replied with "good for you, Hope they cover that under warranty, and by the way, your welcome". I walked away feeling slightly more satisfied. :)