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Hard Charger

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A friend of mine owns a 18' Bayliner bowrider . I always give him a hard time about his boat and what a piece it is. Well carma is a mofo, my external hydraulic stearing line broke last summer. I had no contorl of the boat and required a tow. Low and behold here comes a boat willing to assist. Oh crap its my Bayliner buddy. He actually made me beg for a tow. That's alright he will need a tow one day!:willy_nilly:
 

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Spent a year or so restoring my last Donzi. First time out after the restore I grenade the outdrive... took me about 5 minutes of run time. :ack2:
 

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I towed some nice cruisers this year with our pontoon. Never accept money, doesn't feel right.
Found a few cases of beer and thank you cards on the boat this summer though!
It sucks to be stranded and I'd be fine with anything that runs pulling me back to the dock!
 
JnT said:
I towed some nice cruisers this year with our pontoon. Never accept money, doesn't feel right.
Found a few cases of beer and thank you cards on the boat this summer though!
It sucks to be stranded and I'd be fine with anything that runs pulling me back to the dock!
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I know what you mean, whenever someone offers gas money or something along those lines, I always tell them to pass on the favor to the next person they see needing a tow!
 
redhotsommer said:
Not a tow...but I DID get passed by a sailboat while I was limping home on one motor. Humbling.
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Mikey, got a buddy here in Mich that had a big power Active Thunder a few years ago, real loud, went by a blo-boater on Lake St. Clair, got flipped off, then his boat broke & was limp'n back & the blo-boat passed him & the dude flipped him off again!!!:willy_nilly:
 
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Wrinkleface said:
Mikey, got a buddy here in Mich that had a big power Active Thunder a few years ago, real loud, went by a blo-boater on Lake St. Clair, got flipped off, then his boat broke & was limp'n back & the blo-boat passed him & the dude flipped him off again!!!:willy_nilly:
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Gotten towed in once or twice and done my fair share of towing over the years
 
Thats a toss up. Having my power play towed back to the dock 6 minutes into MY poker run by a sea doo after scattering the engine REEEEEEEEEEAAAAAALLLLLLL Good or the 13, yes, 13 times I had to be towed back in two summers ( 129 total hours on it when I dealt the POC) to the dock in my 22 Indy due to the fact that I bought a boat ( brand new ) with an OMC King Cobra drive on it.

Only thing that ever went wrong was the drive. Again and again and again and again and again and again and so on and so on and..........................
 
Ran up a local river to a friends house, well marked channel until the last 100 yards where it forks, shifting sandbar is unmarked. Coming up at 40 mph getting to where I veer left there was a brand new SHOAL sign/marker. It was 50/50 whether the shoal was left or right of the sign, I went right........yeah right into ankle deep water. The water is chocolate brown so when I jumped out on the starboard side I quickly found out it was ankle deep, the port side was in 2 1/2 feet. All sand, no damage, Sea Towed pulled it out in one shot.

My buddy saw it from his house and came out to heckle me on his waverunner.... He did the same thing 2 weeks earlier, but at night (and he has lived on that part of the river for 10 years!).
 
Only been towed once.
It was late in the season, and I knew I was low on fuel. I tried stopping at the gas-dock, but they had already closed.
I decided I still had enough fuel for a short cruise.
I was wrong.
Made it back about 1-2 miles from my marina, after dark.
Had to call a buddy to come out and bring me a gascan, so, not actually a tow, but needed assistance nonetheless.
It was awful cold that night too.
 
Cash and I ran out of gas in the middle of the Key West Poker Run a few years ago. That sucked. Then had to wait like 2 hours for Boat US to bring us some gas. We had no drinks no nothing.
 
A friend went to lunch with us in Northport, driving his 22ft Bayliner, on the way back ran into some 6ft waves, started smelling gas, cracked the fuel tank, molded into fiberglass, got the boat home, $6500 repair bill to fix, then he sold it, insurance did pay for the repair.Give that one to your Bayliner buddy.
 
Blue Oval said:
A friend went to lunch with us in Northport, driving his 22ft Bayliner, on the way back ran into some 6ft waves, started smelling gas, cracked the fuel tank, molded into fiberglass, got the boat home, $6500 repair bill to fix, then he sold it, insurance did pay for the repair.Give that one to your Bayliner buddy.
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I don't know why everybody knocks on Bayliners. We had an 18 footer with a 3L for a couple years when I was younger and the thing was unstoppable. That boat had well over 1000 hours when we sold it and it ran like a top. It went out everyday of the summer, rain or shine, glass or chop, and when it was sold, it did not have a single stress crack or rattle. And it wasn't like it was driven by an old man, it was beat on by a 13 year old and a 16 year old. Everywhere we went was full speed! Some of my best boating memories are out on that boat! :)
 

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Dollabill said:
Cash and I ran out of gas in the middle of the Key West Poker Run a few years ago. That sucked. Then had to wait like 2 hours for Boat US to bring us some gas. We had no drinks no nothing.
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Aren't there some pics somewhere of a tow involving Cash that are pretty entertaining??
That one has got to be a winner of this thread.
 
Buoy said:
Aren't there some pics somewhere of a tow involving Cash that are pretty entertaining??
That one has got to be a winner of this thread.
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I was gona post it but don't have it on this computer. I think thats a winner. (again, he was just assisting. Cash had no involvement other than riding it back while I towed it. He was with me in my boat)
 
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