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1 hour ago, PittsburghTiger said:

You and me both!

Amusing anecdote about that little runabout:

One fine summer mid morning I had a date with my gf (see pic) to take her waterskiing on Lake Austin. 
Launched the boat at Walsh Landing, left her holding the line at the dock while I put the car & trailer rig up in the nearby parking lot. 
When trotting back down to the dock I noticed something was kinda odd - she was standing there with a bewildered look on her face holding the line, but the boat was sinking. 

Seems that my dumb ass forgot to make sure the drainage plug was secure in the stern transome. 
The interior was almost a fourth full of water and the stern was starting to really tilt downwards. 
I managed to jump in and get the drainage plug in place, then frantically started bailing with my hands. 
She tied the line and got in to grab two plastic cups that we used to continue bailing. 

After a few minutes enough water was out so I could start the Evinrude 40 outboard. Good thing the battery was secured & dry in a waterproof case.
She untied the line and I backed it away from the dock, then ahead at full throttle. 
As soon as we were up to about half speed, I told her to pull the plug so it could start draining - which it did completely in just a few minutes. 
After that we went on with the running around on the lake.
Too bad I couldn’t take any pics of her skiing in that nice yellow two piece swimsuit. She filled it out nicely. 
After we both had graduated later I heard she had married a psychiatrist.

 

 

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Sleeping on the boat with my boy and headed to Cat in the am.  I raised him on this boat when he was 1 years old.  He’s 22.i hope we stay connected on this trip.  Love this boy.

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2 hours ago, Party_Taco said:


Is that from the mast cam?

The Catalina webcam. I’m the boat with the kayaks on the rails.

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