Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos

Posted by HawkandDove on 11/07/09 - 9:41 PM

Do....

1. Take advice from friends when they say "don't mess with the fuel line and the postion of the primer bulb on your boat"

2. Listen to your friends when they "be careful of the fish traps and nets just off shore, cause if you hit them you'll ruin your prop"

3. Always listen to your wife when she screams "Fish traps ahead"

4. Always make sure you have a replacement prop.

Don't

1. ask me for advice , clause according to my wife and saturday nights disaster i am clearly clueless.

:)

Posted by MW on 11/08/09 - 6:30 AM

Fish traps have a funny habit of showing up suddenly where there were no fish traps the day before, they will make their appearance usually around "Dusk". The guy that's set's up the "MINE FIELD" (fish traps) by me paint's the floats "Black", and is often inside of the "Marked" channel, everybody "Hates" that guy !

Posted by Binkie on 11/08/09 - 7:28 AM

If you are in control of the boat, and something goes wrong as you have stated, your wife will blame you. Its best to let your wife run the boat, so she can`t blame you. If you maintain the boat and something goes wrong, your wife will blame you. its best to let the wife maintain the boat also. If fact title the boat in her name too, so it is "her' boat, and just go along for the ride. But just remember that men don`t blame others when all hell breaks loose, on the boat

BTW I an not an anti feminist. For the many years I was married, I shared the responsibilities with my wife, with running and maintaining my boats. At the present I`m teaching my girlfriend to run it also. If
your an anarchist expect the blame.

Posted by HawkandDove on 11/08/09 - 8:58 PM

It was pitch black and we were going out trolling. It was entirely my fault, it was windy and the chop was 1-2 feet, my onboard lights were killing my night vision and the wind and tide was adjusting my course without me realising. I was trying to ferry glide to compensate but obviously made a mess of it. But we didn't panic, got safely out of the fish traps and went home to lick our wounds ( which included a broken toe).

Lesson learned.