[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

A month ago, I went out on my first overnight in two years. Nice
uneventful night, woke up to the swallows darting in and out of the wispy
morning fog and using my rigging as home base for their morning hunt. Dove
into a much needed bucket and sponge wash of the topside. Then on the way
back to the dock,I went to part of the lake I don't normally visit. On the
way back to the dock I hugged the shore more closely than I do when I
normally return to the slip. 500 feet front my slip, at no wake speed I
hit something under water. It lifted the front of the boat up and I was
hung up. I rocked the boat side to side several times and no luck. I
stepped back to put the motor in reverse, and it freed itself. Went to
slip and tied up, and just before I went home, I thought I'd better check
the bilge. One inch below the floorboards, and rapidly rising.
 Home , truck, and trailer are 35 miles away, so I go to the marina and
buy a bilge pump and some hose. I cut the cord off the hand held vacuum
and wire and plumb every thing up and head for home. I'm going to stop
here and post a few pictures and start a new post. Notebook problems.
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