6am this mornning I get a phone call from my mum saying "maybe you should come over, one of the boats have sunk".......what the #*%@, oops, sorry mum.
race over to me folks place and go down the jettie and find this....
:cry
Starbug 路
oh dear 馃檨
how did it happen?
robnjo 路
got a crane comming at 4pm today to flip it back over....hopfully.
lucky theres a spare block next to my folks house or I'd be stuffed
robnjo 路
not sure yet, will find out when we drag it up the sand.
it shouldn't of sunk as the hulls have 12 compartments ????
pyr0 路
hmm what kind of boat is that ?
how does one manage to flip a boat while its in the water :duh
robnjo 路
its called a camper-craft/ small house boat 22x9 foot.
as to flipping it, I'm not sure ...havn't do it before
:puke
VolksFolks 路
bloody hel rob, thats soo not cool, hope all is ok, chin up mate
VWFREAK 路
That sucks. I think someone is playing a bloody nasty joke on you.
My oldman had the same thing happen to his 16ft tinny. Except a bunch of kids on school holidays drilled holes in it.
Hope she fixes up alright.:cry
zac_smits 路
at least it didn't float away....
Robo 路
Buggar!
Have ya found out how it happened yet?
Rob...馃槑
MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? 路
Thats not a good look boats are ment to be up the other way and if somone is playing around be sure to bash some heads together and drill holes in them!:vader
Anthiron 路
thats not good rob.:o i hope you can salvage something.
robnjo 路
well just go back,it cost $110 for the crane, not much damage.
hmmm, motor?? hosed it down, pulled the plugs out and turn the motor over afew times. by this stage it was dark so sprayed shit loads of WD in the pots and put the plugs back in but then some wires shorted out in the forward controls...crap, so I had a beer.
hosed out the inside and out.
2 big battery stuffed
will see tomorrow about the rest
...good thing I got a new boat at the start of the year,I've had the house boat since 91 so is a bit Sad
Rob:beer:beer:beer馃檨:beer:beer:beer
pyr0 路
lucky you were in it asleep when it happend :o
penguin 路
Hmmmm
hope its a bit better now you have seen it in daylight. Guess the motor will need lots of TLC to stop the tinworm. Got any hint as to why yet?
robnjo 路
Why?...well it looks like some work we did on the front deck about 8 months ago, where we put a new floor on the old one and glassed it down,think that we didn't need the deck port/inspection holes(4) if we glassed it air tight???
with to main hulls under the boat, each hull having 5 compartments, the front two on one side filled over time somehow...
*Q?* one of the boat batteries were fairly new and under water for about 20 hours.........can I tip out the old acid and put in new acid?
my thinking is that it was totaly up-side down and no if any salt water got in it should be ok , maybe flat but ok. ????
[Edited on 26-10-2004 by robnjo]
penguin 路
I'll check with my brother who is a geek on these sort of things and let you know. Besides that I am sure that you will get opinions from others here 馃檪
robnjo 路
thanks penngy
anybody else able to answer my Question or thoughts?
barls 路
the battery should be ok if drained and then refilled but dont quote me on it
robnjo 路
thanks ......nuffin to loose I guess
would supercheap have acid.....havn't seen it on their Ads lol:thumb
barls 路
use distilled water and charge it with a battery charger on a low amp setting