I had the boat shift on the trailer as I was backing down a steep ramp. I never undo the winch strap until I'm sure the boat won't slide anywhere but in the water. Well, I hop out and go to crank the handle and that MOFO is tight. I get to feelin my oats(you, know, 5 days in the gym) and give it a hard yank. It loosens enough to disengage the pin and flys out of my hand. It was spinning so fast it hit my wrist and forearm 3 or 4 times before I could get out of the way. My arm instantly swells and turns purple, I'm sure I have broken it.


Of course I re-attached the winch cable and pulled the boat out. Took it home and put the hose to it and washed it all off. I put the cockpit cover on and trailer locks and such. I did all that with ONE arm. I then went to the hospital and had it x-rayed and soft cast put on. I also drove in the Sarasota race the next weekend with the soft cast on.

On a side note, if the ER ever asks you to describe your pain on a scale of 1-10, tell them it's a FUKKIN 15 !!! I said it was like a 4 or 5 and they let me wait for 3 hrs until I went and screamed that it was now an 11 !!!!

Oh yeah, Lucky Strike, jr. was there to witness the whole stupid event.....

Not boating related, but still a towing incident.
Had just purchased a GSXR-1100 years ago, and was towing it back from the dealership using my friend's Bronco. Driving down Rt. 21 in beautiful Newark, NJ, I'm going around a bend in the road and glance over to see my own bike passing me, trailer and all.
Turned out my buddy had lost the pin to his receiver, so he just used a large nut and bolt in it's place...which wasn't as strong as it needed to be.
All turned out ok, since the bike and trailer slid along and slowly coasted over to the curb. Nobody hit it, the bike stayed on and upright, and the only minor damage was to the trailer.

I really like the launch the trailer with the boat story, damn near peed my pants. Hey Steve H. from Longview WA, are you gonna be watching when they do the implosion on the old nuclear power plant on May 12th (i think) ? Some of the buds want me to take the Scarab out that day to watch the festivities.What are you running?- Jeff

Thats what I meant... Thanks for not making too big of a deal of my f up. Wallmart model is what I use and they work great.

I have a Bass boat story,, just got a email with it attached (Ag!) I cant even look at it Its pretty gory..But I guess the Guy is ok.
Here it is..> >

This is an actual emergency room photo of a fisherman who lost control

>of his high-speed bass boat in West
> > Virginia.
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> Warden's believe that he was traveling at a speed of approximately 75
>mph at the time of the accident.
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> He was unable to negotiate a curve in the narrow waterway.
> >
> > Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected
>from the boat, he landed back end first on an old fence post.
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>You can probably picture what happened next, but the attached picture
>really says it all.
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>The good news is that after about 6 months, this man made a full recovery

>after suffering a shattered hip, broken leg, several broken ribs, internal

>injuries and soft tissue damage.
>
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>Doctors credited his recovery to the fact that the post lodged itself so
>tightly that there was little or no blood loss.
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>Now that's got to hurt!!!

Guy next door to me ,He thought he was pulling the hood release to hook up his electric winch to car battery.

This one has been going around awhile. I work for the phone company and this was used as an example to wear your safty lanyard when in a bucket truck. They said this guy worked for the electric company and he fell out of the basket onto a pole.

Here is the rest of the story....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/splinter.asp

Ok... I have a non boating one.

19 years old.
Brand new Yamaha Seca Turbo motorcycle.

Bring it home and park it in the driveway. Went for another ride. Put it in the garage.

Got it back out, but I had turned it around, facing down the driveway.

Didn't seem like the driveway was THAT steep.

Put down the kickstand, let go of the bike..... rolls forward, kick stand goes up... full fairing bike goes down on one side.

Yep... it left a mark alright.

(It's funny now.)

Hell, I've done all the above except for the pole up my azz!