Close call
 

Got a call from a friend to get to my boat QUICK...

I usually put it in .....use it ,and then right back on trailer.
I put it in for the Shore Dreams on Sat and decided for
a change to leave it a friends house at his dock.

My boat sits low in the water and one of the neighbors called
the fire dept and reported that it was sinking.

Well 2 fire trucks, 2 rescue trucks, 2 cop cars 15 fireman
show up and lucky for me the neighbor next door shows up
and asks whats up?........they tell him to go away..
The fireman where trying to rip the hatch off to see if it
was taking on water..........the neighbor yells at him to
stop, that the boat sits low.

They stop their attack and say they can't see the bottom paint
so it must be sinking........the guy says ..its got no bottom
paint.........look at the scum line on the boat. He tells them
it's been like that since Sat.

Good thing this guy came home when he did...or these
knuckle heads would have done some real damage :mad:

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WOW You have some luck. Thank God

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:eek: Glad they put the ax away

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The trials and tribulations of owning a Fountain. :D

Good thing they did not mess it up....

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Faaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!........ :mad: :rolleyes:

A close call is right!!!!

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good thing it ain't a 32'. The rescures wouldn't have believed your buddys neighbor and kept on going only to find the engine compartment dry.

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freeboard challenged.

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Is that before or after the new exhaust ? ? ?

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Looks like it's sinking to me...

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YIKES :eek:

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I still love the way that thing sits!!

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There was a guy at Havabrew that had written on the boat NO I AM NOT SINKING! I just hope that he never does start to take on water :eek:

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I didn't realize so many others have had similar situations.

I did have my neighbor in Florida call me once and tell me the same thing!
I left the boat in to go eat before I put it up on lift.
At least he didn't call in the cavalry

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Had the exact same thing happen to me about 3 years ago. I left my 29 Fountain in the water overnight at the Mariott Waterside docks and gave them my telephone number in case they needed to reach me. The next afternoon (a Monday) my secretary got a frantic call from the manager of the hotel telling me that my boat was sinking. She called me out of a major meeting in a panic and I ran down to the docks only to find my boat as I had left it.

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Those darned Fountains. Seriously, if you're not familiar with the way they sit, you'd think the same thing.

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Good to know there are civilians out there looking out for the boaters -- even if the reaction is a bit over the top

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I guess it could look that way :eek: .........these's are from Shore Dreams