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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Motor Fell in Water
Since we put the sailboat in the water a few weeks ago its been tied up at my parents' dock on Lake Norman. I have been down a couple times to work on it and Grant and Kitch took it out sailing last Saturday. And hopefully we are going to get to take it out this coming weekend for a bit, if there is any wind.
I got a call from my dad tonight regarding the sailboat. Being the last big weekend of summer on Lake Norman there were a lot of boats on the lake this weekend. The sailboat got rattled pretty good by passing boats apparently and some of the dock lines eventually broke. Even worse the motor clamps broke, along with the cable lock securing it to the boat, and the outboard motor on the back fell into the lake.
My dad was kind enough to re-secure the boat with some temporary dock lines but I could not convince him to go swimming for the motor. I am going down to their house tomorrow to dive down in hopes of finding the motor.
A bit of history on that motor, it's my dad's motor. Also, this is not the first time its seen the bottom of the lake. My brother Tyler accidentally dropped the motor off the back of a John boat once and my dad had to dive down to get it. Tyler thought it was hilarious.
Up until recently it had not been started (approximately 2 years since). But with the help of my neighbor, we got it running again. Turned out it just needed a new spark plug and the water cleared from the cylinders.
Hopefully that's all that it will take this time around too.
Motor Fell in Water
Since we put the sailboat in the water a few weeks ago its been tied up at my parents' dock on Lake Norman. I have been down a couple times to work on it and Grant and Kitch took it out sailing last Saturday. And hopefully we are going to get to take it out this coming weekend for a bit, if there is any wind.
I got a call from my dad tonight regarding the sailboat. Being the last big weekend of summer on Lake Norman there were a lot of boats on the lake this weekend. The sailboat got rattled pretty good by passing boats apparently and some of the dock lines eventually broke. Even worse the motor clamps broke, along with the cable lock securing it to the boat, and the outboard motor on the back fell into the lake.
My dad was kind enough to re-secure the boat with some temporary dock lines but I could not convince him to go swimming for the motor. I am going down to their house tomorrow to dive down in hopes of finding the motor.
A bit of history on that motor, it's my dad's motor. Also, this is not the first time its seen the bottom of the lake. My brother Tyler accidentally dropped the motor off the back of a John boat once and my dad had to dive down to get it. Tyler thought it was hilarious.
Up until recently it had not been started (approximately 2 years since). But with the help of my neighbor, we got it running again. Turned out it just needed a new spark plug and the water cleared from the cylinders.
Hopefully that's all that it will take this time around too.
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