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Ed L.

Ed L.

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Here we are with the boat righted and starting to pump her out. One of the nieghbors and I had to stand on the bow to keep the transom high enough to keep the river from coming back in.

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All I could think of was man I put a lot of money in this boat!

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I just knew the battery had shorted everything in the boat but I tried the tilt and trim switch for some reason and the damn thing worked. After the boat was bailed out I started tearing into the motor. Not knowing really what I was doing I made a call to our resident academic adviser...Tom Scholberg "AKA" WickerT and asked what do I do now? He was pretty sure I didn't have to much damage. After following his instructions. I put the gas to it and kept cranking until it fired up. Thanks,Tom for having your cell phone on!.

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So it ended up being a very good day!

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BTW, Thanks Pete McMiller for the picture resizing software you mentioned. Works like a charm.

Take care.

Ed L.
 
Ed,
glad you got her running. Be sure to get some WD 40 or Corosion X on your electrical connections within the next few days. Did it go down because of no bilge pump or was the pump too small to keep up with water coming in over the stern from the wind and waves?
The second is all to common in boats we see on the river in salvage situations, esp. boats with outboards that are too big. Extra horsepower seems like a good idea until the thing is in a seaway without the forward motion to keep the transom well from swamping. Bad design leads to bad stuff in rough seas.
 
Bob,

Bilge failed. I'll spray WD40 on all electrical connections when I get home tomorrow.

Thanks,

Ed
 
Ed nice to see that smile on your face in the last picture. Your heart must have sank the first time you saw your boat under water. Glad things worked out. Just go through the electrical systems, check all connections. Break the connections, clean them good and put them back together. the worst is over.
 
Mike,

It was a shock to see my boat like that. I'm one lucky SOB for sure. BTW, liked your paint job. I'll be interested to hear how that paint holds up.

Ed L.
 
Thanks Joe. It was a quiet hour or so when I first saw it. All I seen was dollar signs at first!

Ed L.
 
Ed, Glad it turned out all right. The same thing happened to me several times only the head of the motor was out of water. Decoys in there bags floating in the boat at o:30 in the morning in Nov. Now thats cold water. I now have a sump pump for such occasions. Of course I did not spend all that time and money on fixing up the boat.
 
Ed, I'm so glad it all worked out for you. Luck beats skill every time. I'm more than happy to help, kind of a professional thing and "pay it foreward" . Just keep an eye out for any electrical gremlins for a while. All good advice on the electrical drying out and corrosiion proofing.
 
Oh yeah, by the way this brought back another story (memory). We were camping on a small lake in northern Minnesota and fished late into the evening. Just pulled the boat on shore and forgot to come back down to tie off or toss the anchor. Next morning got up to walk the dogs and the boat was just plain GONE. No storm no wind just floated off. Went to the boat ramp and recrited some one coming off the lake to look for it and sure enough they towed her back. ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED. Thank my wife for remembering this one, I had completly blocked that one off. YUKYUK
 
You were lucky Ed to get right on that engine and get it running again. The faster you can get them back up and running after being submerged the better. Now Ed, don't try to wash the inside of your boat like this again :^)
Four inches of rain in 4 hours is a tad too much even if you had a boat on a trailer.

Glad it all worked out for you.

Dave
 
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