On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:26:51 -0400, John H
wrote:

Had the boat dropped in the water Thursday. While it was being lifted to the
water from the boatel, I noticed some new scratches on the hull. Had the fork
lift operator stop so I could get a closer look. On the port side, about a third
of the way back, were three deep scratches, each about six inches long. At the
first (from the bow) scratch was also a crack through the gelcoat (at least)
about three inches long. Apparently the boat took a pretty good hit there. The
angles of the scratches indicate that they probably occurred while riding on the
forks of the lift.

Also, a corner was broken off the plate above the propellor. Not sure if it's
repairable. May just cut the corner off the other side and round the edges to
make it symmetric.

Haven't talked to the manager yet, although they've been good in the past about
fixing any damage they've caused. Hopefully this time will be no exception.

Took the boat out to the bay, ran it up on plane, and made sure everything
worked. It did. Now I have to go rig the rods for trolling and try to catch a
few rockfish. Maybe I'll set a new boat record this year, which wouldn't take
much as I haven't broken the 40" mark yet!

Sorry to hear about the damage. Glad to hear it still floats.

I have a couple of 40" stripers in the log, but I've never caught one
over 40".

Later,

Tom