Hehe, I appreciate the story.

I couldn't for the life of me figure out how the back of the boat would be
submerged for just a few minutes. I was guessing an accident at the hoist or
something.



"Rod McInnis" wrote in message
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"Paul" wrote in message
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This sounds like an interesting story if you feel like telling.

Recently, I managed to
submerge the back half half of my houseboat and the dual 50 Hp
outboards
were a couple feet underwater for several minutes.



Not really as interesting as it may sound!

I purchased a 55' houseboat off a lake in Arizona and was having it
trucked to California. The lake didn't have any hoist facility so I had
to
float the houseboat onto the trailer. The ramp was steep, so we floated
the
bow into position on the truck and then slowly started pulling out. As
the
bow went up, the stern went down.........

If I had realized ahead of time it was going to happen I might have tried
something else. Once the motors went under we might as well continue. We
had to add blocks and tie downs as we went, so it took a little while
before
we could pull it clear of the water.

Rod