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Admit it.........
So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?
For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook. Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be seen again. How about you? ;-) BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related and not OT....eh? |
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"JimH" wrote in message ... So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock? How about you? ;-) BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related and not OT....eh? 6 years ago, while in my own slip, my wife dropped her diamond tennis bracelet off the bow of the boat. she had caught it on the fender holders and the clasp broke and over the side it went. She immediately started to cry. I then told her to sit down on the bow and point to where the bracelet went over the side. I put on my bathing suit and went into the water wearing my swim goggles and swam out to the bow where she was sitting and then I went to the bottom of the harbor to see if I could find the bracelet. I found it on the second dive. My wife was so relieved as the bracelet was a wedding gift to her from me. Jim Carter "The Boat" Bayfield |
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Sun Glasses (raybans). rod holder. New rod and reel left the boat without
permission. Bill "Jim Carter" wrote in message ... "JimH" wrote in message ... So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock? How about you? ;-) BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related and not OT....eh? 6 years ago, while in my own slip, my wife dropped her diamond tennis bracelet off the bow of the boat. she had caught it on the fender holders and the clasp broke and over the side it went. She immediately started to cry. I then told her to sit down on the bow and point to where the bracelet went over the side. I put on my bathing suit and went into the water wearing my swim goggles and swam out to the bow where she was sitting and then I went to the bottom of the harbor to see if I could find the bracelet. I found it on the second dive. My wife was so relieved as the bracelet was a wedding gift to her from me. Jim Carter "The Boat" Bayfield |
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I had company drop a pair of expensive glasses hoping onto the boat. It was
in the winter so they lost them. I think the worse thing I dropped overboard is some screws and screwdriver. One time, I was helping someone work on their sailboat and they dropped a very expensive brass cog when cleaning and repacking the wench. I borrowed a tank to look for it, it was hell finding it because of the deep layer of slit. I finally found it under a pile of rocks. It landed on the rocks and then slide in between them. There are some firemen at our lake who will dive for lost articles for a minimum cost of $100. "JimH" wrote in message ... So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock? For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook. Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be seen again. How about you? ;-) BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related and not OT....eh? |
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Class ring is about it for me. I was dumb enough to jump into a lake
once wearing my pager (remember those?). It survived with a new battery and plenty of time to air dry. Dan JimH wrote: So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock? For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook. Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be seen again. How about you? ;-) BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related and not OT....eh? |
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Dan Krueger wrote:
Class ring is about it for me. I was dumb enough to jump into a lake once wearing my pager (remember those?). It survived with a new battery and plenty of time to air dry. Dan JimH wrote: So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock? For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook. Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be seen again. How about you? ;-) BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related and not OT....eh? Lots of tools, screws and even a camera. Be nice if the god Neptune would allow us to sacrifice some amount of stuff at the beginning of the season, then let us be for the rest. I envision some sort of ceremony where some percentage of the boats value is tossed over the side with appropriate chants, drinking of wine, and general hoopla. Then we would be safe for the rest of the season. |
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Wife dropped the cell phone in, but it wasn't worth diving for of
course. Once after returning from vacation my dock neighbor approached with a gummy expression on his face, Turns out he sneezed and blew his dentures overboard the day before, put the dive gear on and found them, took awhile though. no charge, but I found a bottle of Myer's rum laying on my deck the next morning. UD |
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Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have
heard of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash ($80K) even made the news a few years ago. I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the Mississippi once. Dan UglyDan®©™ wrote: Wife dropped the cell phone in, but it wasn't worth diving for of course. Once after returning from vacation my dock neighbor approached with a gummy expression on his face, Turns out he sneezed and blew his dentures overboard the day before, put the dive gear on and found them, took awhile though. no charge, but I found a bottle of Myer's rum laying on my deck the next morning. UD |
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"Dan Krueger" wrote in message ink.net... Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have heard of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash ($80K) even made the news a few years ago. I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the Mississippi once. Dan UglyDan®©™ wrote: Never caught anything to that extreme. Great suggestion....let's go for it... What have you dropped and what have you caught.... |
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"JimH" wrote in message ... "Dan Krueger" wrote in message ink.net... Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have heard of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash ($80K) even made the news a few years ago. I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the Mississippi once. Dan UglyDan®©T wrote: Never caught anything to that extreme. Great suggestion....let's go for it... What have you dropped and what have you caught.... If you caught $80k in a duffle bag....would you report it to the news? |
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