I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.

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On Jun 28, 4:51*pm, "sailirc" wrote:
I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. *This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.

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Good luck with that, Harry and JimH will be here shortly to trash your
thread, and yes, I have!
Another one. I bought a bass boat and was very excited to get in the
water. Took a friend with me, didn't have a lot of time before dark,
backed it down in the water, started it, would NOT move off the
trailer. Problem? When I bought the boat, it had a strap going over
the stern, I didn't like that, so I bought Rod Saver transom straps.
SOMEBODY forgot to take them off!

sailirc wrote:
I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.



I've done it...more than once, though not in more than 10 years.

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On Jun 28, 4:51 pm, "sailirc" wrote:
I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.

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Good luck with that, Harry and JimH will be here shortly to trash your
thread, and yes, I have!
Another one. I bought a bass boat and was very excited to get in the
water. Took a friend with me, didn't have a lot of time before dark,
backed it down in the water, started it, would NOT move off the
trailer. Problem? When I bought the boat, it had a strap going over
the stern, I didn't like that, so I bought Rod Saver transom straps.
SOMEBODY forgot to take them off!

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Down here St Pete a guy pumped 125 gallons of fuel in the
fishing rod holder. Once they found the fuel in the bottom of the boat
they towed it out real far and had to empty the fuel out!.

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sailirc wrote:
I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.



I've done it...more than once, though not in more than 10 years.

Ok my turn about us:
I was told to put the drain plug in the Rinker my husband was in a hurry
to get the boat in the water and pulled up to our dock a storm was coming.
Well I forgot. The boat started to sink. The only way he could keep the
water out was blast up and down the lake until I could get the trailer back
in
the water. buy that time the boat was so heavy it was a real tackle getting
out
of the water ;-)

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:51:47 GMT, "sailirc"
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I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.
I only had the 17' MFG my 1990 75 Mariner came on for a few months.
(old boat new motor purchased for the motor). I did take it out
several times to be sure the motor was good before I swapped it over
to my pontoon that I was rebuilding and I was 100%.
I left the plug out every time! Also almost sunk it at the dock in one
of our "8 inches of rain in 2 days" storms.
I was real happy to get back to a boat without a plug or a bilge


know what you mean, it only happened to us once and that was enough
poor bilge pump, they sound sometimes like their going to blow.

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I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
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fun only --- no insults or name calling.

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There are only two types of trailer boaters. Those that have left the plug
out, and those who have lied about not leaving it out.

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I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.

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Never left the plug out, BUT when I bought my first boat, I didn't take the
plug out when I brought it out on the trailer after a day's use. A few
weeks into the season and I was very concerned because performance had
nose-dived, could barely get on plane and no speed to speak of. Friend went
out with me, drove the boat, asked about my routine for hauling out,
suggested we haul it out, pulled the plug and it drained for what seemed
like hours. Those rainstorms get you, I guess. Bilge pump was an epiphany
for the future. ;-P

On Jun 28, 8:31*pm, "tak" wrote:
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news[email protected] wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. *This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.

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Never left the plug out, BUT when I bought my first boat, I didn't take the
plug out when I brought it *out on the trailer after a day's use. A few
weeks into the season and I was very concerned because performance had
nose-dived, could barely get on plane and no speed to speak of. Friend went
out with me, drove the boat, asked about my routine for hauling out,
suggested we haul it out, pulled the plug and it drained for what seemed
like hours. Those rainstorms get you, I guess. Bilge pump was an epiphany
for the future. ;-P

I have not done much trailer boating but when I did I never left the
plug out. It is no big deal to check while at the prep area of the
boat ramp park.

sailirc wrote:
I wonder how many would be honest and say at one time or
another they left out the drain plug. This thread was started for
fun only --- no insults or name calling.


Once. Only once.

I caught it before it was unhooked from the trailer.