True North Wrote in message:
Since it might be my last time out this year, I decided to head out to Grand Lake to flush the 3.0 MerCruiser and lower end with clean fresh water.
Bit of a mistake...the rig parking area was chock full with trucks and boat trailers with the overflow area a bit of a hike away.
Turns out it was some kind of fishing tournament with about 36 boats registered to participate. We got there around 1300 hrs and one of the fishermen told us the tournament ran till 1530 hrs. That limited us to about an hour and a half on the lake. Glad it was a big lake by local standards with these high powered bass type boats roaring along from position to position..then stopping to fish..sometimes in my way. I didn't want to pass too close while they were fishing. The lake surface was great and quite smooth until be bounced ov er wake after wake.
anyyway, came back early to beat most of them but by the time I walked up, goy my rig and waited in line for the double ramp there must have been 20 to 30 boaats all milligg around the small dock..which I was hogging with the bow rider.I must admit, they were quite efficient recovering their boats..they would nose up to the dock..one guy would jump off to get the rig and the boat would back out to let someone else do the same. Only bad thing was they all seemed to power up on their trailers..moving the rocks at the submerged end of the ramp. This wouldn't be so bad in the spring but with the lake down a couple of feet or so...even I had to carefully back the trailer wheels to the very edge which had the water half cover my bunks. Anyway, mission accomplished...burned up some gas and flushed everything out.


Why were you hogging the dock? Mighty inconsiderate on your part.
You're lucky the real boaters didn't toss you in and set your
boat adrift.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/