06-13-2007, 03:06 PM
Sorry we don't mark every hazard out on Willard. We only go after the very large hazqards. At some point, people just have to take responsibility for there actions. We tell people about the low water and how and where to navigate but as you can see some just don't listen.
The other thing that I have to completely chuckle about is when people come up to me and tell me that we have to move our orange channel marker buoys which leads us over to the ranger dock. I always have to ask them why and there response is that we were right next to them and we ran aground. After hearing this numerous times on Saturday I finally chuckled at the one guy and said you know I hear that all the time and I can't help laughing each time it is said to me. The gentlemen looked at me kind of puzzled and I said the reason I laugh is because I can take our 25 foot whaler with the twin 225's and our 21 foot whaler with the 300 h.p. right by the buoys and never touch. At that point he looked really puzzled and said well my boat doesn't even draft that deep and I hit bottom. My next question, with a
, was did you lift your motor up. Da! Da! He had no clue, he just looked at me and said you can do that. Any ways, don't take offense to this and if any of you ever want to ride along for a while on the boat and see all the stupid things we witness and see people do, just ask. Also, glad to see that you all seem to be catching fish on the bay.
Jeff
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The other thing that I have to completely chuckle about is when people come up to me and tell me that we have to move our orange channel marker buoys which leads us over to the ranger dock. I always have to ask them why and there response is that we were right next to them and we ran aground. After hearing this numerous times on Saturday I finally chuckled at the one guy and said you know I hear that all the time and I can't help laughing each time it is said to me. The gentlemen looked at me kind of puzzled and I said the reason I laugh is because I can take our 25 foot whaler with the twin 225's and our 21 foot whaler with the 300 h.p. right by the buoys and never touch. At that point he looked really puzzled and said well my boat doesn't even draft that deep and I hit bottom. My next question, with a
, was did you lift your motor up. Da! Da! He had no clue, he just looked at me and said you can do that. Any ways, don't take offense to this and if any of you ever want to ride along for a while on the boat and see all the stupid things we witness and see people do, just ask. Also, glad to see that you all seem to be catching fish on the bay. Jeff
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