Two things that suck

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1) when you drop the tool you were using to fish out the tool you dropped; and

2) when you know you just kicked something into the bilge because you felt your foot connect with it, and you saw a blurry something out of the corner of your eye launch out into the void where the engine hatches have been removed; and you hear said something clatter somewhere within the deepest, darkest most unattainable regions of the bilge; and you have no idea what it was (drill bit, bolt, key component of electronic installation project, etc); and no amount of searching with flashlights and acrobatic contorsions reveals anything.

Other than that, weekend projects went well, and there is still nothing better in this life than messing around in boats.
 
Yes but at least you have a chance to find it.
Much better than the PLOP you hear while transversing the finger pier to the boat with an armload of tools and supplies.
 
An "aw ****" is when your coming in and put it in reverse, hit the throttle and RPMs jump to 1800. (diver never found it)
 
3) When you're reinstalling your rebuilt Mercruiser water pump and you switch hands to get a better grip on the bolts after you know you had one bolt at least two threads deep - only to discover that you didn't. And yes, they always fall on the tail piece first and break.
 
2 years ago a buddy of mine was anchoring his 24 Baja just off the beach. A few days earlier I had told him that he needed to put some small wire or even a zip tie on the anchor pin to keep it from working its way out.

Fast forward after a few hours on the beach and the wind picking up a little. I'm standing on the beach and I had asked "why is Mike walking the boat down the beach on the sand bar?" MIKE replied "What am I doing" from behind me. His boat was making its way towards our own port on its own and moving fast now.

We were able to run down the beach and head the boat off before anything happend and we got the boat back safely but man did that really suck.

Can you guess why this happend?
 
"Ah SH!T" is what you find after discovering a cracked macerator elbow
 
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Originally posted by Britanic

Yes but at least you have a chance to find it.
Much better than the PLOP you hear while transversing the finger pier to the boat with an armload of tools and supplies.

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Man, I'm not the only one that's dropped or kicked something into the water, and knowing with absolute certainty from the noise and splash that I did, but no amount of head scratching, tool and part counting, wallet/watch/keys/cell phone checking, and peering into the depths can ever determine what it was?

I HATE that. you know you lost something, you know you'll probably need it again, but all the tools seem to be accounted for, all the parts seem to be accounted for, can't find anything missing, but SOMETHING clattered off the dock into the water...
 
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Originally posted by 370 Motoryacht

2 years ago a buddy of mine was anchoring his 24 Baja just off the beach. A few days earlier I had told him that he needed to put some small wire or even a zip tie on the anchor pin to keep it from working its way out.

Fast forward after a few hours on the beach and the wind picking up a little. I'm standing on the beach and I had asked "why is Mike walking the boat down the beach on the sand bar?" MIKE replied "What am I doing" from behind me. His boat was making its way towards our own port on its own and moving fast now.

We were able to run down the beach and head the boat off before anything happend and we got the boat back safely but man did that really suck.

Can you guess why this happend?

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Yeah, mousing those shackles is a must. I'm back-and-forth between zip ties and lockwire. Each have their ups and downs, but after this topic came up within the last year or two, one of our resident aviation gurus here pointed me towards an FAA publication that detailed the proper way for airplane parts to be lockwired, and I've had good results applying those methods to shackles with monel lockwire in the saltwater marine environ. So now I'm leaning a lot more towards lockwire for semi-permanent mousings (such as anchor shackles), and zip ties only for temporary (id est, install, use, remove) uses. Permanent stuff, the shackle pin should be peened by heat and beating, or at least a chisel and BFH across the threads on the pin and boss.
 
Having worked on Nuc Subs lock wire is the way to go. Monel is the wire of choice. But you have to be careful not to crack it as you twist it off.
 
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Originally posted by Britanic

"Ah SH!T" is what you find after discovering a cracked macerator elbow

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Funny you should mention that I lost my macerator transfer pump to the PuraSan guess what I have to do next week? A sh*t job!
Bill
 
Dang, 'tis the season for macerators to go. I had to change the one with my Purasan a couple of months ago. I carry a spare, so that part of the process was easy. I toyed with a rebuild for about 15 seconds and then threw the old one away.

I needed a short haul to change the gear case lube in my outboards the other week. But this is a bad time of year to get a couple of hours in the slings to work. So I called my former Honda tech friend and he agreed to take cash for removing them via tender, servicing (fluids, inspection, water pumps), and then re-installing (turned out to be cheaper than the haul out!). Halfway through the first one, he kicked the drain plug off the pier. Thankfully, I had a spare gear case with me. D'oh!
 
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Originally posted by jacko

Having worked on Nuc Subs lock wire is the way to go. Monel is the wire of choice. But you have to be careful not to crack it as you twist it off.

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Yep - and to notice if you do. I've come to not so much grip, but nestle, the two strands of wire in my fingers in the fold under the knuckles when I pull the knob on the lockwire pliers back so I feel right off when the wire breaks. Then I have a good sense next pull of what's too much. On shackles, you're also tucking down that twisted end, so too much, it breaks then, too little, it's not secure. Being the ADD and OCD type, I've been taking ridiculous notes and photos on it and comparing several slightly different methods.
 
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Originally posted by Britanic

Yes but at least you have a chance to find it.
Much better than the PLOP you hear while transversing the finger pier to the boat with an armload of tools and supplies.

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Or the PLOP you hear when you are getting off the boat and trip and you see your $313 eyeglasses disappear in the direction of the bottom. And your eyeglass safety lanyards are in your car.

G
 
Ah Sh!T is when buddy #1 drops my band new and expensive sport fishing rod in 90' of water 30 miles offshore. Holy Sh!T is when buddy #2 pulls it back up on the last cast of the day!
 
Lost my best screw driver to the ocean this summer.
 
Just remember "nothing sucks like an Electrolux".
Strangest 1970s ad ever.
 
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