Waterwings
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Last night around 8:15pm the phone rang and it was our middle daughter's boyfriend calling from Lake Pee Wee. He was out there fishing with a friend of his in a 16' jon boat, and apparently the shear pin on the trolling motor did what it was designed to do, but they don't recall hitting anything. I asked him if the guy had another tm on his rig, and he said no. I then asked him if he had paddles, and he said yes.......one : . They were about 500yds from the dock and it was practically dark, but no wind and smooth as glass. He asked me if I could bring my boat out there and tow them in, but I said by the time I got it hooked-up and launced they would be at the dock. The one rule (City Ordnance) at Pee Wee is that you have to be off the water before dark.
I asked him if there were any other boats out there and he said yes there was one other boat out there. I told him to get their attention to render them some assistance. He said okay. I then told my wife that I should drive down there and see how it was going and shine my trsuty old Navy battle lantern for them to see the ramp. Continuing on with the story, by the time I got there and parked my truck, I noticed a 16' canoe (rigged with a tm!) on the ramp, and they were preparing to load the canow and leave. I got out of my truck and one of the guys called me by name. It turned-out that it was two of my former students (graduated 6 yrs ago). 8) . I asked them if they'd mind going out and towing them in, and they said no problem. I then called the guys on the jon boat and told them to use their cell phones to provide a light for the "rescuers" to find them, because it was pitch dark now. That dang canoe got to them pretty quick! I spied them coming into the ramp and the canoers were paddling in conjunction with the tm. They said that dang jon boat was a little bit of work for their tm. Everyone got their rigs loaded, and I spoke with my former students for awhile before going home. I'm bettin' the boat owner buys another paddle and possibly another tm.
I asked him if there were any other boats out there and he said yes there was one other boat out there. I told him to get their attention to render them some assistance. He said okay. I then told my wife that I should drive down there and see how it was going and shine my trsuty old Navy battle lantern for them to see the ramp. Continuing on with the story, by the time I got there and parked my truck, I noticed a 16' canoe (rigged with a tm!) on the ramp, and they were preparing to load the canow and leave. I got out of my truck and one of the guys called me by name. It turned-out that it was two of my former students (graduated 6 yrs ago). 8) . I asked them if they'd mind going out and towing them in, and they said no problem. I then called the guys on the jon boat and told them to use their cell phones to provide a light for the "rescuers" to find them, because it was pitch dark now. That dang canoe got to them pretty quick! I spied them coming into the ramp and the canoers were paddling in conjunction with the tm. They said that dang jon boat was a little bit of work for their tm. Everyone got their rigs loaded, and I spoke with my former students for awhile before going home. I'm bettin' the boat owner buys another paddle and possibly another tm.