A former friends kid bought a used 15' aluminum boat. I haven't seen it or know what it is.

He got antsy and took it out on the Chesapeake Bay. He's never even been on a boat before. Any here is his story.

 

Launched and the boat drifted away we had to go swiming in really cold water to get it back.

Took about 45 minutes to get the outboard started and it was a old pull start 2 stroke.

We finally got out in the severn river and decided to go across the bay. A few minutes into open water the wind picked up and we almost capsized twice. We figured out how to hit the waves and they were coming over the front.  The boat was about a third full of water so we turned around. We were all soaked and freezing.

We got back to load it and the truck just spun it's tires. Finally we figured out to pull the drain plug and we got it out very slowly.

 

I think the boat is for sale now.

They should have stopped on the way home and buy a lottery ticket. This story could have had a tragic ending. 

Yep..i suspect it was a narrow jon boat.

 He wanted to by my boat but i wouldn't sell, he would kill himself. 

We had a few really nice warm days, guess he didn't figure on the water temp

He's about two hours away close to the bay. 

If he is like his dad he will never go out again.

 

After reading his story, betting he wasn't wearing a PFD either.

If he keeps that boat or any boat for that matter, you need to have a chat with him about boat safety and soon.

 

Glad to hear they both made it out alive.

I hate to be the negative guy, but there was a whole lot of stupid going on.

 

Yeah, young enthusiastic stupidity. 

It illgal here not to have a pfd on, but with the covid the dnr officers are few and far between.

If i recall right 2 or 3 duck hunters died of the upper potomac this winter.

One group got iced in and it took 3 fire companies and the dnr to get them out.

If i remember right the duck hunters got wet and died of hypothermia. 

I bet his mom kicked his butt.

As i kinda thought the story was exaggerated.  They went in up to there knees and there was 3 to 5 inches of water in the boat. Still a very stupid move

There is no way anyone could survive swiming in the bay now.

Sorry for not investigating it before.

49 minutes ago, newbiedmv said:

As i kinda thought the story was exaggerated.  They went in up to there knees and there was 3 to 5 inches of water in the boat. Still a very stupid move

There is no way anyone could survive swiming in the bay now.

Sorry for not investigating it before.

At least he didn’t end up as crab bait!

 Appearances can kill you on these waters as with most. An entire 3 generations of family were killed a few years ago. The went out on a private lake after a down pour and were swept over the spillway.

Sometimes i think a boat driving license would be nice. I definitely needed it, took a year to get the basics down.

 

A boat drivers license? People can't even drive cars and they take a test for a license. A common sense license should be required to operate both a motor vehicle and a boat.

28 minutes ago, slonezp said:

A common sense license should be required to operate both a motor vehicle and a boat.

That'd sure take care of traffic jams - there wouldn't be many vehicles on the roads.