Boat fail confessions!

donmac · 04-09-2016, 09:33 AM

First weekend with a new-to-me boat. Pulled up to Meredith Marine to put gas in for the first time. Removed the cap and let the nice young lady fill it up. It took very little gas. I was pulling away from the pumps wondering if the gas gauge worked and a horrifying thought occurred to me… Did I just fill the fresh water supply with gasoline? Sure enough… I had never had a fresh water tank on a boat and had just opened the cap I saw on the gunnel. Thought I’d take that one to my grave, but there it is!

Like some others we found ourselves in the Witches once about 30 years ago, but I wasn’t driving, and the boat was fine.

-don

04-09-2016, 09:33 AM	#17
donmac Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 47 Thanks: 17 Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts	First weekend with a new-to-me boat. Pulled up to Meredith Marine to put gas in for the first time. Removed the cap and let the nice young lady fill it up. It took very little gas. I was pulling away from the pumps wondering if the gas gauge worked and a horrifying thought occurred to me… Did I just fill the fresh water supply with gasoline? Sure enough… I had never had a fresh water tank on a boat and had just opened the cap I saw on the gunnel. Thought I’d take that one to my grave, but there it is! Like some others we found ourselves in the Witches once about 30 years ago, but I wasn’t driving, and the boat was fine. -don __________________ 'Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING— absolute nothing— half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.'