HawksBrewer
Well-Known Member
Last weekend I got the boat out on the water. Where I launch only has two docks with a total of three positions to launch/recover. The western most launch spot typically has a LOT of sand wash up. Right after I recovered my boat, a guy was trying to haul his 30 footer out of the western most end and got his trailer buried half way to the axle in the sand. Combine that with a wet and sandy boat launch and all four of the guys tires on his diesel truck were slipping and he was going nowhere. I ended up unhooking my trailer and backed up to him to hook up a tow strap and help haul him out. I really didn't think anything of it, just seeing someone with a need and taking ten minutes out of my day to help him out. As I was reconnecting my trailer, he came up to me asking how much he owed me. I guess I was a little dumbfounded because it was the LAST thing I expected.
Boaters tend to be that way IME. Whenever we're out on the water (and by the way we were up in Grand Haven last weekend and took a trip up to Whitehall, though we often cruise down to Holland or Saugatuck) most boaters seem more than willing to help other boaters.
I'm pretty sure this thread was NOT intended to have people share what nice thing they've done. It's a tribute to other nice people and what they do for you or others you stupid muricans
Get out of my thread.