Sharphooks
Well-Known Member
When I installed a CHIRP thru-hull transducer a few years ago I remember thinking that as long as I'm drilling a 3 3/4" hole into the floor of my boat, it might not be a bad idea to also install a high-capacity bilge pump.....just in case...
So while launching in Ucluelet with the girlfriend a few days ago, I finally got to use my Rule 2000 which supposedly, will transfer 2,000 gallons of seawater from your bilge back into the ocean in an hour....
Yes, I'll admit it.....while blushing like a baboon....to my complete humiliation, I launched a very heavy 24 foot boat into Ucluelet harbor without installing the transom plug....
This is the same plug I leave on the front seat of my truck so it's in my face and I just never forget to put it in prior to launching....never.....only this time, I put it in the back of the truck to make room for the girlfriend so it was out of sight and out of mind....and then...
So that Rule 2000 absolutely saved the day...the two guys who helped me get the boat back out of the water and onto the trailer so I could get the plug back where it belongs (the same two guys I owe a dinner and lots of drinks to if I ever meet them again) were overheard by my girlfriend saying....wow, whatever pump that guy has in his boat seems to be moving a lot of water...."
So, gentlemen....baboon blush notwithstanding...I leave you with the Golden Rule of boating....just in case you ever share my moment of mortification at the launch ramp some day
So while launching in Ucluelet with the girlfriend a few days ago, I finally got to use my Rule 2000 which supposedly, will transfer 2,000 gallons of seawater from your bilge back into the ocean in an hour....
Yes, I'll admit it.....while blushing like a baboon....to my complete humiliation, I launched a very heavy 24 foot boat into Ucluelet harbor without installing the transom plug....
This is the same plug I leave on the front seat of my truck so it's in my face and I just never forget to put it in prior to launching....never.....only this time, I put it in the back of the truck to make room for the girlfriend so it was out of sight and out of mind....and then...
So that Rule 2000 absolutely saved the day...the two guys who helped me get the boat back out of the water and onto the trailer so I could get the plug back where it belongs (the same two guys I owe a dinner and lots of drinks to if I ever meet them again) were overheard by my girlfriend saying....wow, whatever pump that guy has in his boat seems to be moving a lot of water...."
So, gentlemen....baboon blush notwithstanding...I leave you with the Golden Rule of boating....just in case you ever share my moment of mortification at the launch ramp some day