My doctor said I must get out and rough it a bit if I wanted to be a real man. “Get yourself a motor boat, he said, camp out weekends; that will make you eat and sleep.” I had never been known to rough it, had never slept anywhere but in a nice, comfortable bed. Didn’t think that I would take his advice, but fate willed that I should. On my way home i the car I met my old friend Walt Wiegner, a boat bug, whose conversation ran: “Just heard of a fellow who wants to sell a motor boat; they say it’s a bargain.”
Andy Oldman says:
Great Story. !! You could never jury rig a modern outboard like that! When I was 15 my Dad bought an ancient Fay and Bowen launch with a huge Kermath two cylinder motor. That boat took in around 200 gallons a day and it was my job to pump her out twice a day with a tin pump just like the one above. I still have the pump and a spare leather for the handle .
Alfred Jensen says:
A great story of skill afloat, in a time much different from the present!!!!
patrick marks says:
Used that pump through the engine trick. It lasted just a few minutes till the pump sucked something out from the bilge and the motor overheated and we beached the boat on White Horse Beach Plymouth Mass 1972
Tom Roderick says:
Quite an adventure and story.
Andy Reynolds says:
Ditto what Hank said, and thanks to the anonymous guest blogger that shared this great story with us. It evokes a time past, that is so different from the present, and the adventure of going to sea, in a fine way.
Hank Kennedy says:
A great story well told.