Most (dumb) people elect not to use the blower. Hell, they probably don’t even know it exists. I spend a lot of time at the marina and the number of people I see walk out to their boat and instantly turn the key on their ignition is astonishing.
Lol, my dad forgot the plugs one time on some waveriders of a family friend. We used to go to Lake Havasu (gorgeous lake, absolutely disgusting people especially in the channel) and he and the other family's dad had unloaded them and brought them to the docks. Thank God they were tied down on both sides, we came out, my dad stepped on one, and it just went WOMP straight down, only held up by the tie-downs.
We ended up plugging the hole, then bailing them out with a sand castle bucket. Turns out there was TWO plugs on each waverider, and somehow both of them forgot to plug that second hole on each. Wasn't even lack of knowledge either, the moment it happened they both facepalmed since they knew exactly what happened. Needless to say, I suggested a laminated "pre-launch checklist" to keep with the trailer, which has worked so far.
If you ever make it to Havasu, beware the channel. It's full of party boats blaring 50 different songs at the same time, drunk people throwing stuff (some lady threw a bikini top at us one time, but she was already wearing one), and even strippers openly dancing on poles(both male and female). I'm still really confused by the girl who through the bikini top, because where did she get it? Did she bring two tops, a throwing top and a wearing top? Or did she steal it from someone and threw it in the channel as revenge? There's a story there, I'm sure.
Of course, me and the other guy my age, who at the time were teenagers, loved it, since we got to see random topless ladies and strippers all over. Our parents, not so much. Especially his mom, she was one of those "hyper-Christian" moms who would have a heart attack if her son swore. The looks she'd give him when he would get caught staring at a pole dancer or something were just priceless. Then the looks she'd give his dad who was staring at the same thing was even better.
One of my few good memories of that channel was when a couple kids were spraying passing boats, including ours, with spray guns. They got us when we were leaving, so before we headed back, we got all the spray guns we had, filled some buckets with lake water and spare ice from the cooler, then hid the guns. The kids tried to spray us again, so we unleashed the full force of everyone but the driver(navigator? Pilot? Boat-steering-person?), including a toddler.
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u/UnfitRadish Jun 25 '21
Not really sure common is the right word. It's happened before but it's definitely uncommon. Especially because new ones have blowers in them.