Thanks for all the "GOOD" boat advice haha
Yes If I rolled into the boat I probably would miss and hit the water with my luck and become shark bait. Then there is the problem of getting back out up on the pier that is 2 feet higher than the boat. If I ever try it, I need a camera man handy, so I could sale it to World's most funny videos.
Old habits die hard, Like loving fishing and boating. The cool breeze blowing through my long hair, watching the beautiful sunrise over the water, and then getting one heck of a charlie horse in the middle of my back, falling on the fish slime on the boat deck, landing on the rotting bait with my head stuck in the livewell. Ah yes, such fond memories dreams are made of.
Short story:
Then there was the time when I went out on a 14 foot bassboat to ship island which is 18 miles offshore Gulfport to do some floundering. The sea was as calm as a baby's behind. Full moon, and fish were everywhere, Until "IT" came...... The cold front out of the North with winds around 35mph and seas about 5 to 7 feet average with a rogue wave every now and then of about 10 feet. I could only travel into the waves at about 8mph due to seas breaking into the boat, the bilge pumps were running I was bailing, and I looked at my fishing buddy next to me and he was all in a ball asleep in his life jacket. Some help he was. It was about 2am. Dark as a lump of coal. This was the night I thought it was over, we would surely sink.
Finally after about 6 hours we made it to the shore, I hit my fishing buddy on the shoulder and said why were you asleep when I needed help the most, we were sinking? He said I knew we were sinking that's why I was not asleep I was praying because I thought we were going to die and I had to get right with God quick.. (True Story sad to say)
That was in my old days when I had no idea about boats and the sea. I've learned a lot since then especially about checking the weather before you go out, but still not enough to roll into and out of the boat. Like I've said before I ought to write a book but no one would believe it was true. I've been too close to death too many times for one man to live and tell about it.
God Bless and hope you got a chuckle out of this,
Big AL
P.S. Oh yeah, lost the poker game too.