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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3135354" data-attributes="member: 5412">Exactly. A buddy and I bought a Taylor jet boat with a 455 olds engine in it. Scary fast.I was driving in the middle of the lake, and saw some seagulls&nbsp; in the distance. Thinking we could spook them, at 70 or so MPH we discovered they were standing&nbsp; and not swimming just before impact with the &quot;hump&quot;.After some dukes of hazzard &quot;air time&quot; the engine failed. Later finding out that the mud sucked into the jet and locked up the engine, stripping the nylon toothed timing gears.So, here we are in the middle of the lake without a paddle. Zero wind.One dip net on board and that&#039;s it. We put a tshirt into the dipnet and started paddling. After a few hours, saw a campground coming up, and a vehicle on the beach. We kept waving and paddling and the guy stayed there.Long story short, he waited and we got a ride back to the ramp for our vehicle. Had to go to town for another boat to tow it in. You gotta love boat adventures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3135354, member: 5412"] Exactly. A buddy and I bought a Taylor jet boat with a 455 olds engine in it. Scary fast. I was driving in the middle of the lake, and saw some seagulls in the distance. Thinking we could spook them, at 70 or so MPH we discovered they were standing and not swimming just before impact with the "hump". After some dukes of hazzard "air time" the engine failed. Later finding out that the mud sucked into the jet and locked up the engine, stripping the nylon toothed timing gears. So, here we are in the middle of the lake without a paddle. Zero wind. One dip net on board and that's it. We put a tshirt into the dipnet and started paddling. After a few hours, saw a campground coming up, and a vehicle on the beach. We kept waving and paddling and the guy stayed there. Long story short, he waited and we got a ride back to the ramp for our vehicle. Had to go to town for another boat to tow it in. You gotta love boat adventures. [/QUOTE]

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