Out of Gas

[pwake7]

Im glad i made the right decision. So im fishing in the ches. bay for rock and a boat comes flying at me and all i can think is , another damn boat right on top of me. Then a shout, hey im out of gas. So i think to myself about helping, and the guy is 15-20 miles from his port. so i told him im fishing and there is no way i can tow him 15 miles. So after 10 minutes i pull the lines and decide to help the guy out. Thankfully i did. The guy was about to jump overbaord a swim 5 miles to shore. and now he tells me he has a prostetic leg, which makes me feel like a real dipshit if this guy would have tried to swim in and dround. I just wanted to bring this up because after thinking about not taking him in, i thought that if that was me i would want the same. I understand that it is not the easiest thing to do a good deed, but as fisherman out on the water i think we all can lend a helping hand out there. i hope this never happens to anyone, bu tif it does maybe you wont think twice and just do the right thing.

[O-SEA-D]

That was very nice of you to sacrifice your fishing day to help someone in need out.

Pretty work pwake!!!

[Randy Stinchcomb]

not to sound like a hard-ass but why didn't the guy just call Sea-Tow they'll bring out fuel, (for a price) or could have towed the guy back to port, also for a price.

not knocking you, you did a good thing but I wonder how someone can go out on the water and run outa' fuel

[shoefish]

You did a good thing there Pwake, and guess what your reward is? A SFC shirt! That was your 100th post. You see, if you hadn't done that you wouldn't have won a shirt today!

Seriously though, we've helped many people out with dead batteries, etc, and even though it's a pain at the moment it's the right thing to do, and next time you have to pray to god for something you'll have a little bit of ammo.

[Kahi]

Not to sound like a harder ass, but running out a fuel is avoidable. Plus, sea tow is always at the ready.

[pwake7]

I thought the same thing about the gas. And to be that far away from the docks is pretty stupid. But the guy only had one leg so i kept my mouth shut and towed him in. It was minutes before being dark and he had no lights so i think the best thing to do was get him off the water before someone could have gotten hurt. Wow. Finally a t-shirt. Looks like im having a party at the house this weekend.

[hotrodmarlin]

I'm one who will normally go way out of my way to help someone in need but it's tough to feel sorry for a guy that's not looking out for himself.
I still know people who don't have SeaTow and I just don't understand...

[Avenger]

First he can't read a gas gauge, then he wants to jump in and swim 5 miles with one leg?!? Sounds to me like he's got a prosthetic brain.

You did the right thing pwake. I would have done the same thing myself. But I have to wonder if saving someone like that isn't just another execrise in whizzing in the gene pool.

[cdail28590]

Maybe the guy just got the boat and didn't know the range he had with the amount of gas he had. I know when I put newer motors on my boat and went offshore for the first time I came through the inlet on E. When I left offshore I had 36 miles to go and a 1/2 a tank of gas but at the inlet I was on E. Later on when I filled the tank back up I had 14 gallons left. Needless to say I learned some things about my fuel guage and my range. Glad you helped him out it will come back to you one day.

[Capt. Brian Daley]

You did the right thing pwake7, did you ever hear about the man in a one legged ass kicking contest