My Amesbury and the Jeep

This is my Amesbury 16 footer and my 1995 Jeep. Neither of them looked like this when I bought them but that is normal for me to take something and redo it. I has a good time retro fitting this boat an also the Jeep. I also caught a lot of fish out of this boat. I kept it for a couple of years and then it was time to move into something a little bigger.

I do have one story of a friend who liked to Fluke fish and goes out when he has time. Dave Jannelle and myself were going out fishing on Tuesday July, 26 2005. We were to launch the boat at West Beach boat ramp and fish outside Misquamicut Beach and so we were getting a fairly early start. Now we all know that early in the morning our brains are not in high gear and mistakes are made. I backed the boat down the ramp and Dave guided me then I pulled the trailer out and went to park it. I had to take a pee before setting out on the water so I took care of that also. I was taking my time and making sure that everything was locked and set until I returned. When I got back to the boar Dave was standing there looking at the boat and to my surprise it was sinking. I had forgot to put the plug in the transom but the thing was, Dave never said anything. When I asked him he said I thought something was wrong. The best is yet to come!

After a great day of fishing we headed back in and it was kind of rough so we took our time. After all we were very happy with our catch and nothing could ruin our day, I had 5 keepers and Dave had 3 nice fish. When we got back to the ramp it was blowing pretty good and I told Dave to not let the boat hit the ramp as it takes its toll on the Gel-Coat. There was a young boy standing on the rocks and he offered to have Dave throw him a line but Dave declined. What happened next was good reason for anyone to have to change their drawers. Dave thought he could step out of the boat and stop the boat from bottoming out. As he did he fell into the water and it was all the little boy and myself could do to keep from dying of laughter. Now you have to know Dave to really appreciate this story because Dave is not a small man. I laughed my ass off that day and will never forget the look on his face when he got up out of the water.