Hold on tight!!!!!!!

astro209 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 279 City: Nor*Cal

Good story for you guys... Last Sunday, after wakeboarding all weekend, we had just put the boat in the slip and I was handing everything off of the boat to my GF. I had my car keys hooked to a bag (one of those one's that goes around your waste) with one of those clasp latches. Just as I handed the bag to my GF the keys came unclipped and fell right into the water. I have a new car with on one of those computerized keys that are really expensive to replace. Not to mention that we now had no way home. I grabbed the gaff out of the boat and turned on the depth finder to see how deep it was there, crap 10 feet. The gaff was exaclty 10 feet so I started feeling around on the bottom of the Delta with the gaff (If you have ever seen the Delta in a marina slip, you know why I did not get into the water), about 30 minutes later, I felt something, pulled up the gaff and there were the keys. I went to grab them carefully and they fell right back into the water...SHIZZLE!!! I tried for about another 30 minutes with the gaff and nothing, so I decided to take my 6 year old Pioneer IMAP 12" sub out of the boat and tie it to the end of the gaff (no not stilll in the box). I fished around with that for about 45 minutes and got nothing. Just then, a friend, who had gone to the hardware store for us to get a net and a different magnet, showed up. I hooked the net (the ones that you use to get leaves out of your pool) to the end of the gaff and fished out huge gobs of delta gunk!!!, nothing!!!! as a last resort, I figured I would try the little magnet that came from the hardware store. After the thierd attempt, I came up with the keys!!!! I still have not tried to see if the speaker works or not, I think it will..... It is not paper or anything... but we will see!!!! The point to this story??? If you drop your keys in the water and you can't just jump in and get them, then try the small magnet that they sell at the hardware store, don't waste your subs!!!! LOL...

Latez

wakeriderof87 · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 1:14 pm Post subject:

i'm missing how using ur subs helped at all, explaination for the dumb pleez

carnival21 · Newbie Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 4

subs are magnitized and really powerfull and the keys would stick to it.

noneya · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 796 City: Roxboro, NC

Haha about a month ago I dropped a friend off at the dock to back the truck, as he was getting off, the keychain broke and the keys fell in about 8' of water w/ moss all around. He didnt even pause just jumped right in, went to the bottom and came right back up with em. I didnt even have time to bitch him out b4 he got em!!

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

astro209 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 279 City: Nor*Cal

No there not, that is why I did not call it that, I was hoping to slip it past everyone... damn-it brad ruleman. Anyways, I don't ware it, I just put my wallet and shizzle in it. It makes it easy, and the water near the marina.... If you put your hand in it 3 inches deep, it COMPLETLY disappears. Plus, in my marina, they are dredging, so it is even worse. Plus, at the bottom of the Delta, especially in the marina areas, the ground is soft about 12 inches down and is made of mud and oil and god only knows what else. Its really nasty. There is no where in the Dalta where you can see the bottom. No matter the depth.

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

astro209,
uh huh

Grouch · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject:

Fanny Packs Shocked

Is it Neon Green??? Laughing

astro209 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 279 City: Nor*Cal

Sthop makin fun uh meeee, you guths are so mean!!!!!

Oh yeah... I almost forgot...bite me...

LOL

Grouch · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject:

astro209,

Maybe its hot pink??? Laughing

astro209 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 279 City: Nor*Cal

Alright Grouch, what do you put your shizzle in, let me learn from the pro's...

Shawn Madison · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject:

We have lost tons of keys. The last one this summer was in 175ft at the boat dock. I told her to just forget it.

astro209 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 279 City: Nor*Cal

Ouch, 175ft. You can hire divers to get them. It's about $100 bucks. That is pretty deep though. I think I am going to lock my keys in the car from now on, and actually use that stupid key pad on the outside for once.

Hollywood · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject:

Ha, my buddy lost his keys this past weekend. The fool put them on the corner of the dash on the driver's side. I just jumped into the water to take my last barefoot run of the day. He starts going and just as i get my ass on plane he's turning around. The water was only 5-6 ft. deep so the mucky sandy bottom got all washed up and we never found the keys. What a clown.

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

fanny packs are so like totally 80's

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

astro209 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 279 City: Nor*Cal

I have been schooled... thanks brad ruleman.

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

No problem astro209 i'm sure Grouch has some advice too Wink

holdsworth · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 4:49 pm Post subject:

we put the foam floaty thingys on our keys if we take that set to a lake, like our van and boat keys....works like a charm.......and they are gray and whits, not neon green or hot pink or anything Laughing

wannabe · Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 22 City: Hattisburg

I have a foam float on my keys that says FLY tour ($1.98 at wal-mart) it has saved me many times!! Not the most stylish but it works. Question

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

my parents have a floaty thing on the keys like most half-intelligent people would do, and i also hold it in my hand when they drop me off/pick me up.

projectely4 · Posted: Oct 17, 2003 4:10 am Post subject:

one time our boat keys slipped out of my hand and got stuck in between the 2x4's on the dock and it took forever to get them out.

Leggester · Posted: Oct 17, 2003 6:12 am Post subject:

Ok, Ok, Ok, AM I JUST STUPID?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

What's wrong with putting your keys IN YOUR POCKET! My keys are in my pocket when I get into the boat and go straight into the driver's side gunwhale. When we are getting out, they go straight from the gunwhale to my pocket.

Never had a problem. That's why man invented pockets - to keep things from being dropped.

Wet shorts? Big deal, the pocket still works fellas.

holdsworth · Posted: Oct 17, 2003 6:21 am Post subject:

when a set of keys that doesn't have the float thing on it, we put them in the cupholder by the ballast switches or in the glovebox

derrick · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 723 City: Orlando

Lost keys are defneltly a lot better than submerged cellphones....