Makeshift Balast System

So last year I am on the Wahweep Marina Dock at Lake Powell drinking a beer and whatnot when a couple of guys probably early 20's come idling into one of the slips. It is an older boat, late 80's or earlier 90's with an outboard and a makeshift pole coming from the center of thier boat. Overall it was in pretty good shape for the age, but they did something that blew my mind.

A couple of guys met them at the dock and unloaded six large 100 lb bags of CONCRETE into thier boat to work as a "ballast system." Anyone want to guess what happend next?? Few hours, and a couple more beers later, the same group of guys came back into the marina with a rather slightly big problem.

Two of the bags of concrete had "somehow" split and during thier little trip had taken on enough water to mix and set a good portion of the concrete to their boat!!

Killer idea guys.

Dills

you gotta wrap that stuff in plastic}}}

DUUR!

You can teach and educate the ignorant, but you can't fix stupid.

nice one mike.

you can take the boat out of the trailer park... but you can't take the trailer park out of the boater.. - unknown

I wish you had pics Kyle.