Been out of town a couple of weeks but I gotta get in on this one. I do lots of stupid things! Back in high school I bought my first boat. Biggest boat I ever used, 14 foot with a 25 HP Johnson. Previous boat (my dads) was a 14 foot with 10 HP Johnson. I picked the boat up at the dealer after school and headed for the lake to try it out. The nearest lake had only a shallow sand boat launch with very gradual slope from the parking area all the way out to 50 yards off shore. I had fished this lake many times and was used to coming into the landing at full speed, cut the throttle at the correct point, lift the motor, and coast into shore. It's Friday night and while I was trying out the boat the local high school crowd was gathering at the landing with two pickups full of ice and beer kegs. On my way into the landing I did the usual, approach at full speed, cut the motor at the "correct" distance from shore, and coast in. However this time I misjudged the "correct" distance because I was probably doing 25mph instead of 10mph. I coasted right up onto shore, into the parking lot, and parked the boat right between the two pickups with beer kegs. I was accused of being really thirsty and desparate for a beer and the guys in the pickup beds thought I was so cool they fought to be the first to fill me a glass. It took about a dozen kids to help me lift the boat off the ground and place it on the trailer. The boat was about 100 feet out of the water but did nothing but scratch the bottom a little. I never let on that my stunt was not on purpose.
