Not All Journeys are Smooth Sailing

Today I have a little story for you.
This Saturday morning was gorgeous. Not quite as warm as summer, but warm and sunny. When we got up we decided we would put the boat into a local lake and take our shakedown cruise. 

We were on the water just after 8 AM and enjoying the view.

It was so nice even Maddie fell asleep.
Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in our state and the second largest in the 6 state New England area. We live about 10-15 minutes away from the southern end of the lake which is an area known as Alton Bay.
That's where we put in our boat. The bay is a long finger that you have to traverse before you get into the main body of the large.Since it is a glacier carved lake, that makes sense that there's a long finger like bay.

As we made our way down the finger like bay we realized the floor was getting wet. Thanks to my daughter who first noticed that.  So my husband opened the engine cover and notice the motor was spraying in all that water. So we turned around and headed back in, with the boat getting more and more water in it. We keep stopping, letting the bilge pump push out some water, but the water was coming in faster than we could pump it out. Finally my daughter started rowing. She worried we were going to sink. I don't think we were at that point yet, but she was a little nervous. We told her she could paddle. So she starts paddling which didn't really move us any more than the water movement did anyow, but it kept her busy for a few minutes. It also caught the attention of some other boaters who came over gave us a little tow into the state boat ramp where we launched.

 The dogs were fascinated by us being towed.
Nor were they very nervous about the water.
So much for our boating morning.

We took the boat to 2 marinas  trying to find the part that broke on the motor. The hubby got his info, and then we brought the boat home. Once the hubby gets that part checked, we'll find out if it has to go into for some work or not.
Now we were home and done with the boat by noon, so it was a very short boating day.
Sad face for me.
Then I got to spend my afternoon running errands. Wahoo!
Hope everyone else had a less adventurous day than us.