PanterA
06-23-2005, 01:33 PM
<p>One weekend my father decided to take our little 13 foot speed boat into the NYC harbor. We were all excited and looking forward to a great day out on the ocean. The ride on the ocean from Queens to NYC was really cool. We had some trouble getting through The Narrows. The Narrows connects the Upper NY bay to the lower NY bay and forms the channel where the Hudson River empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Basically there is a crazy current with visible whirl pool and is pretty dangerous for a boat of our size to pass. It took us a little while but we got through safe and sound. So now we get into the NYC harbor and it's just beautiful. It was a perfect day. We drove around the Statue of Liberty, took amazing pictures of the NYC skyline, and enjoyed seeing all the excitement going on in the harbor. My dad decides its time for lunch, so we stop in front of The Statue of Liberty and break out the packed lunches. We're all having a great time drifting in the harbor eating lunch when all of a sudden we hear ::WOOOOOOO!!!:: ::WOOOOOOOO!!!:: We all look back and about 100 yards away is a fucking ferry coming STRAIGHT for us! My dad jumps out of his seat and goes to start the boat before we get creamed by the ferry. It was like a movie, my dad turns the key once, the boat doesn't start. Turns the key again, it doesn't start. Finally my dad turns the key a third time and it starts! He guns the engine and I swear to you that we barely get out of the way of the ferry. We had about 20 feet before the ferry turned our little boat into pieces. Now we didn't get hit by the ferry but as it passes us the first wave of the wake takes about 10 - 15 feet straight up...and straight down! It was like a roller coaster. I hear my dad SCREAM "HOLD ON TO SOMETHING!!" that's when the second wave of the wake crashes down on top of us putting the entire boat and us completely underwater! Have you ever squeeze a bar of soap with wet hands? You know how the soap just shoots out of your hand? Well that's how our boat shot out from under the water! The biladge pumps turned on, my brothers are crying, my dad is having a minor heart attack, and our lunch was ruined. </p><p>Our day went from fun and exciting to life threatening in minutes, but that's just another normal event in the life of me. </p>
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