Personal Narrative Essay: How Tow Boat Changed My Life

There wasn’t time for all her questions. It took all Gabe and Steve’s strength on one of the big ‘oars or horns’ and the Captain on the other one to get the boat pushed off from the sticky bottom of the loading dock. As the heavily laden boat moved into the open water, Alma noticed water seeped between the top of the bottom two boards. She took a moment to bend her head in prayer while the Captain steered with the long aft pole and both men worked the long sweeps to get the 16’ wide boat righted into the channel. She wasn’t sure, but guessed it was over three times as long as its

On 6/21/16 at 7:40 PM, Security Officer (S/O) Judy Peffer, who was at the exit gate, notified Shift Supervisor (S/S) Enmanuel Cabrera, that the trailer at Dock Door 3 appeared to be collapsed. Immediately S/S Cabrera contacted safety and Outbound Manager Roger Nenstiel. Safety Specialist Kevin Subalsky stated at Amazon Associate Daniel Wasielewski was in the trailer with an RC. The Amazon Associate was immediately brought to the AMCARE. Upon arrival, S/S Cabrera saw that Big G Express’s trailer 8069 landing gear appeared to be retracted and did not snap off. At about 7:45 pm, Safety Specialist Kevin Sabulsky called Ziener’s towing to help properly secure the trailer. At 8:04 PM, Zeiner’s Towing arrived. Upon arrival, the towing company was

At approximately 1700, Michael Pentoney and I were stationed in vehicle 5 on top of Power Cove. As we look down to the water we notice a group of people running down from the picnic area down to the water. We then see a female running towards our vehicle. She's screams that her niece was missing in the water. I asked her, "if had seen her go under water and not come." She yells, "yes". I told her to get in the vehicle and we started driving down to water. As we are driving down to the water, I call on our Blue Frequency, "emergency traffic, emergency traffic only. SURCOM 22P992, we have a code X in power cove, we need rangers and lifeguards." Then I got on our Bronze Frequency, called for Andy Mendoza who was on vessel 94 to pick Kyle Christian

On 10/10/16 I met with a Fema gentlemen at my property to see where they were going to place the Fema trailer. At that time he told me to take down my fence and to apply for a permit. Which I did that and it’s been 94 days and there is still no changes on or when will the trailer get to my property. So I went out today to purchase a used toy hauler camper to place on my property. My son goes to St Amant High which was one of the schools that was affected by the flooding. He goes to a different campus from 12:15 til 5:15. Starting February 5 he should be going back to his campus from 7:05 til 2:45 and I would have to drop him off to my flooded property at 6:00 am to catch the bus at 6:40 due to me having to go to work. I wanted to see if I could

“HELP!” Peyton and Chase screamed, waving their hands high hoping the fisherman would help them. Sure enough, the boat turned around and through a rope to let them on the boat.

We knew that we were racing against time. My husband turned the key and the motor started to sputter and shake. He flipped some switches and tinkered with the engine, but nothing seemed to be solving the problem. Since he couldn’t figure it out, there was no question about it. We had to hook up the water bike and tow the boat back to shore. It was like a tugboat pulling a battleship. Just as we started our journey, our luck went from bad to worse. The sky that had been picture perfect was quickly changing. The sun was now playing hide and seek in the clouds. The once large white, fluffy, pillow shaped clouds that occasionally blocked out the golden sun turned into dark gray ragged clouds. With that came plump missiles of mass destruction that pelted our tender sunburned skin. It felt like icy needles penetrating throughout our bodies. The gentle winds that once danced with our boat suddenly turned into a fierce hip- hop which sent us into an ocean of mountains of angry waves. The boat tossed and turned in the heavy swells. The waves lifted us up so high and then threw us back down, I thought for sure the boat would break into tiny pieces. With one final tug, we finally made it to the dock. However, the strength of the swell, sent us crashing into another boat. Just as we tied up, I noticed a young lady unconscious on the dock. Her friends were by her side. I shouted out "Did anyone call 911" they said that they did

It is a 54 foot Catamaran; Its 54 foot long and 15 foot wide, it’s a pretty good size boat. This is at nighttime too when the water is really calm, so rocking wouldn’t really causing it. Near the lake where they were at is a cove and it’s calmer so, I don’t know. Like I say, I don’t really know what happened, I just know what little bit I’ve heard and then I called the insurance and let them know and gave them the captain’s number and everything. I can give you that guys number at the insurance, his number is 239-415-1700 and I’ll give him a call too and let him know that you are trying to contact him or wanting to talk to

When where 20 miles out from the docks and this was urgent so we had the lifeboat unstrapped and set over the rail then out of nowhere the rope snapped and the boat went tumbling off the boat, we were doomed. At least an hour later the boat started to sink more and more people started to freak out that they would not make it back to the docks and the boat jerked down and three people hit their heads on the sails so we stopped the boat the attempt to fix the boat. Meanwhile multiple crew mates were planning to overthrow the captian. When the captian found out of the over throwing he had the men execuated on the deck of the ship and pushed into the water, sharks soon got them if they did not die. Two larger boats where araving on our loaction to save us all and as we halped they stop to allowed us to join them untill they make it to their first location, and soon we were safe on land

The weather was decent, but evening was approaching and it was getting chillier. A lay on my stomach and steady the tube as Noah gets on. We grab on to the handles in front of us and the tube is propelled forward by the boat. We started picking up speed, but it was still easy to stay on the tube. We started reaching speeds of up to forty miles per hour. It was amazing, the water flashed by on either side. We were still going straight but we were ramping off waves. The water splashed in my face every time we went airborne and landed again, but I didn’t care. And then we started turning. We turned right, which was the side I was on. We just let the tube go where it wanted to go, but that was a mistake. The tube came closer to the gigantic wave made by the boat engine. We reamped of the wave, and I knew I was a goner. I began sliding off the tube, and I thought I was gone. Finally my body was flung into the water, but my hands had a firm grip on the handle bars. Uncle ralph slowed down enough so I could pull myself up on the tube. With most of my body soaking wet, and slippery. When we turned again we turned left. This time we tried to lean against the wave. The tactic worked pretty good, but me hit the wave again. Noah was gone in an instant. I look back and he is floating some ways back

become soaking wet from the waves that barely managed to get into the small, orange boat. I was

On the 17th of July, 1996, 13 minutes in it's flight, Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800) crashed

The hard work does not stop when we are off the boat. We are constantly working on the boat or working on items for the boat. Whether it is repairing sails or fiber glassing, we are constantly busy. A large portion of our trips also are us spending time making upgrades and repairs to the boats. Numerous times I have had to go down in the water to replace screws on our depth sounder. The boat is fairly old so engine work is abundant. If we do not give it our all, these problems are just

It was a cool windy summer morning in Clear Lake, RMNP, and my family and friends decided to rent a pontoon boat, to enjoy a day out on the lake. We planned on going on the lake for around five hours so we packed up some delicious sandwiches and drinks, then headed down to the marina to rent a pontoon boat. As we get to the marina we look out onto the water to see the waves vigorously lashing against the shore. We then approach the guy at the marina and ask to rent a pontoon boat for 9. He then shows us to our boat and we load up all of our stuff on to the boat. By that time the wind started to pick up a bit causing the waves to get even larger than before, I could say I have a minor fear of boats but I really enjoy just getting my tan on

After reading Rip Van Winkle I would like to discuss about why he took a journey up the mountain, the exaggerated characters, the mysterious events and their consequences, and the convey of a positive message about the nation.

Division 1 and Division 2 colleges provide over 2.9 billion dollars a year in scholarships to student athletes. Student athletes should not be compensated for participating in college sports. College athletes can receive full ride scholarships for playing their sport of choice. Is the 40,000 dollars they are receiving in scholarships not compensation; thus prompting the question is the top tier education they are being provided with, not compensation enough? Most of the thousands of students that participate in college sports compete for the love of the game, not for a paycheck. Furthermore, college athletes understand that they may not compete at the pro level, in fact, only 2 % of college athletes go on to play professionally. The main part of the term student-athletes is student. Students do not go to college expecting a check at the end of every month or to land a spot in the first round of the draft, instead the purpose is to receive an education. All things considered, student athletes should not receive compensation for playing sports in college because it would be almost financially impossible, some are already provided with money from scholarships , and finally they are being provided with an excellent higher education.