Funny Way to fuel up!!!

[Bryan/BC]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Boater pumps 100 gallons of gas in wrong hole
TCPalm.com

7:59 PM EDT, May 13, 2008

PORT SALERNO

Members of the Martin County Fire Rescue Hazmat team responded to a fuel clean-up Tuesday morning after a boater pumped gasoline into his fishing rod holder instead of his gas tank.

The boater pumped about 100 gallons of gasoline at the Finest Kind Marina fuel dock before he noticed the problem, but only about 15 gallons polluted the water, marina employees said.

The rest of the gasoline seeped into the boat's bilge tank, witnesses said.

The man's fishing boat was towed from the fuel dock to Sandsprit Park so Hazmat officials could secure the fuel, said Jeff Alter, Fire Rescue bureau chief.

Marina employees said it's not uncommon to see boaters pump fuel into fishing rod holders because the holder is often close to the fuel tank hole.

Copyright © 2008, South Florida Sun-Sentinel


Not that a GG would ever leave the bung out, or fuel a rod holder :D

[Zane]

I had a gas station attendant ( you young guys don't even know what that is ) pump about 20 gallons into a flush mounted rod holder one time :( :( Took them two hours to get it all cleaned up. Course that was back when you got a set of water glasses with a fill up :D Those days are probably gone for ever.

[Jack Hexter]

This may have been told before, but when I re-powered, I left the boat at the shop to have the new engines and guages mounted and connected. Got teh call that everything was ready, so I proceeded to the shop where I met with the salesman to go over the bill before we went for a check ride. As we walked thru the yard, the mechanic that did the work saw us and yelled that he had "topped off both fuel tanks. He got a puzzled look onhis face when I told him I only had one fuel tank. He and I both then realized he had pumped 40 gallons of gas into my fresh water tank. It eventually was worked out between the shop and myself, but I don't use that shop anymore.