Tonda.. hope that all will be well with your mishap...well, it happened today put the boat to bed for its winter nap..removed all of my clothes, rain suit,life jackets and so on..tackle remains..will put a pan under the lower unit and pull the cork on that..no hurry, sometime it drains for weeks before the weather allows garage work..no heat..also have a leaky carb, so will be dealing with that in the future..next year..cleaned the yard for HOPEFULLY the last time..leaves are 95% down..YAY..oh ya, washed the truck too..getting ready to head west..if all goes well, three weeks from today, will be headed to AZ..our most wonderful friend will be in her new place at Thanksgiving..mid December will find us on the way to California..so cant wait!!..what a beautiful day today, I do hope that some of you got to go fishing..Happy Thanksgiving to all, and dare I say, Merry Chistmas!! later bill