06-26-2008, 11:08 AM
I have a scar on my knee from last summer...
I was pushing out our boat so we could take a couple people tubing. My dad was driving, and one of my cousins was already in. I got us out deep enough and since we have no ladder out the back, I had to jump in. I pushed myself up, pulled my leg in and caught my knee square on one of the cleats. Looking back, I probably should've had stitches, but I just rode in the boat with a towel pressed against it until we went in again. My knee was swelled up for a good week after that, and bruised for nearly a month.
Lesson-always look for where the cleats are BEFORE jumping into the boat.
I was pushing out our boat so we could take a couple people tubing. My dad was driving, and one of my cousins was already in. I got us out deep enough and since we have no ladder out the back, I had to jump in. I pushed myself up, pulled my leg in and caught my knee square on one of the cleats. Looking back, I probably should've had stitches, but I just rode in the boat with a towel pressed against it until we went in again. My knee was swelled up for a good week after that, and bruised for nearly a month.
Lesson-always look for where the cleats are BEFORE jumping into the boat.
Do what's right....even when no one is looking.