My stupidity for the week !!!!

[Falls]

Yesterday I was taking my boat out of the water for the season. Make a long story as short as possible I had the hand crank winch cable hooked up , the guy in our truck lunged forward sending the cable crank spinning at very high speed as the steel line and boat were sliding , I slip standing on the trailer and put my wrist in front of the spinning handle. I can't believe it hit me that hard and did not break my wrist , you literally could hear it hit my bone.

Very little swelling , very little bruising , very sore though. I can move it ok , just sore as hell and so is my forearm and thumb, so I guess it did not break it since it moves, can't believe it didn't though.

 

[TheBlueWave]

I've seen that happen before and the end result was not nearly as good as yours. Of course, you could have locked the handle from spinning backwards, but it looks like you were just clipping it to the boat when this happened. I always take some slack on it (I use a belt, my boat is smaller), lock the crank, and use it to get out to the boat and climb back up the trailer.

Not that any of that matters to you. Glad your wrist is okay, close call!

 

[NDRYDEN123]

ouch. yea those cranks can be a real pain. what kind of boat do you have?

 

[Falls]

ouch. yea those cranks can be a real pain. what kind of boat do you have?

An 20 ft pontoon.

I've done this many times , just a freak thing that could have turned out much worse.

 

[CJ3Flyr]

OUCH!:dammit: :cursin:

Are you sure you didn't put a hairline fracture in it? It might be worth getting it checked. It would suck to have it arthritic and painful when your old if they could do something now...

Good luck!

:cheers:

 

[Uneek]

Get it checked out Falls. Glad you're ok and the injuries weren't worst. I hope you recover fast and there are no fractures. (I need you on the campaign trial. )

 

[Falls]

Get it checked out Falls. Glad you're ok and the injuries weren't worst. I hope you recover fast and there are no fractures. (I need you on the campaign trial. )

LOL , yeah we better start getting out there .


I got it checked out....NO breaks or fractures.

It took a while , but now the major bruising are coming to the surface. Nice shades of green , black , blue , yellow ...... kinda stylish.

 

[Mark86]

You should definitely get an X-ray and see a doctor just to make sure.

I was playing dodgeball and sprained my pinky. From the way it moved, I thought it was broken. I went for an X-ray just to make sure