roflmao Jigster!!
Here's a good river tale..
We used to have an apollo jet, it was a piece of crap, but looked good, would only run about 55mph. I took my high school buddies for a spin in it one day, cruising down the river, being cool and all. 454 cheverolet singin its song out back.
All of a sudden, I hear this gawawful shrieking sound from out back, then black smoke is billowing from the engine compartment!
FiIiRee!
What do my tried and true high school buddies do? Well, not only did they dive outa the boat, they actually swam away, so I jump to the back of the boat, (step on a RED hot wire) which was the cause of the whole freegin scare to start with. So, I start yankin cables loose from the battery. Got the suspect wire loose, got the fire out, did some world class rigging, and we were back in bizness.
And, yeah, I let my chums back in the boat.

BTW, that boat in the picture is a vee drive

(Sorry for the semi-hijack wlfie)