I take it a bow has never hit the water out of your boat before. I guess you havent been into real heavy fihing yet then. Wait till you get into some fast and fun shootin. All the stuff flyin around and guys movin all over with constant fish a bow is bound to end up in the drink sooner or later. 3 bows have made it into the water in my boat in the last couple years. Lucky enough though the water was shallow enough to just grap then withoutgoin in. WCL