This episode shows what happens when boys get too inquisitive. It begins when Sandy and Bud see a nice yacht in the lagoon and swim over to meet the owner. He is a reclusive writer of thrillers and tells the boys to beat it. Meanwhile a couple (muscle man and a blond) steal valuables from people's boats and cabins. Porter warns his boys of the thefts.
The boys head for the lagoon to skin dive meanwhile the thieving couple are staking out the yacht because they saw the writer draw out $2,000 in cash. Just as they plan to case the yacht, Sandy and Bud walk up. The muscle man distracts them with a showoff routine and persuades the boys to go aboard the yacht. As they climb aboard they hear what sounds like a crime being planned but its really the writer playing back the script of his latest crime novel. The couple climb aboard just as the writer comes out - he's mad to see the snooping boys on his boat but the muscle man puts a sleeper on him and he's out cold. Sandy and Bud still think the writer is the crook and Sandy's next instinct is to call his Dad on the yacht's radio but the real thieves react by locking the boys in the front hold as they scour the interior for the money.
Flipper gets Porter while Sandy tries to chisel away at the locked door. The thieves find the money and come out just as Porter arrives but they have him covered by a gun and while Porter and muscle man fight, the blond knocks Porter out with the butt of his gun. The thieves try to make off but Flipper tips their boat, the writer and Porter come to and, while Porter rounds up the thieves, the writer goes down below to release Bud and Sandy. They realize its not their Dad and still think the writer is a criminal so Sandy whacks him with a timber stake! In the end the boys come to know who the writer is and they are very apologetic.
Four humorous incidents in this episode: 1 - Sandy tries to shoulder charge a door that opens inwards; 2 - As the boys take the knocked out writer out of the front compartment, Bud tries to lift his upper body as Sandy takes his legs and says "I could've got him myself!"; 3 - The next we see of the writer he comes up the hatch with an army helmet on after being knocked out twice! and 4 - as the writer brings up his tape recorder he says "is it OK to play this thing or will the two monsters hurl themselves at me again".
The boys head for the lagoon to skin dive meanwhile the thieving couple are staking out the yacht because they saw the writer draw out $2,000 in cash. Just as they plan to case the yacht, Sandy and Bud walk up. The muscle man distracts them with a showoff routine and persuades the boys to go aboard the yacht. As they climb aboard they hear what sounds like a crime being planned but its really the writer playing back the script of his latest crime novel. The couple climb aboard just as the writer comes out - he's mad to see the snooping boys on his boat but the muscle man puts a sleeper on him and he's out cold. Sandy and Bud still think the writer is the crook and Sandy's next instinct is to call his Dad on the yacht's radio but the real thieves react by locking the boys in the front hold as they scour the interior for the money.
Flipper gets Porter while Sandy tries to chisel away at the locked door. The thieves find the money and come out just as Porter arrives but they have him covered by a gun and while Porter and muscle man fight, the blond knocks Porter out with the butt of his gun. The thieves try to make off but Flipper tips their boat, the writer and Porter come to and, while Porter rounds up the thieves, the writer goes down below to release Bud and Sandy. They realize its not their Dad and still think the writer is a criminal so Sandy whacks him with a timber stake! In the end the boys come to know who the writer is and they are very apologetic.
Four humorous incidents in this episode: 1 - Sandy tries to shoulder charge a door that opens inwards; 2 - As the boys take the knocked out writer out of the front compartment, Bud tries to lift his upper body as Sandy takes his legs and says "I could've got him myself!"; 3 - The next we see of the writer he comes up the hatch with an army helmet on after being knocked out twice! and 4 - as the writer brings up his tape recorder he says "is it OK to play this thing or will the two monsters hurl themselves at me again".
