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Mr. Luddite

On 6/9/2017 12:42 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 15:26:58 -0400,
wrote:

He was thrown into the water yesterday in a boating accident,
apparently caused by a sudden steering failure. Just talked to his
wife and she says that he's in intensive care and not doing well.

Be safe out there.

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http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-northfield-center-trustee-brent-sommer-dies-following-boating-accident-1.772306

Too bad, nice guy who had only been our neighbor for a short time.
It's not clear what malfunctioned on the boat but most likely some
sort of steering failure.

Sad. I had an old Century that was prone to bow steering. Under the
right conditions it could be very scary and dangerous. The problem was
a hydraulic leak in the outdrive tilt/angle plumbing. I could get up on
a plane but the leak would allow the leg to slowly be pushed fully down
(towards the transom) due to the prop force. The result would be
clipping along, and suddenly the bow would dig in and violently turn,
usually to starboard.

Ol' Justin diagnosed and fixed that problem.