Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/6/17 11:06 AM, True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts,
but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a bit
nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront access. I
was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge suddenly go from
5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang right away so I
quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to neutral. With the swim
platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was hard to see if I had any
damage and as I floated back into deeper water I moved into forward
and didn't notice anything unusual so I continued my 2 hour tour of
the lake. Only after retrieving the boat did I see a chunk missing
out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly
coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50 feet
offshore. Now I know why they were there. I should send a letter to
Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier' out at
least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Consider getting a stainless prop to replace the one you broke, and
have that one fixed to keep as a spare.

Good advice! Spend a lot of money on a performance prop for a Bayliner
that will trash your driveshaft instead of denting the next time you hit
something.