"Paul" wrote in message
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This sounds like an interesting story if you feel like telling.

Recently, I managed to
submerge the back half half of my houseboat and the dual 50 Hp outboards
were a couple feet underwater for several minutes.



Not really as interesting as it may sound!

I purchased a 55' houseboat off a lake in Arizona and was having it
trucked to California. The lake didn't have any hoist facility so I had to
float the houseboat onto the trailer. The ramp was steep, so we floated the
bow into position on the truck and then slowly started pulling out. As the
bow went up, the stern went down.........

If I had realized ahead of time it was going to happen I might have tried
something else. Once the motors went under we might as well continue. We
had to add blocks and tie downs as we went, so it took a little while before
we could pull it clear of the water.

Rod