On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:33:40 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:02:27 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


So, what happens when you hit a rock or log at 25 knots with an Alpha or
Bravo drive?

I don't think it falls off as this one is designed to do.

I don't know. I've never had the experience, but assume a 15,000 lb boat
doing 25 knots and it hits an unmovable obstruction like a rock ... lemmie
see, energy = mass x velocity squared ... seems to my intuitive analysis,
something's going to give.

You make a good point - I can't argue with it because my experience in
this area is extremely limited.

I've hit things at speed with my outboards and, well to put it
plainly, F'd 'em up pretty bad, but I've never ripped a lower unit off
at speed. Broke a casting once, lost a skeg once and seriously
mangled a prop shaft and prop once.

Then again, neither of my boats weigh 15,000 lbs either.

Later,

Tom