On Jul 14, 8:52 pm, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Every boater knows that "fouled" means tangled. Face it, n00b, you
tried to use sailer talk and screwed up!

Total nonsense. "Fouled" means what the dictionary says it means. Our
head mechanic who's a former navy guy and has been working on boat
engines for 45 years wrote, "Propeller fouled hard object, probably
submerged timber."
And so far no one else I spoke to assumed that I meant tangled when I
said it fouled.

I guess you must be from the Jurassic period of boat terms, Jeff!

RB
35s5
NY

I would think most people assume that fouled means intangled or
wedged in. To hit a submerged log IMO is not fouling your prop. It's
called a strike.

Tell your Navy Mechanic to stick to turning wrenches. If he wants to
know the correct nautical tern tell him to ask a Boatswain's Mate.

An example of fouled would be a net, or rope, or heavy seaweed
wrapped around and staying in place, or say a log entered the space
between the prop and hull and stopped the prop from spinning then
stayed wedged in place fouling the prop.

Joe