Phantman wrote:
Both of the boats that I saw sunk with my own two eyes were
Mercruisers, in their slips, left unattended. Both sinkings could have
been easily prevented with regular inspection but... just didn't
happen. I don't know why. To much trouble I guess.

JamesGangNC wrote:
Lots of boats sink in their slips. Just because they had mercs
doesn't mean that they sank because of the boot on the drive. You saw
the failed boot?

I'm a skeptic myself but I'm not sure why you're having such dificulty
believing this ;-) Yes, in fact I saw the boot and talked with the
owner of one, talked with the mechanic doing the rebuild on the other.
And yes I've seen boats sunk in their slips due to 100 other reasons.
Everything from a split hose attached to an open seacock to a transom
blown off due to fumes in the bilge when a charger kicked on.

The boot very seldom fails just sitting unless they are old
and the drive is left tilted up.

I don't know where your experience is but mine is southern salt water
and this sort of thing isn't all that uncommon here. Seems everything
in this marine environment gets old before its time.

Anyone that leaves an i/o in a slip is not too smart anyway.
Especially salt water.

100% agreed. And that's been my point from square one. I wouldn't say
the same for an inboard or an outboard.

Rick
PS... just noticed the NC on your name. Is that for North Carolina, I
presume?