You had to try a few times to dive ten friggin feet Bob!!!?????


Good Grief!!!


CM

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| My buddy managed to drop his 7HP outboard into the water yesterday and rip
out
| his thumbnail in the process. More painful than his thumb, the outboard
was in
| 10 feet of water. We talked about what to do, knowing full well what had
to be
| done. I used Alien's whisker pole to locate the engine in the mud. Holding
the
| pole to mark the spot, I was able to swim down (after a few tries) and tie
a
| line to the motor. We hauled it up.
| I carried the motor over to my friend who does the yards outboard work and
an
| hour later (fresh water wash, flush, WD 40 flush for head and carb and so
on,
| the motor was running as if nothing had happened!
| Interesting that when the outboard dropped into the water, my buddy says
it was
| floating for a moment! I guess there was enough air in the hat.
|
|
| RB