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Leaving Monday
On Mar 25, 11:09*am, "CalifBill" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message news 
On 3/25/10 9:04 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 24, 9:31 pm, *wrote: Prop strut is fixed after my weird encounter with a crab trap near Sarasota. *Had to have a new strut made as the old one was sorta corroded over time. *I do not even want to think of the cost. The yard had called and told me after they hauled her that they could not even identify my prop so I asked them to take it off and send it to me. My prop is a PerfectPitch plastic one which is a massive plastic casting, very lightweight and I really like it and I was afraid it had been ruined. *When it arrived, I could barely recognize it because it looked melted. *It was a mass of greyish melted plastic. *I started peeling off some of the melted crap. *Whoa, there is a prop under all that crap. *Bit by bit, I removed all the melted plastic to find my Plastic Perfectpitch prop in perfect condition underneath. *Somehow, the crab trap line had melted and then fused to the prop WHILE IN THE WATER. *No idea how this happed. So, clean prop, new prop strut and new bottom paint (did you know Trinidad is now $250/gallon) so I am ready to cruise past Cape Coral and thru Lake Okechobee and to Stuart. Wayne, I appreciate your offer for your dock but problems prevented me from taking you up on it. So, I f you happen to see the old 28' sailboat with the bizarro hideous yellow nesting dinghy on the bow, it'll be me. Good luck, man. I hope you can have some better success this time. Froggy should hire someone to follow him in a reliable chase boat...a boat that has been properly maintained and is operated by someone who knows how. It's his only hope. Even well maintained boats have problems. *Acquaintance runs a 105' party boat for long range tuna fishing charters. *he is 300 miles off Cabo and one prop shaft runs with no drive force. *Figured he lost a prop. *Dives under to look at the shaft and see a tractor tire has managed to completely enclose the prop. *Could not cut off the tire with the equipment aboard.. Including scuba gear. *300 miles to Cabo on one engine and have to have the boat drydocked to remove the tire. ***** happens. *You do not use your boat enough to worry about breakage.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - a tractor tire???? ?8^ 0 |
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