On 7/30/2014 5:01 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:59:26 -0600, H*a*r*r*o*l*d
wrote:

On 7/30/2014 4:30 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:04:17 -0600, H*a*r*r*o*l*d
wrote:

On 7/30/2014 3:43 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 7/30/14, 5:35 PM, Tim wrote:
I ripped out the lower gear box on my 18' with an alpha1. I was
telling a friend where I was boating on a small lake, and he knew
where I busted it and told
Me I hit a stump. Sure the stainless prop was in damaged but at speed
he said it hit hard em ought that the hub didn't break loose, but the
lower took the hit. Fortunately I had a comparable lower from a donor
boat at home so I swapped it out and was going the next weekend. I got
lucky by having a spare...



Gosh, I sheared a shear pin on my Evinrude one cylinder outboard back in
1951 or 1952. Fortunately, I was able to put the oars in the oarlocks
and row back to the beach. Whew!

Anything more recent?

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I wonder when they stopped using shear pins, and why? When I was a
kid back in the 50s we all knew how to change out a shear pin using
simple tools onboard. No need to row ashore unless you were
unprepared or untrained.

Unprepared and untrained. That's our Harry.

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Supposedly he has us both in the kill file. My guess is not.

He stores his kill file in his Maryland red barn along with all his
other stuff.

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