On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:51:17 -0600, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

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.

You reckon his owls live in that barn?