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Prayers Needed for Next Door Neighbor
On 6/9/2017 2:28 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote: On 6/9/2017 12:42 PM, wrote: On Mon, 29 May 2017 15:26:58 -0400, wrote: He was thrown into the water yesterday in a boating accident, apparently caused by a sudden steering failure. Just talked to his wife and she says that he's in intensive care and not doing well. Be safe out there. === http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-northfield-center-trustee-brent-sommer-dies-following-boating-accident-1.772306 Too bad, nice guy who had only been our neighbor for a short time. It's not clear what malfunctioned on the boat but most likely some sort of steering failure. Sad. I had an old Century that was prone to bow steering. Under the right conditions it could be very scary and dangerous. The problem was a hydraulic leak in the outdrive tilt/angle plumbing. I could get up on a plane but the leak would allow the leg to slowly be pushed fully down (towards the transom) due to the prop force. The result would be clipping along, and suddenly the bow would dig in and violently turn, usually to starboard. Ol' Justin diagnosed and fixed that problem. I liked the old Century lapstrakes with the straight inboards... They were nice. Unfortunately mine wasn't one of them. I think it was an '82 Century 2700 Express. Top heavy to begin with. Bow steering was an exciting experience when it happened. This was only my second "ocean" boat. Bought it in 1993 or 1994. It had been repowered and it never really ran right. The rubber coupling burnt up soon after I bought it because whomever did the work didn't align the engine correctly. Then it wouldn't shift without stalling. Then the outdrive started leaking, collecting water in the leg. Then one day I was going to take my dad for a cruise from Scituate down to Plymouth harbor. Got out of the harbor channel, got up on a plane and I had my dad take over the helm while I opened the engine hatch to make sure everything was ok. There was water ****ing out of the side of the engine like a race horse. One of the plugs they put in the side of the engine blocks had let go and it was pumping water in as fast as the bilge pump could pump it out. Back to the slip. Fortunately, I knew a guy (FlJim) that is pretty sharp on all those issues and he got them all straightened out. Well, except for the four barrel Rochester Quadra-bog carburetor. Rebuilds didn't help, soaking to clean didn't help ... float adjustments didn't help. Sometimes it ran fine. Most often it "bogged" as those carbs are famous for. Ended up giving that boat to my brother. He used it for several years just put-putting around the harbor and spending weekends on it. It was his summer cottage. |
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