On 10/7/17 9:21 PM, Alex wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/6/17 8:11 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts,
but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a
bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront
access.Â* I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge
suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang
right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to
neutral.Â* With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was
hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper
water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I
continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat
did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new
one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly
coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50
feet offshore.Â* Now I know why they were there.Â* I should send a
letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier'
out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Ever heard of a chart?Â* I/O's are lake boats.

I'm not an I/O fan, but your claim about "lake boats" is just another
example of your ignorance.

Is lake and river better?Â* I/O's have little to no place in the ocean
for a variety of reasons.


As far as can be told here, your "expertise" in boating is limited to
buying non-collectible firearms from a Ruger auction site. I'm not a fan
of I/O's for several reasons, but I've seen - literally - thousands of
boats of all sizes out on the ocean powered by I/O's.