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I recommend you take the link below before you go out again.br
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Jesse Dinkin wrote:br
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pre wrap=""My wife and I bought a boat this season and having never owned or driven a
boat before, I've been learning to drive it. But in the meantime, I've done
my level best to "destroy" it by running into docks trying to park it etc.
We keep it on a manmade lake that the state regulates the depth of......so
there are parts that are very shallow and they get even shallower as the
season goes on......tonight we went out for a ride and I ran over either
some rocks or a log or something.....I don't know how much damage I
did......what is the worst case.....that could be.....could I have damaged
the fiberglass???? if so can it be repaired........last weekend I tried to
back the boat up to a small sandy island because that's what everyone else
does......and I ended up with the propeller stuck in the sand.....could that
have damaged the propeller or the mechanism......As you can see I know
nothing about boats or anything mechanical........I'm not sure that the trim
is going all the way up......If anyone can shed some light on this, I would
be very appreciative.......
by the way the boat is an I/O 18 ft SeaRay......


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sorry hit wrong button. After all its not a GPS.br
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Capt. Frank wrote:br
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Capt. Frankbr
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Jesse Dinkin wrote:br
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r.com"
pre wrap=""My wife and I bought a boat this season and having never owned or driven a
boat before, I've been learning to drive it. But in the meantime, I've done
my level best to "destroy" it by running into docks trying to park it etc.
We keep it on a manmade lake that the state regulates the depth of......so
there are parts that are very shallow and they get even shallower as the
season goes on......tonight we went out for a ride and I ran over either
some rocks or a log or something.....I don't know how much damage I
did......what is the worst case.....that could be.....could I have damaged
the fiberglass???? if so can it be repaired........last weekend I tried to
back the boat up to a small sandy island because that's what everyone else
does......and I ended up with the propeller stuck in the sand.....could that
have damaged the propeller or the mechanism......As you can see I know
nothing about boats or anything mechanical........I'm not sure that the trim
is going all the way up......If anyone can shed some light on this, I would
be very appreciative.......
by the way the boat is an I/O 18 ft SeaRay......


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I believe this is the proper link:
www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/public/ABC.htm

-- frosty

Capt. Frank wrote:
sorry hit wrong button. After all its not a GPS.

Capt. Frank wrote:

I recommend you take the link below before you go out again.


a HREF="/cgauxweb/public/ABC.htm"America's Boating Course/a




Capt. Frank

Jesse Dinkin wrote:

My wife and I bought a boat this season and having never owned or
driven a
boat before, I've been learning to drive it. But in the meantime,
I've done
my level best to "destroy" it by running into docks trying to park it
etc.
We keep it on a manmade lake that the state regulates the depth
of......so
there are parts that are very shallow and they get even shallower as
the
season goes on......tonight we went out for a ride and I ran over
either
some rocks or a log or something.....I don't know how much damage I
did......what is the worst case.....that could be.....could I have
damaged
the fiberglass???? if so can it be repaired........last weekend I
tried to
back the boat up to a small sandy island because that's what everyone
else
does......and I ended up with the propeller stuck in the
sand.....could that
have damaged the propeller or the mechanism......As you can see I know
nothing about boats or anything mechanical........I'm not sure that
the trim
is going all the way up......If anyone can shed some light on this, I
would
be very appreciative.......
by the way the boat is an I/O 18 ft SeaRay......