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"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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Some of us wouldn't buy an inboard boat period. :)

OUTBOARDS RULE!!!!

Yep. They just rip the transom off.

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"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On 11 Oct 2006 07:57:04 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
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but I would be surprised to meet very many experienced boaters without
knowledge of some twin engine inboard boat (with traditional
propulsion) that has gone straight to the bottom after striking a rock
with a strut and punching out a fair sized section of the bottom.

Or fishing.

I know a guy who had struts knocked off by a large Tiger shark in the
800 pound class - boat damn near sank until two other boats held it up
until the CG could get there with some serious pumps.

In my youth, we wrapped a cable in the prop and ripped the struts loose. CG
got to us with some pumps and towed us the rest of the way to port, but 6
teens and 3 adults with buckets moved a lot of water.

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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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In my youth, we wrapped a cable in the prop and ripped the struts loose.
CG got to us with some pumps and towed us the rest of the way to port, but
6 teens and 3 adults with buckets moved a lot of water.


During our voyage south in the Navigator we met up with three guys in a 50'+
SeaRay at Doc Holiday's Marina. I remember it well because it was on my
birthday (Oct 19th) and one of the guys on the SeaRay had a birthday of Oct
18th. We did some serious partying that night.

Anyway, the next morning, nursing a mega hangover, I decided to stay on the
ICW and the guys on the SeaRay went outside.

That evening we stopped at another marina and a couple of hours later the
SeaRay was towed in.
They had been running offshore and picked up a two-inch hawser line in one
prop, ripping the strut and mounting plate right off the hull. They managed
to stay afloat by stuffing rags in the hole in the hull and kept moving on
the other engine until the Coast Guard and SeaTow arrived. Somewhere I have
a picture of the line they picked up, running 20 miles offshore. If I can
find it, I'll post it on the website.

Eisboch

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On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:49:12 GMT, Tom Francis wrote:

On 10 Oct 2006 18:46:48 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
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http://tinyurl.com/n3pby

I saw a guy with what had to be a 60 foot Bernali or one of those
Italian fancy yachts put that sum-bitch into a 62 foot space at the
Norwalk Boat Show a couple of years ago.

It was a jet drive to boot. The Captain stopped the boat dead in the
water and the stern drives must have been 90 degree jets because the
boat just started moving sideways slick as can be. There couldn't
have been a foot either bow or stern when he finished.

Those thrusters are WAY cool.

Which brings up an interesting sea tale.

I did something similar once with the trolling motor on my Ranger.
Being a stick steer, it's pretty much a 360 degree bow thruster. I
stood in the bow and a friend of mine was at the wheel - we tried it
just for giggles.

It worked sort of - communications was a bit of a problem, but once we
got used to it, we could do it without much speaking.

I wonder if I could rig up a servo system for the trolling motor?

Hmmmmm - winter project maybe. :)

Name change while I was gone? My youngest brother is named Thomas Francis.