My partner and I went up to the back of Harvey’s creek around noon Sat. On the way out I was following him with almost full trim and running 40mph. About 50 yards behind his wake, I hit one of those Talquin Stumps! I’ve never hit one this hard. Lost a prop one time on a oyster bar in Keaton, but never a strike hard enough that I thought the engine/boat would go to the bottom of the lake. Well, the engine never missed a beat so that was good. My next thought was a hole in the boat so I headed to the landing.
When I got to the dock, the top cowling was standing almost straight-up. It had busted the front latch cover. A little damage on the lower unit but for the most part it looks fine. Drain some oil out of the lower unit when I got back yesterday and no water there. Anybody got any other ideas of what I may should check-out from this stupid incident?
What I mean by stupid is I know too never run 40mph at Talquin. I’ve ran that same channel in Harvey’s hundred times without hitting anything. Running behind another boat gave me to much confidence!
Will post pics later.