A guy at Grenada today had an engine fall off his boat. Controls and everything I looked over saw another boat towing him in and didn't see an engine
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A guy at Grenada today had an engine fall off his boat. Controls and everything I looked over saw another boat towing him in and didn't see an engine
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Buddy of mine had an Etec 250 come off his boat, controls held it.
Dang what hp?
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Everything gone on this. I think he had an etec on that ranger
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Originally Posted by MO' MONEY
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Ouch... transom let loose or what?
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Bolts broke or backed out. He was getting on plane in middle of lake and it just fell off
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Hopefully he has insurance
You drop a waypoint? I could use a couple more HP
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He was several hundred yards from meQuote:
Originally Posted by MO' MONEY
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Wow!! That could've easily turned into a life threatening situation. Motors can be replaced.
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Everyone ok. Thats the most important thing I've seen them come back in the boatQuote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
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My understanding is that when he tried to plane off the steering cable broke letting the motor torque big time and twisting it off the transom!!
Will it leave an oil slick?
That's a bad day on the water. Hopefully he has insurance and everything works out for him.
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I'd be spending some time trying to snag it. Surely with all the cables on it it would be easy enough.
Ought to be able to spot it on SI!
Not sure I would want it back. I would collect the insurance if possible and see who else I could hold liable for the defect / malfunction. Glad no one was injured, that could have went very badly.
Don't tell the EPA! That's nuts, though. Must have been a heck of a ride if it torqued itself off the transom. I've seen a few engineless transoms on Barnett but they were all stump related.
I talked with a guy on the MS river who makes a living using his SI. Whenever a company losses something overboard they hire him to pinpoint it for the divers to collect.
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Talk about a bad day.....Just think how many times you have heard guys complaining about too much wind or lock jawed fish.....
Hydraulic steering.... that didn't cause it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Got ya, just going by my info, not good info don't look like.Quote:
Originally Posted by pstone
Lol. I understand that John. That doesn't look like the case here though.
If the insurance folks pay much they will get it out . Not a job that c.o.e. work boat with barge and track hoe can't do . Saw an Allegro bus in 25 ft. of water on Enid .Insurance co. wanted 60,000 for it with fish flopping on white carpet . lolQuote:
Originally Posted by binfordw