Worst Ever?!

tracyadams

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Worst one you experienced boaters have seen? hit something coming through a shallow channel on the way out to lake Mi and had to limp home 5 miles....bad day!Bad Prop.jpg
 

Bondo

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Re: Worst Ever?!

Ouch,...... Welcome Aboard,....
 

Frank Acampora

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Re: Worst Ever?!

Nope! Worst I ever saw, a guy ignored my warning and hit a rock. Took off all three blades at the hub.
 

Bondo

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Ayuh,..... Worst Ever,.... there weren't any lower unit left..... :D
 

tracyadams

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Re: Worst Ever?!

lol good to hear. That prop got us home 2500 rpm at 7 knots. absolutely crazy day! Other than being completely stressed, it was beautiful out.
 

steelespike

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Re: Worst Ever?!

In the 1960s about midnight I spotted a sos on the river near the main channel.
Pulled a 1940s Century runabout off a big shoal ruined prop,bent rudder,bent prop shaft and pulled the strut right out of the bottom.
Boat was so full of water his big hairy 3/4 ton pickup could barely pull it out of the water.
 
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