RonR
Guru
Well it was my turn I guess. Traveled almost 600 miles at 20mph this year. The one trip where we were going slower in a group (9knots) and I hit a big stick/small log. Traveling from Everett to Point Hudson. It was about 1pm at Marrowston Point I hit a 8-10" log about 4' long. I never seen it from the front, just the thump along the hull and bang. Took a look out back and seen it pop up and then back down again. Dark colored like its been out for a while. I shut the engine down on the Starboard side. And headed down into the engine room, the shaft was still there, no water was coming in. We proceeded to Point Hudson on the Port engine only. Once there we found out that a Diver was hired for the neighboring boat as they ran over a bit of crab pot line. I got the number and called her and she said that she would take a look for us. She showed up the next day and took a look, just as we thought a big dent/cup in one blade of the prop. She could not tell if the shaft/strut/rudder were undamaged at the time. I suppose time will tell what other damage took place. We did mange to have a good time as always at Point Hudson. Traveled back home with the group on Sunday on one engine.
Now we are shopping for props. As I do not have a spare set, and I am afraid the one will not be repairable considering what the diver told us it looked like.
Current props are 28"x32" 3 Blade no cup, 1.75 shaft.
Not sure if we are going to stick with 3 blade or go with a 4 blade. Many of the shops have said its 10-14 weeks out for a set of props. Kind of a bummer to end the season so soon. But thankful that it was not more damaging that it was.
Now we are shopping for props. As I do not have a spare set, and I am afraid the one will not be repairable considering what the diver told us it looked like.
Current props are 28"x32" 3 Blade no cup, 1.75 shaft.
Not sure if we are going to stick with 3 blade or go with a 4 blade. Many of the shops have said its 10-14 weeks out for a set of props. Kind of a bummer to end the season so soon. But thankful that it was not more damaging that it was.
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