Challenging day

Does anyone know how long it takes to get from Niagara reef to Port Clinton in reverse with a prop with 2 of 3 blades? Roughly 4 hours!!! I stopped just north of Niagara this morning at 6. Fished for a half hour then decided to head out to the west sister area. Didn't quite get on plane and I hit a submerged log roughly 20' long. It stopped me dead. Needless to say for some reason I had reverse only. Thought about getting towed but elected to idle back the whole way in reverse. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride.

How did the engine sound and run with only two blades? Did you have an aluminum prop on your boat?

It sheared one blade cleanly off at the hub. If I ran over 900 rpm it sounded and felt like the boat was shaking apart. 2-1/2 mph into the wind the whole way back.

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Originally Posted by dansdad

It sheared one blade cleanly off at the hub. If I ran over 900 rpm it sounded and felt like the boat was shaking apart. 2-1/2 mph into the wind the whole way back.

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that sucks ,i always worrie about that ,sorry it happened,i propably would have trolled.

Im not really into trolling but if I wasn't by myself I would have. Just keeping it strait going 45 degrees into the wind was full time.

WOW! Sorry for your misfortune. That would have been a ***** going up the river, I'm sure also.

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Originally Posted by dansdad

Does anyone know how long it takes to get from Niagara reef to Port Clinton in reverse with a prop with 2 of 3 blades? Roughly 4 hours!!! I stopped just north of Niagara this morning at 6. Fished for a half hour then decided to head out to the west sister area. Didn't quite get on plane and I hit a submerged log roughly 20' long. It stopped me dead. Needless to say for some reason I had reverse only. Thought about getting towed but elected to idle back the whole way in reverse. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride.

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That's one of the main reasons I added a kicker to my boat a couple years ago.

Do u have tow insurance I sure as hell would have used it

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Originally Posted by dansdad

Does anyone know how long it takes to get from Niagara reef to Port Clinton in reverse with a prop with 2 of 3 blades? Roughly 4 hours!!! I stopped just north of Niagara this morning at 6. Fished for a half hour then decided to head out to the west sister area. Didn't quite get on plane and I hit a submerged log roughly 20' long. It stopped me dead. Needless to say for some reason I had reverse only. Thought about getting towed but elected to idle back the whole way in reverse. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride.

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Holy smokes what a ride that was I bet. I hope you had a good sized boat to do that reverse trip! :)

I have a 27' Sea Ray. I do have towing insurance and would have used if the waves would have been worse.

Wow, hopefully your neck is ok.

I carry an extra prop, just in case. Hopefully nothing but a new prop and your back on the water!

Just wanted to give you an update and a warning. The fine people at a Port Clinton marina where I backed my boat into for repairs gave me a ride back to my dock to get my truck. By the time I got back they had my boat pulled and had the prop off trying to find another to get me back on the lake. They didn't have the proper prop but was going to put another on to get me back out fishing. Needless to say I told them that I wasn't interested in going back out that weekend. Excellent service. Now the disappointing news. I switched from my normal insurance carrier to Geico/boat us! Read the fine print people. I had a $385 deductable and figured they would pay the balance. Wrong! They said after depreciating my prop by 80% they didn't have to pay a penny. What a joke! The prop was just rebuilt last year. I gave them an earful and immediately cancelled my policy with them.