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Thread: Challenging day
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06-26-2020, 03:55 PM #1Senior Member
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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.
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06-26-2020, 06:56 PM #2Senior Member
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How did the engine sound and run with only two blades? Did you have an aluminum prop on your boat?
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06-26-2020, 08:20 PM #3Senior Member
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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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06-27-2020, 09:44 PM #4Member
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06-28-2020, 07:59 AM #5Senior Member
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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.
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06-28-2020, 02:51 PM #6Member
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WOW! Sorry for your misfortune. That would have been a ***** going up the river, I'm sure also.
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06-28-2020, 04:31 PM #7Member
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06-28-2020, 08:05 PM #8Senior Member
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Do u have tow insurance I sure as hell would have used it
Thanks Matt
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
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06-28-2020, 08:44 PM #9
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06-28-2020, 08:50 PM #10Senior Member
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I have a 27' Sea Ray. I do have towing insurance and would have used if the waves would have been worse.
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Thanks for the report Fishfinder....
Anybody help a weekender?