It is line wrap stories like these that continue my practice of referring to the prop as a "high speed underwater winch".
My guess is the root cause of all Blue Dog's trouble is having a calendar on board. Many marine and air incidents are cause by not staying put until weather and sea conditions match the crew's ability. In the interest of full disclosure, I have failed the departure timing good judgment test more than a few times but so far have been able to avoid becoming a USCG SAR statistic. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________ From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of honeys...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:00 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 115 Lost on Lake Erie A couple of years ago my friend's Shock 35 picked up a line in the water. Unfortunately the line was made fast to semi-submerged piece of dock timber. The prop sucked the line complete with the attached timber into the running gear with such force that it bent the Max prop, pushed the strut through the bottom of the boat and rotated the Yanmar GM3F off of it's mounts. making matters worse the 12' long piece if timber slammed into the boat's keel with enough force to crack the keel fairing requiring the keel to be removed and inspected. Needless to say, this lightly built boat has never been quite the same. Fortunately he was close enough to shore to place the keel in the mud until the USCG showed up with pumps to keep her from sinking completely. The boat was on the hard for well over a year while my friend finally sorted out the repairs with the underwriters. When I saw the damage I was shocked how just thin the hull lay up was on this boat... Jack Fitzgerald HONEY C&C 39 TM
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