Calm Water comes with a price (sometimes)

wknebraskaweber · Outlaw Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 111

ok so were on Carter Lake and theres one side of the lake that is pure glass water!! Only thing we didn't know was that on average it was only 2-4 feet deep... Sooner or later the boat gave a big THUD and stopped suddenly...(hit rock and mud)..heres pics of the result. lol this sucks..

Buergday · Guest

Yikes.

I'm surprised that the gears inside your outdrive didn't crap out on you after an impact like that.

abovethewake · Addict Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 583 City: sarasota

ouch.

SkyHighCoaster · Criminal Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 80 City: Oklahoma City

Oh man that does suck.... Did anything else get damaged? This happened to me once in my families boat. Hit some rocks, which broke the propellor and broke off some of the casing on the motor... Hope thats not the case for u! Good luck with fixing that bro.

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

thats harsh, was it worth it??

Jason Arruda · Newbie Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 20 City: Toronto

Was it worth it!...man he has to pay like 200$ for a new propellar!....

wknebraskaweber · Outlaw Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 111

lol i thought it was worth it...nice hot 90 degree day yesterday when we ruined it...but it's no HUGE problem...probablly end up buying a used one on Ebay for like $60 LOL..no use buying a new one when the chances are that it will get chopped up again

joedirt00 · Posted: Jun 07, 2005 12:12 pm Post subject:

Holy stuff!!!

You're lucky that it only cost you a prop running an I/O in that shallow of water. I hope its a somewhat clean 2-4 feet, it would suck to hitting something submerged with your head.

kmagnuss · Posted: Jun 07, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:

I did that in my old boat and it didn't end up just being the prop. It was also the gimball bearing and the ....uh....(thingy that connects the flywheel of your engine to the driveshaft of your outdrive thingy). It was a $1500 mess up. I can't remember the name of that stupid part!

vision135 · Posted: Jun 07, 2005 1:54 pm Post subject:

We ride in shallow water with glass all the time luckly its just soft mud here no rocks.

pointblank12 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

how big is this place where u messed up ur prop? if u had an inboard, it might be worth it to mark rocks and stumps so u can ride.

jflock2 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 234 City: Atlanta

Carter's Lake? in Georgia?

Grace B. · Posted: Jun 07, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject:

Yikes, that sucks! Hopefully the prop is the only problem.

Everytime they mess with the water levels in our lake there is always driftwood everywhere. Last summer we messed up our prop at least twice, it sucked. But we have two props now, lol, so when one gets messed up its a quick fix.

wknebraskaweber · Outlaw Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 111

Carter Lake is in Iowa, technically....but its werid cuz i live right on the border of Iowa, but i have to cross the Missouri river and go into Omaha, NE and back into Iowa Without crossing the river again to get to the lake...anyway, i have a I/O so its not worth it..the lake is just LOW...there talking about buying a water pump, to pump into the lake...This is also the lake where they have that "green/blue alage alert" so mostly it scares all the people away and i have my calm water Very Happy

The only damage done was to the prop!!

AirProfile · Addict Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 602 City: Brookfield

new prop 95$ u can get it recondioned and fixed for about 110 not worth it lol but u can buy used ones from ur boat dealer
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wknebraskaweber · Outlaw Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 111

omg, this is a crazy story for a Lake in IOWA...maybe it wasn't a rock i hit

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/1610046.html

d*RU*nk · Posted: Jun 08, 2005 10:11 am Post subject:

haha I find this funny...

"Police want people to avoid the south side of the lake because the gator has been seen in that area."

Imagine if police told that to people in Florida, no one would be in the water. Just shows how people adapt to ride freely with the gators

Jama · Soul Rider Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 476 City: Knoxville

2 to 3 feet? wouldn't it be scared of u

Tmac1 · Posted: Jun 08, 2005 11:36 am Post subject:

I don't think that prop has enough metal left to recon Laughing