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Old 05-26-2018, 03:26 PM
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Storm prep

With the possibility of a storm moving thru the area, I went back to the boat today to tie things down better.

Lowered and tied the bimini. Fully installed and lashed the boom cover, tied the boom down so it can't flap. Added additional tie down ropes from the boat to the dock.

One last thing I did is check out the strange problem with the transmission.
On the last trip as I'm tying up, something happened that shifting the trans lever did not result in the boat moving. Didn't have time to check it that trip.

So today, I cranked up the motor. Started easily as normal.
Pulled the engine cover off. Shifted the trans into fwd and watched the drive shaft. Spun as expected. Shifted to reverse. Drive shaft spun as expected. No water leaking thru stuffing box. No motion of the boat from these trans shifts.

So one of these has happened.

1)Prop fell off.
2)Shaft has cracked/split possibly losing the prop.
3)Folding propeller is jammed in such a way that it won't unfold.
4)The key between the prop and shaft has split.

Either need to go swimming or find a local diver I guess, to solve this mystery.
I did find what looks like to be the original 2 blade prop that came with the boat.
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