Hit A Log

General Boats and Motors
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About a 100 feet from the dock just planning up to go bottom fishing Saturday. No water coming in thank God. Checked the foot/prop and took off again. Would cavitate at 3K and fall off plane. Went back to the dock and changed the prop thinking it was the hub. Same thing. Took a rope and keel hauled the bottom and nothing catching…except the thru hull transducers

Figured I broke a lifting strake…pulled the boat the next day. Both transducers turned sideways…like a 4x4 in front of the prop. The force to turn those transducers could have knocked them off…They are coming off next bottom job.

God smiles on drunks and fools.

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Sorry to hear that. Good thing you weren’t going faster and weren’t farther away from the dock.

“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?

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Was the log floating or underwater? Where was this at also?

Fishing Nerd

“skilled labor isn’t cheap, cheap labor isn’t skilled”

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Originally posted by StumpNocker

Was the log floating or underwater? Where was this at also?

Fishing Nerd

“skilled labor isn’t cheap, cheap labor isn’t skilled”

In the bull river…100 feet from the dock…just got on plane…under some marsh grass! Didn’t break anything. My son is learning ALL about boats and delayed expectations.

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That sucks, MD. Could have been worse.

Did you have any vibration after impact? After changing prop? Did the impact change tilt/trim position of motor?

If cavitation is happening, perhaps trim position may have changed.

NN

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It’s running like a scalded dog again!!! The transducers were turned …they right now!!!

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Originally posted by mdaddy

It’s running like a scalded dog again!!! The transducers were turned …they right now!!!

Good to hear but, you said thru hull… Straighten me out…

Edit below;

I googled thru hull and see that some extend down below hull rather than being a flush type(hole cut in hull to install, or glassed in from inside) that would not snag on debris.

Thanks

NN

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Originally posted by DoubleN
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Originally posted by mdaddy

It’s running like a scalded dog again!!! The transducers were turned …they right now!!!

Good to hear but, you said thru hull… Straighten me out…

NN

You know what a thru hull is. They're locked down with a big nut. That's why you use silicone instead of 5200. IF they hadn't turned...coulda been bad.

I guess you’re thinking it was glassed in on the inside of the hull. These came this way. I use " glassed in" or kick up transom mount now instead of creating drag/obstruction.

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Originally posted by mdaddy
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Originally posted by DoubleN
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Originally posted by mdaddy

It’s running like a scalded dog again!!! The transducers were turned …they right now!!!

Good to hear but, you said thru hull… Straighten me out…

NN

You know what a thru hull is. They're locked down with a big nut. That's why you use silicone instead of 5200. IF they hadn't turned...coulda been bad.

I guess you’re thinking it was glassed in on the inside of the hull. These came this way. I use " glassed in" or kick up transom mount now instead of creating drag/obstruction.

Thru hull means different things to some, i guess. Obviously, if set in epoxy, or whatever one chooses to bed it in the from inside, it wouldn’t come into play in this situation.

I understand the 5200 vs silicone thing as well. Buddy added thru hull that required cutting hole to install but, they are flush with bottom.

Little slow, I guess, just curious.

Thanks,
NN

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Originally posted by DoubleN
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Originally posted by mdaddy
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Originally posted by DoubleN
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Originally posted by mdaddy

It’s running like a scalded dog again!!! The transducers were turned …they right now!!!

Good to hear but, you said thru hull… Straighten me out…

NN

We do know that Bonzo is slow. We are light speed compared to a cat litter bucket hoarder.
You know what a thru hull is. They’re locked down with a big nut. That’s why you use silicone instead of 5200. IF they hadn’t turned…coulda been bad.

I guess you’re thinking it was glassed in on the inside of the hull. These came this way. I use " glassed in" or kick up transom mount now instead of creating drag/obstruction.

Thru hull means different things to some, i guess. Obviously, if set in epoxy, or whatever one chooses to bed it in the from inside, it wouldn’t come into play in this situation.

I understand the 5200 vs silicone thing as well. Buddy added thru hull that required cutting hole to install but, they are flush with bottom.

Little slow, I guess, just curious.

Thanks,
NN