SJP
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- Joined
- Sep 25, 2007
- Messages
- 6,073
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Out by myself on my Duffy 21 in HB. Figure will not be hard to get a spot to eat in the lounge at Captain Jacks. The storm shot a bunch of hazards in the water. I am set on kill heading down the main channel and BOOM. I think I hit a submerged board. Threw not 1 but 2 blades off of the Prop. Pretty much at the half way point between my house and dinner and thought I may try to limp it to the Captain's. Man it was maybe 1/2 MPH if that and after going 20 yards decided to turn around. No one out and my younger boy was still at practice. I was on my own and it took me over an hour to get back to the dock. The prop shaft was spinning. My batteries were toasted on the last 50 yards I thought I was not going to make it. This is starting to feel like real boating. The cost of the the prop replacement is not cheap. Figure I might as well replace the batteries (I got 9 years out of them). That is boating even when you are dealing with an electric boat that tops out at 5MPH...