well... we had a great camping/boating tril, however all things didnt go well... sunday afternoon, my buddy was backing my boat up to anchor and said he felt a slide vibe in the prop, we figured he just got the prop in the sand and didnt worry too much about it, well just to becareful we felt the blades on the prop for bends etc, everything felt ok. so we just figured we were right about the sand, however, monday afternoon was the first time we fired it back up and when i was leaving the island we camped on i noticed the vibe was there, and grew worse with more throttle. well, when i went to back up to get ready to put the boat on the trailer things got really bad... there was crap banging and sounded like all heck breakin loose... finally was able to get on the trailer, and when we pulled out and got stopped, there was an old tie down strap wrapped around the prop, complete with metal look and metal bracket.. from the looks of it, it had been in the water for a couple months,.. so needless to say, ive got pieces broken off my cavitation plate, ive got chipes and gouges all along the lower foot, metal missing here and there... so now i gotta call my insurance company and find out how much my deductable is...then i'll go from there.. anyways i posted some pix, so yall have a look at them... take care all...
