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SUBJECT: # 27451: Plastic bags and cooling inlets!
Submitted by RickK (162.58.82.244) from VIRGINIA on 10/3/05 7:46:00 AM
I always thought it was a myth that a lone plastic bag drifting in the wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean could find itself entangled on the lower unit of an outboard motor and cause it to overheat.
Thankfully everthing worked properly. The alarm went off and the engine powered down. As my buddy lifted the engine I saw the culprit drifting away below the surface. If I hadn't seen the bag with my own eyes...............it wouldadrove me nuts and I woulda lost ALL confidence in the engine.
RickK
- 10/7/05 11:10:00 AM
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Alex from GA (66.168.200.77) from GEORGIA says Wait til you hook one while trolling.
The one I hooked jumped 3 times and took 200yds of 50lb line from my reel before I could stop the boat.
- 10/7/05 5:14:00 PM
Submitted by
Tincan (70.177.199.204) from VIRGINIA says Looked Like A Mine Was Hit
Guys: I was running a 12 foot tin skiff with a 9.9HP at about 22MPH when the lower unit snagged a plastic bag. The motor kicked up and in a split second I got soaked with what seemed like a fire hose of water flying off the prop at 5500 RPM. The bag was like a whip spining around the prop. If it wasn't for the speed decreasing from 22MPH to 0 MPH and me lurching forward I think the bag would have ripped my head off.People on shore said it looked like I hit a mine or a depth charge went off under the boat! I go by percentages and say that will never happen to me again ... until I hit a paper bag about a year later. Same result.
Tincan
