It's one reason a lot of people prefer jet drives - especially river rats.
Hmmm - a Deluxe 17 Jet Drive..... I dunno...Jets need a lot of motor
Peter
in Denver
On 4/6/10, jd <jdood@...> wrote:
>
> this came out today
>
>
> http://www.statesman.com/news/local/jurors-find-boat-manufacturer-partly-liable-527456.html
>
> I personally don't think the boat mfgr should have been to blame at all,
> no more than a car company should be to blame when someone gets run over.
> But it has made me start thinking about prop safety.
>
> - anyone know or have any direct experience with any prop guards out there?
>
> - the whole prop lower unit system seems goofy to me. It's this big house
> of cards - if you hit something you either ruin your lower unit, or if your
> lucky you break a fin off your prop. All the prop needs to do is spin
> through water. So why isn't it designed with a simple cotter pin type of
> system where the cotter pin breaks the second it encounters any resistance?
> Am I missing something here? Cheaper, safer, could fix on the fly
> just by putting in a new pin. Eh?
>
> jeff
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>
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Received on Wednesday, 7 April 2010
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