M Prod
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- Oct 6, 2017
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- Boat Info
- 2005 Sundancer 340
Zodiac Cadet w/FCT console Yamaha F20
Kohler 5KW Genny
- Engines
- 8.1 Horizons /V Drives
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Well, the season ended on a bad note for us. On our way out of the marina, heading towards our winter storage facility, we hit something (fairly big, I think) on our channel. It rocked the boat hard to the starboard side. Thankfully, I was only going at idle speed. I quickly checked the engine room, I thought for sure I ripped the shaft out and would see water pouring in. That wasn't the case. With fingers crossed, I tried to power up and as soon as I applied throttle, I felt very bad vibration. What should have been about a 45 min to 1 hour ride to our winter storage facility, took over 3 hours.
On a good note, the boat was to be hauled today for winter storage, so I guess no lost boating time. But, I will be anxious all winter until I get it fixed and have had the chance to run it to see if everything is fixed.
Today, will be contacting the insurance company.
Boat getting shot by a goose hunter, WoW. It'll be a long time before anyone beats that story. Glad no one(or boat) was hurt, he could have put somebody's eye out.Wow sorry to hear that Brent. Hopefully it's not to bad. I thought we had a bad haulout day but it didn't turn out as bad as yours. As we we're just pulling out of our canal heading to the gas dock for our pumpout. A goose hunter shoots down the shoreline and peppered the portside bow of the boat. Needless to say I lost my $hit. He is so lucking i didn't have a shotgun on board. I let him know how intelligent I thought he was with quite a few choice words. Once I got to the gas dock and inspected the boat I was surprised to see no damage at all. Even with our mishaps Brent at least we had nice weather on the 12th. Heres to a short layup.
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Holy Cow Joe, a goose hunter peppering your boat. You are a better man than me for keeping your cool and not ripping his F*&%ING head off.Wow sorry to hear that Brent. Hopefully it's not to bad. I thought we had a bad haulout day but it didn't turn out as bad as yours. As we we're just pulling out of our canal heading to the gas dock for our pumpout. A goose hunter shoots down the shoreline and peppered the portside bow of the boat. Needless to say I lost my $hit. He is so lucking i didn't have a shotgun on board. I let him know how intelligent I thought he was with quite a few choice words. Once I got to the gas dock and inspected the boat I was surprised to see no damage at all. Even with our mishaps Brent at least we had nice weather on the 12th. Heres to a short layup.
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I hit a log or something last year..... you couldn’t see the prop damage but vibration was bad.... so don’t fear the worst. Good luckWell, the season ended on a bad note for us. On our way out of the marina, heading towards our winter storage facility, we hit something (fairly big, I think) on our channel. It rocked the boat hard to the starboard side. Thankfully, I was only going at idle speed. I quickly checked the engine room, I thought for sure I ripped the shaft out and would see water pouring in. That wasn't the case. With fingers crossed, I tried to power up and as soon as I applied throttle, I felt very bad vibration. What should have been about a 45 min to 1 hour ride to our winter storage facility, took over 3 hours.
On a good note, the boat was to be hauled today for winter storage, so I guess no lost boating time. But, I will be anxious all winter until I get it fixed and have had the chance to run it to see if everything is fixed.
Today, will be contacting the insurance company.
Pulling out early can be very risky ..... play at your own riskWow sorry to hear that Brent. Hopefully it's not to bad. I thought we had a bad haulout day but it didn't turn out as bad as yours. As we we're just pulling out of our canal heading to the gas dock for our pumpout. A goose hunter shoots down the shoreline and peppered the portside bow of the boat. Needless to say I lost my $hit. He is so lucking i didn't have a shotgun on board. I let him know how intelligent I thought he was with quite a few choice words. Once I got to the gas dock and inspected the boat I was surprised to see no damage at all. Even with our mishaps Brent at least we had nice weather on the 12th. Heres to a short layup.
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LOL... serves him right for pulling out premature Miller liteActual photo of Ezsteps boat. Damn duck hunters
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Actual photo of Ezsteps boat. Damn duck hunters
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90 hours is respectful ... you should be proudI ran down to RI were the boat stays for the winter. Beautiful ride today but amazing 6-8ft rollers from the hurricane that is out in the Atlantic. They were on 14sec intervals so very long rollers, it was cool to see them break on the rocks off Newport. I am winterizing this weekend and she will come out next week. We only got 90hrs on it this year. We got lots of days on the bait but not too many long trips due to Covid. This pic was in Buzzards Bay before we got the rollers.
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It was a good season. We did put 33hrs on the dingy90 hours is respectful ... you should be proud