sandydlc
Active Member
Earlier this month we were cruising up in Desolation Sound and while I was at the helm running about 26 knots at 2800 rpm, we suddenly felt a very bad vibration and loss of power. I immediately put the boat in neutral (450 DA with Zeus pods). We didn't feel that we had hit anything but checked the engine room just in case - all was fine. We tried getting up on plane again, no dice - terrible vibration. Then we tried one engine at a time and determined that the port engine was fine and we proceeded to limp into Gorge Harbour marina at 5 knots. Once we arrived we found a diver who confirmed that we were missing a blade from our rear prop on our starboard pod. There was no damage to the forward prop on starboard and no damage to either of the port props so the likelihood that we struck an object underwater is slim to none.
It took a week and lots of $$$ to get new props sent up to Canada. Our Z14 props were on back order for 4-6 weeks so our local Sea Ray dealer had Z15 overnighted to Seattle and re-pitched to match our Z14 props.
Our insurance only covered a small portion of the loss due to depreciation (our boat is a 2010) so I decided to contact Mercury since in my experience a prop should not throw a blade after only 600 hours of use. They got back to me yesterday and said that from the pictures I sent them they don't believe the damage was caused by bad casting. What do you guys think?
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/jKqfIFnHhNnUzuJbMqDAtmpiLSZo9YKjbdgLOzaXl6z
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/k3TJi8hzdAjk84WMGgLYJTdxDdDPoEv4V2OuN6bFsnW
I'm going to take our prop to a prop shop today to get a professional opinion as well.
Thanks!
Sandy
It took a week and lots of $$$ to get new props sent up to Canada. Our Z14 props were on back order for 4-6 weeks so our local Sea Ray dealer had Z15 overnighted to Seattle and re-pitched to match our Z14 props.
Our insurance only covered a small portion of the loss due to depreciation (our boat is a 2010) so I decided to contact Mercury since in my experience a prop should not throw a blade after only 600 hours of use. They got back to me yesterday and said that from the pictures I sent them they don't believe the damage was caused by bad casting. What do you guys think?
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/jKqfIFnHhNnUzuJbMqDAtmpiLSZo9YKjbdgLOzaXl6z
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/k3TJi8hzdAjk84WMGgLYJTdxDdDPoEv4V2OuN6bFsnW
I'm going to take our prop to a prop shop today to get a professional opinion as well.
Thanks!
Sandy
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