Hit a submerged object bad vidration now, what to do??

[fwebster]

Pete,

I missed one of your posts that were done sequentially. It is entirely possible that you just hit a submerged tree/stump (thanks, Tennessee River in the winter!) with a prop and caused it to slam into the bottom. As long as the boat isn't leaking, there is no reason to hurry the haul out. Just don't run the boat over an idle or fast enough to see the shake in the rail.

And, if you were running with the synchronizer on and pulled both throttles back simultaneously, the stbd throttle is still slaved to the port engine and the boat will lead to the port until the stbd engine slows down to equal the port one.

I use Marine Wheels (850-265-0095) in Panama City because they are local to me. The owner, Buck Holmes, has grown up in the business and is excellent. He has a scanning device because it is a more precise tool for him. He changes no more for repairing a prop with the computer scan. Expect somewhere in the $500-$700 area, but maybe more depending upon how much time is needed to repair a damaged prop.

 

[dpmulvey]

Pete,

.....It is entirely possible that you just hit a submerged tree/stump (thanks, Tennessee River in the winter!) with a prop and caused it to slam into the bottom...

I was thinking that as well. Happened on a friends boat and the noise was a knot on the end of a rope. Scared the daylights out of us.

 

[northern]

My SeaRay has double hull compartments when I put the 6" by 2 foot hole in it it did not leak because of the double hull system. A hall out will allow you to sleep at night, It is less than 1/3 of a tank of fuel.

 

[blaster]

When you do a hall out does the boat get hulled? I'm gonna go haul some wood.