True North Wrote in message:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.

Its fixable unless the hub spun. But that's not all. There could
be internal problems to the io. Even the engine coupler could
have sustained damage. You aren't supposed to let the prop touch
anything but water while its spinning. Hope this
helps.
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 10/6/17 11:06 AM, True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.

A klutz like him shouldn't own a ss prop.
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Alex Wrote in message:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/6/17 11:06 AM, True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts,

Harry means well.
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 22:14:27 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Alex Wrote in message:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/6/17 11:06 AM, True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts,

Harry means well.

That *was* a rather funny comment, especially given Harry's involvement.

On Friday, 6 October 2017 21:11:43 UTC-3, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront access. I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to neutral. With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new one..

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50 feet offshore.. Now I know why they were there. I should send a letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier' out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Ever heard of a chart? I/O's are lake boats.


Duh, Ditzy...what part of boating on "Grand Lake" didn't y'all understand?

On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 07:44:05 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Friday, 6 October 2017 21:11:43 UTC-3, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront access. I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to neutral. With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50 feet offshore. Now I know why they were there. I should send a letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier' out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Ever heard of a chart? I/O's are lake boats.


Duh, Ditzy...what part of boating on "Grand Lake" didn't y'all understand?

Ramping up the instigating and agitating again Donnee?

On Saturday, 7 October 2017 12:01:18 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017 07:44:05 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Friday, 6 October 2017 21:11:43 UTC-3, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront access. I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to neutral. With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50 feet offshore. Now I know why they were there. I should send a letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier' out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Ever heard of a chart? I/O's are lake boats.


Duh, Ditzy...what part of boating on "Grand Lake" didn't y'all understand?

Ramping up the instigating and agitating again Donnee?

No Johnny, just asking a legitimate question to his silly statement.
Besides, y'all are the master at agitating and instigating.

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/6/17 8:11 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts,
but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a
bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront
access. I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge
suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang
right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to
neutral. With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was
hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper
water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I
continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat
did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new
one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly
coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50
feet offshore. Now I know why they were there. I should send a
letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier'
out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Ever heard of a chart? I/O's are lake boats.

I'm not an I/O fan, but your claim about "lake boats" is just another
example of your ignorance.

Is lake and river better? I/O's have little to no place in the ocean
for a variety of reasons.

True North wrote:
On Friday, 6 October 2017 21:11:43 UTC-3, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts, but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront access. I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to neutral. With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50 feet offshore. Now I know why they were there. I should send a letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier' out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.

Ever heard of a chart? I/O's are lake boats.

Duh, Ditzy...what part of boating on "Grand Lake" didn't y'all understand?
So you don't use your Bayliner in the ocean?

On 10/7/17 9:21 PM, Alex wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/6/17 8:11 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Hate to interrupt all the 'Americans Acting badly With Guns' posts,
but I had a small bit of misfortune yesterday.
I was up boating with my Springer Spaniel on Grand Lake and got a
bit nosy checking out Sidney Crosby's house and his waterfront
access.Â* I was motoring slowly along when I saw the depth gauge
suddenly go from 5-6 feet to just less than 3 feet. Heard the bang
right away so I quickly tilted up the motor and shifted it to
neutral.Â* With the swim platform covering the I/O Alpha Drive it was
hard to see if I had any damage and as I floated back into deeper
water I moved into forward and didn't notice anything unusual so I
continued my 2 hour tour of the lake. Only after retrieving the boat
did I see a chunk missing out of one of my aluminum propeller blades.
D'oh...don't know if that can be repaired or if I have to buy a new
one.

I remembered that during the summer, there was a string of brightly
coloured floating balls stretched along where I went about 40-50
feet offshore.Â* Now I know why they were there.Â* I should send a
letter to Crosby complaining that he should have left the 'barrier'
out at least until Thanksgiving this Monday.


Ever heard of a chart?Â* I/O's are lake boats.

I'm not an I/O fan, but your claim about "lake boats" is just another
example of your ignorance.

Is lake and river better?Â* I/O's have little to no place in the ocean
for a variety of reasons.


As far as can be told here, your "expertise" in boating is limited to
buying non-collectible firearms from a Ruger auction site. I'm not a fan
of I/O's for several reasons, but I've seen - literally - thousands of
boats of all sizes out on the ocean powered by I/O's.