Spun a blade off my prop, man...I must be jinxed.

[Jmax]

Today after the poor showing at the Nick and work being slow I went out for a late afternoon outing to see if I could remember how to catch a fish. Came out of HBSP on plane and suddenly my boat started to vibrate really bad. emoBang Coming off plane I thought I must have got some rope or something in the prop. Nope, one blade was completely gone. emoHoppingmad I did not hit a thing, it just spun off. I started calling around and after a few calls was told if I wanted a good used prop I should get in touch with Billy Eves. Sure nuff, I called him and told him I had a three blade Raker that was now a two blade. He said come on, I got a couple real nice ones. emoThumbsup Hauled butt to Sale Creek and met Billy for the first time. I had heard him mentioned by several on here but never had met him in person. He looked over my destroyed prop and told me he had one he had rebuilt that was just what I needed. I told him I needed a CBA, CFF, Senior Discount and he gave me one. emoBigsmile

My hat is off to Billy Eves for a great deal, I am back ready to go again. emoToast emoThanks Jmax

 

[ChooChooSnakeMan]

Wow after our disaster on Saturday you just can't catch a break, well maybe you did in finding Mr. Eves and that it didn't happen to us miles from the ramp Saturday. I may need to get with him to locate a Laser II 22P for the Lowe 17HP I just got, it has a stainless 21P Yamaha prop on it that runs pretty good but I would like all the speed, especially cruise speed (3500 - 4000 rpm) that I can get from the little 90 Optimax. I'll know for sure after I run the boat a while.

 

[Strato-G]

emoQuestion senior....... emoScratch ,oh well............ emoGeezer emoUSA

 

[Oldman]

Jerry u r beyond senior.lol

 

[Jmax]

Strato-G - 3/4/2013 8:27 PM

emoQuestion senior....... emoScratch ,oh well............ emoGeezer emoUSA

Depends on what you consider senior. My wife and I get a senior discount from several stores at our age. emoRolleyes

Yea James, that did occur to me. It could have been a lot worse. I was by myself and only a few hundred yards from the ramp. I was able to just turn around and idle back. The water was not bad either with very little wind or waves. That happening in a tournament far away from the ramp would have been a lot worse. Jmax

 

[derek81]

You can't go more than 6 months without breaking something so you were due. lol

 

[Oldman]

mercury set the water on fire.lol

 

[Skeeter]

Jim, When me and Wiskers fished the CFF 2am-10am tournament we had that happen. We had left the dam and was heading to Grasshopper when it slung a blade off. Luckily we was between HBSP and the dam and not at Grasshopper.

 

[livewire]

I have a a real nice 21p or 23p Ballistic 3 blade prop that would make an awesome backup for your boat. You could change the hub and keep it in the toolbox of the truck.

 

[Lovetofish]

I have 2 prop for euinrude 225 for Sale .PM me me if Int.

 

[Jmax]

Thanks for the offers guys. I have fished all my life. That boat is the sixth boat I have owned and the first one I have ever had that happen with. I hope to not have that happen again any time soon. If it was to happen again soon I may want to take you up on one of those offers but for right now I will just keep it in mind. emoThanks Jmax

 

[derek81]

Jmax - 3/7/2013 3:22 PM

Thanks for the offers guys. I have fished all my life. That boat is the sixth boat I have owned and the first one I have ever had that happen with. I hope to not have that happen again any time soon. If it was to happen again soon I may want to take you up on one of those offers but for right now I will just keep it in mind. emoThanks Jmax

I think you need a new boat. 2013 Ranger

 

[Oldman]

yep me too. and btw just donate me your old one.they wont give u enough trade in any way.

 

[Jmax]

derek81 - 3/8/2013 9:53 AM

Jmax - 3/7/2013 3:22 PM

Thanks for the offers guys. I have fished all my life. That boat is the sixth boat I have owned and the first one I have ever had that happen with. I hope to not have that happen again any time soon. If it was to happen again soon I may want to take you up on one of those offers but for right now I will just keep it in mind. emoThanks Jmax

I think you need a new boat. 2013 Ranger

You first. emoAngel Jmax