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Console Cooler Reinforcement
Eastend	#1  Posted on 05/25/11 - 7:54 AM
Member Posts: 27 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/05/09	I recently ran aground in my 17 with my Dad occupying the console cooler. Facing forward we hit soft silty sand going about 10mph and gaining when it threw him forward. I shut everything down as he lay on the anchor locker - he was fine but shooken up. The reason for his launch - was that these coolers are only tied-down in the vertical direction and not in the horizontal, causing them to pitch forth upon the abrupt stop. Will you all point me to some cleat tie-backs or other ideas to brace this loose cooler?
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 05/25/11 - 10:53 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11434 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	The original Montauk cleats had toe pieces so the cooler would not slide forward. Drawings are available in the "Download" section on the left sidebar. Montauk Cooler Cleats http://www.whalercentral.com/download...owstart=15
modenacart	#3  Posted on 05/25/11 - 1:55 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 741 Comments: 4 Joined: 02/28/09	I ran aground four times on Saturday and dinged up my prop. They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. --Benjamin Franklin
Gamalot	#4  Posted on 05/25/11 - 2:40 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1086 Comments: 3 Joined: 06/21/10	We don't do much "Running A ground" up here but I have seen motors and transoms torn right off boats when the water level gets low and the Captain is unaware of where the rocks are. It seems to me that with or with out the chocks, Dad would have ended up forward any way. It is not like we have seat belts bolted in up there!
Phil T	#5  Posted on 05/25/11 - 3:59 PM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 6994 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	If you really want to keep the cooler from shifting forward, run a taught bungie cord from the handle back to the aft face of the cooler chocks. A 40 year Maine island lobsterman friend told me once while motoring in the dense fog: (insert heavy Maine accent) "I don't know where the rocks are, I know where the rocks ain't" Edited by Phil T on 05/25/11 - 4:00 PM 1992 Outrage 17 I 2019 E-TEC 90, Viper 17 2+ 2018 Load Rite Elite 18280096VT
Gamalot	#6  Posted on 05/26/11 - 2:46 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1086 Comments: 3 Joined: 06/21/10	Phil T wrote: If you really want to keep the cooler from shifting forward, run a taught bungie cord from the handle back to the aft face of the cooler chocks. A 40 year Maine island lobsterman friend told me once while motoring in the dense fog: (insert heavy Maine accent) "I don't know where the rocks are, I know where the rocks ain't" That's just about right Phil! My local reservoir is used for Hydro Electric so the level fluctuates a good deal all summer long. A few years ago they drained it for dam repairs and it was pretty interesting if not scary to take a walk and see where giant boulders had taken their toll on many motors and props. One spot you could be in 20 FOW and smacking your prop on a huge rock that is just sitting there waiting. It has lots of aluminum scars all over it and from every direction and was like a Christmas tree decorated with lures.