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| longanddeep |
Posted on 05/27/08 - 8:36 AM
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does hitting the bottom damage the transom?
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| fabricator |
Posted on 05/27/08 - 10:01 AM
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That depends. Can you give us a description of what happened?
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 10:08 AM
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i was traveling on a plane maybe 20mph or less when i hit the bottom did not throw me forward but i did notice i hit...
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 10:35 AM
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What hit the bottom, the hull or the skeg? How's the skeg? Is there damage? Do you have a trailer so you can get it out and look at the bottom?
Yes you can damage the transom. Most times though, a light hit will do more to the lower part of the motor than it does to the hull. Been there, done that. I left the entire lower part of my 20 hour old Honda 225 on the bottom of the St Lawrence three years ago hitting a shoal at about 20 MPH.
Let us know what you see. I personally wish you the very best of luck. I share your pain brother.
Grady
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| Bake |
Posted on 05/27/08 - 11:01 AM
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As stated above you can damage your transom, but not likely. It would take a very hard hit on the motor. I would think if you did not come to a abrubt stop, or have a steering wheel imprent on your chest your transom is fine. Around here where sand bars can shft over time there is no one running a boat that has not at least ran there skeg across a sand bar. Most have spent a couple of hours waiting for the tide to return. The skeg foot and hyd. trim on your motor take most of the shock from a small bumb like you describe.
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 11:54 AM
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was at night did not see the shallows and hit the bottom scratched up my motor as well as the bottom of my boat...... i was beached and could not get off until some nice folks pulled me of the sandbar with their boat..the worst part is while the boat was on the sandbar the wind was about 30mph with the boat rocking back and forth... i trailer my boat...the next day is when i did damage control.... the skeg is just scraped all up...did not tear it off or anything just a bunch of scratches... it bothers the hell out of me but what are you going to do..
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 12:45 PM
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well with that information it is likely the bottom of your boat took the brunt of the grounding rather than the transom. Still it sucks eggs when you scratch them up. my anchor pulled up during a storm at the lake. My boat rocked on the rocks a bit. I Patched her up and try not to think about it.
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 1:23 PM
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I end up in shallow water all the time in the Long Island Great South Bay. It sucks, but lucky for us, I think Whalers can take a hell of a beating. 
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 1:29 PM
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is there anyway to tell if one damage their transom?
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 1:58 PM
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Chances are your fine. Keep an eye out for new cracks in the transom area and patch up the scratches.
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 3:24 PM
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I have a Forward Scanning Sonor made by Interphase mounted on my 1961 Eastport. The great thing about this unit is that it not only shows fish suspended in front of the boat but also shows changes in the bottom in front of the boat.Therefore I can see hazards in front of me(like the bottom coming up fast or big rocks) so that I can stop or change direction before I make contact with the hull
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Posted on 05/27/08 - 5:33 PM
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When boating at night, go slow. If you are not very familiar with the area, go even s l o w e r. It may take longer to get there but that beats an injury or thousands of dollars in repairs.
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