We were on the lake today. First time out in this boat Sea Ray I/O 4.3LX Alpha 1. We had been playing off and on for 3 hours, skiing, starting and stopping. We were swimming ,and I started the boat up to back up a little. Went to cut it off and the switch wouldn't cut it off. I started pulling the switch out and tryinng to disconnect terminals. I could here a whining noise like the starter spinning, but not like it sounds when trying to start. the engine started to smoke then and finally shut down. There was smoke coming off the starter when it died. We go a tow back to the ramp . What would make the switch fail to cut the boat off? If the starter hunge up in the flywheel when I started it would that prevent the boat from shutting down? I assume I smoked the starter?
Ideas?
Ideas?
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