KnotConnected
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2012
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- 221
I took the first big trip of the year this past weekend from Green Bay up to Sturgeon Bay in Door Co. WI. The 45 mile trip was pretty rough with 2-4" rollers and 15-20 MPH winds, but we made it to the maria in about 2 and a half hours.
So I get my slip assignment, navigate through the marina, and I'm putting up on the approach to my slip when I realize I'm coming in a tad hot. I was in forward idle, so I pop'er back into neutral to bleed some speed off..
...and nothing happens.
I shift back into forward idle and put it into neutral again, but she's still chugging along at a good pace. Meanwhile, the slip is getting closer. So I throw it into reverse to but the brakes on but the shifter is completely ignoring me. I throw it back into 100% reverse, and from neutral to reverse a few times before I give up, point her nose at the slip and kill the engine.
Luckily I've got a pretty awesome group of slip neighbors that made it to the destination ahead of me, so they caught my boat and we muscled her into the slip without any damage or anyone getting hurt, but man in retrospect that sure could have been ugly...
They're pulling it out of the water today and I should know what the issue was this afternoon or tomorrow, but I thought I'd share my excitement for the weekend!
So I get my slip assignment, navigate through the marina, and I'm putting up on the approach to my slip when I realize I'm coming in a tad hot. I was in forward idle, so I pop'er back into neutral to bleed some speed off..
...and nothing happens.
I shift back into forward idle and put it into neutral again, but she's still chugging along at a good pace. Meanwhile, the slip is getting closer. So I throw it into reverse to but the brakes on but the shifter is completely ignoring me. I throw it back into 100% reverse, and from neutral to reverse a few times before I give up, point her nose at the slip and kill the engine.
Luckily I've got a pretty awesome group of slip neighbors that made it to the destination ahead of me, so they caught my boat and we muscled her into the slip without any damage or anyone getting hurt, but man in retrospect that sure could have been ugly...
They're pulling it out of the water today and I should know what the issue was this afternoon or tomorrow, but I thought I'd share my excitement for the weekend!