Rookie move

[Mibuck]

Today I pulled a bonehead move. I left the engine down and backed my boat onto my frozen yard. I did see rut lines in the frozen yard which I'm not sure if they are from the transom saver that was down and got a little bent or the skeg. There wasn't any dirt or damage on the skeg but I did see the motor bounce slightly. I was backing up very slowly as well. Wondering if I should be concerned about the transom. The boat was put in a storage facility today ( that's where I was headed) so I won't see again until spring. Looking for advice as this is my first boat. 2010 16ft Alumacraft.

 

[tpenfield]

Welcome to iBoats . . .

From what I can see there isn't much damage.

Did you notice any damage to the propeller? Was there dirt on the transom saver? Did you notice any damage to the transom (deformation, cracks, etc.) ?

 

[Scott Danforth]

first, welcome aboard

second, according to the pictures, you are fine.

seriously, we cant see anything. most likely you did nothing but pucker your seat upholstery and pooh yourself a little.

take a close look. if you had a motor deflopenizer (aka transom saver) actually connected and you were backing up, the forces would have gone from the outboard to the trailer . the rut lines in the ground would be from the skeg unless you didnt have the transom saver connected. then who knows. hard to tell with the pictures. remember, a transom saver is intended to hold the motor slightly up while driving. so if you had it properly installed, you should be fine, unless you drive a bro-truck and have the wrong hitch.

frozen ground is much more forgiving than say concrete.

 

[Mibuck]

first, welcome aboard

second, according to the pictures, you are fine.

seriously, we cant see anything. most likely you did nothing but pucker your seat upholstery and pooh yourself a little.

take a close look. if you had a motor deflopenizer (aka transom saver) actually connected and you were backing up, the forces would have gone from the outboard to the trailer . the rut lines in the ground would be from the skeg unless you didnt have the transom saver connected. then who knows. hard to tell with the pictures. remember, a transom saver is intended to hold the motor slightly up while driving. so if you had it properly installed, you should be fine, unless you drive a bro-truck and have the wrong hitch.

frozen ground is much more forgiving than say concrete.

I didn't send any pictures?

 

[Mibuck]

Welcome to iBoats . . .

From what I can see there isn't much damage.

Did you notice any damage to the propeller? Was there dirt on the transom saver? Did you notice any damage to the transom (deformation, cracks, etc.) ?

No dirt on prop or skeg. Didn't notice anything that stood out with the transom. I guess I will look it over close when it comes out of storage in the spring

 

[southkogs]

I didn't send any pictures?

The point the guys are hinting at is that since you didn't put up any photos, no one can make an educated guess, or see anything indicated to help you out.

We don't know enough (including the type of boat) to help you out much. But if you post some photos, we can eyeball it and see if anything obvious stands out.

The mostly likely candidate for damage is your skeg or prop (to my thinking). If you were slowly backing up, and hitting frozen turf, I would think your transom is built well enough to handle that. It deals with more strenuous work all the time.

 

[Mibuck]

The point the guys are hinting at is that since you didn't put up any photos, no one can make an educated guess, or see anything indicated to help you out.

We don't know enough (including the type of boat) to help you out much. But if you post some photos, we can eyeball it and see if anything obvious stands out.

The mostly likely candidate for damage is your skeg or prop (to my thinking). If you were slowly backing up, and hitting frozen turf, I would think your transom is built well enough to handle that. It deals with more strenuous work all the time.

Roger that, thanks for the feedback.