Hit an underwater thing

echandler1971

I was on the maiden voyage for the season. I was traveling from my winter marina to my summer marina. I wasn’t but 1 mile from the winter ‘marina when I hit something underwater. My starboard outdrive went completely nuts and the engine started going crazy. There was a terrible smell of burnt plastic. There was black stuff coming out in the water. I opened up the engine compartment, and I could hear water pouring in by the bucket. I managed to limp back one mile on the port engine with no power steering. 

I made it back into the slings, but my transom assembly is blown  out. Thank god for the bow thruster (Rinker 360). Mind you I replaced my transom assemblies two years ago and the outdrives last year. . 
Insurance is supposedly covering it all. No deductible. Still, I’m shellshocked. 

echandler1971

grouch0jr

Horrible luck. Glad you made it back safely.

captkevin

Good thing you were able to make it back to the marina. 

LaRea

Ugh.  I'm glad to hear your bilge pump was able to keep up.  What a rotten day.  

aero3113

WoW, could’ve ended way worse!

earl1z19

That's a wicked crack! also my worst fear. 

rasbury

I can't tell from tge picture- is the boat transom itself busted out or the merc stuff? Crazy, glad your family is safe.

davidbrooks

@echandler1971 glad to hear you made it back okay. I had something similar happen a few years back. I was going in reverse, and hit something and it completely snapped the out drive off. It was literally only Hanging On by the bellows. When I got hauled out they told me that little piece of rubber was the only thing that kept the boat from sinking.