Hi,
I have a question for those more experienced than myself. Whilst hiring a boat in Croatia this weekend, I hot a rock with the propeller. The boat was a Tahoe Q5, which had an inboard motor. Whilst the damage occured fairly quickly, the propeller had approx 10% taken form the edges - and the lower part of the sterndrive or the "foot" as we were told it was called, also received some damage, it was not straight. Following the noise, there was certainly a difference in the boats performance - and you could feel a vibration. I limped back to the port, which took around 10 minutes.
Upon taking the boat back to the hiring company, we were told after much chin rubbing that the internal parts of the whole sterndrive would probably be damaged, after the propeller had stopped whilst working - and in fact may require a whole unit. Our 700 Euro deposit was swiftly depleted to zero. We were told that the boat would have to be taken out of the water, and this would have to be fully checked out.
I cant help feeling that the company was hamming it up somewhat. Whilst I realise that the boat was in our custody, and we have to be fully resposible for our actions - I dont think that a system such as this would instantly destroy the whole sterndrive upon what I would imagine would be a fairly regular accident.
Any comments or advice would be appreciated - as I am not letting this go without fully investigating.
Rob
I have a question for those more experienced than myself. Whilst hiring a boat in Croatia this weekend, I hot a rock with the propeller. The boat was a Tahoe Q5, which had an inboard motor. Whilst the damage occured fairly quickly, the propeller had approx 10% taken form the edges - and the lower part of the sterndrive or the "foot" as we were told it was called, also received some damage, it was not straight. Following the noise, there was certainly a difference in the boats performance - and you could feel a vibration. I limped back to the port, which took around 10 minutes.
Upon taking the boat back to the hiring company, we were told after much chin rubbing that the internal parts of the whole sterndrive would probably be damaged, after the propeller had stopped whilst working - and in fact may require a whole unit. Our 700 Euro deposit was swiftly depleted to zero. We were told that the boat would have to be taken out of the water, and this would have to be fully checked out.
I cant help feeling that the company was hamming it up somewhat. Whilst I realise that the boat was in our custody, and we have to be fully resposible for our actions - I dont think that a system such as this would instantly destroy the whole sterndrive upon what I would imagine would be a fairly regular accident.
Any comments or advice would be appreciated - as I am not letting this go without fully investigating.
Rob