I talked to a buddy Sunday, he had gone out that day with his boat and when he went to put it on the trailer, it got stuck in reverse (88 Evinrude V4) due to a cable end coming off his linkage. So here he is trying to get his boat to the trailer and it's stuck in reverse, then he shuts it off and of course it won't restart, and he's drifting down stream!'
Well he got it under control and fixed the issue. That evening, my family and I put our little 15 foot Glasspar in the water. I back it most of the way down the ramp, then unhook the winch eye and get in the boat. I signal my wife to back the rest of the way down. I start the Honda and back the boat off the trailer. She pulls out to park.
I back over to the dock- and keep on backing! Now I'm stuck in reverse too! Well I can lever forward, lever back, give throttle, still in reverse. I do a couple loop de loops and end up back at the dock, here comes my wife, my 2 1/2 year old, and the 7 month old in his carrier down the ramp to the floating dock. There I am hanging over the transom.
The coupler from the mid leg to the lower unit had come un threaded. I re attached it and we were on our way. I have to quit associating with my buddy, he's just bad karma.
Well he got it under control and fixed the issue. That evening, my family and I put our little 15 foot Glasspar in the water. I back it most of the way down the ramp, then unhook the winch eye and get in the boat. I signal my wife to back the rest of the way down. I start the Honda and back the boat off the trailer. She pulls out to park.
I back over to the dock- and keep on backing! Now I'm stuck in reverse too! Well I can lever forward, lever back, give throttle, still in reverse. I do a couple loop de loops and end up back at the dock, here comes my wife, my 2 1/2 year old, and the 7 month old in his carrier down the ramp to the floating dock. There I am hanging over the transom.
The coupler from the mid leg to the lower unit had come un threaded. I re attached it and we were on our way. I have to quit associating with my buddy, he's just bad karma.
