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Old 07 October 2012, 21:11   #1
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well this lot stopped us dead from 30 odd knots! Spun tight onto the prop. A beggar to cut free even on a calm day and with friends alongside. Without them we would have had to put one person in the water, and on a rough weather trip that doesnt really bear thinking about. Knife on a stick might help.
All that b****y water and we had to run over that particular bit!
Might buy me a better knife I think.
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Old 07 October 2012, 21:25   #2
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Yep .. on a smaller motor it was a black bin bag that did me the damage .. and as you say .. in the middle of nowhere In fairness it was in a calm tidal slack that had a meter or two of foam strip on the surface, so I am much more cautious when I cross through that stuff, if I see it now

Was the motor alright ?
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Old 07 October 2012, 21:27   #3
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Might buy me a better knife I think.
I have one of these... good for ribs as no sharp point but would carve through rope in seconds...
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Old 07 October 2012, 21:39   #4
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I have one of these... good for ribs as no sharp point but would carve through rope in seconds...


That looks the business mind don't it, what it's make etc
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Old 07 October 2012, 21:44   #5
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Old 07 October 2012, 22:32   #6
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well this lot stopped us dead from 30 odd knots! Spun tight onto the prop. A beggar to cut free even on a calm day and with friends alongside. Without them we would have had to put one person in the water, and on a rough weather trip that doesnt really bear thinking about. Knife on a stick might help.
All that b****y water and we had to run over that particular bit!
Might buy me a better knife I think.

same thing happened to me few yr back stoped 38ft hard boat 240hp V penta with 50 passangers on board, rope cutter on shaft didn't stand a chance, anchor dwn had to call divers out, took them an hr to free us.
knife gaffer'd on a stick/boat hook wouldn't have helped there of cause, but with a rib that's a good idea.
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Old 08 October 2012, 14:25   #7
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I know what you mean , i ran over my mates fishing line and it took us a while to sort it out , I hit neutral as soon as i saw what i had done but it still wnt inside the prop and around the shaft

ended up taking the prop off to be sure which even from another boat is not easy in an almost flat sea ,

Getting the tight split pin out of the nut was the hardest part ,

as for cutting the line small wire cutters were more useful than a big knife blade
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My write up (not much wriring though) on this knife:
http://www.rib.net/forum/f8/great-sa...int-49476.html


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Old 08 October 2012, 16:35   #9
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I carry a cheap junior hacksaw in the boat tool kit for stuff the knife can't handle,
Started doing that after a mate of mine got some discarded wire cable/rope from a saiing boats mast around his prop.
Will also cut through wire fishing traces that the side cutter on the pliers won't go through .
it will also cut through large diameter rope such as ships mooring /tow lines .
i usually find it easier with the sib to just remove the prop though I once had a few yards of mono fishing net around found it was easier to bring the whole engine into the boat and remove it that way than reaching out at arms length .
Though I run a long shaft engine I do have another 6 inch further to reach out .

Has come for in other purposes too once came across a drifting speedboater that had a snapped shear pin , as he dident have any spares I cut him one down from a 4 inch nail .
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Yes,also find Hacksaw can be the best (fastest) at times.
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Old 08 October 2012, 19:49   #11
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Lot thicker than fishing line, thick old bit of net , no way it was going behind the prop and the stop was certainly violent, just hope my splines aren't now a shallow screw thread. We use this area a lot for rough water power trim training...been interesting riding with the waves at speed.

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had to call divers out,
yep dragged a few casualties in with similar problems. One guy said it was the chancellors fault cos the red diesel situation had made him scale down to one engine!
50 pax on a 38ft boat with a 240hp? Now there is an exciting ride

This lot came out of our port jet on one of the cats during flood conditions that swilled everything down the river and into the dock. Dead sheep, railway sleepers still attached to railway track and this re-enforced b****y sheeting that we sucked up through a jet grille. Now that was a bugga to get out as half of it was wrapped round the impeller and shaft and the rest was still outside of the grill and in open water. We dragged it out of the jet chamber into the engine room with a block and tackle whilst we chopped it as best we could with the trusty s/s Wilkinson's bread knife. Now that really is a good knife!
Awful job in mid winter with water at nigh on freezing and your arm down in the jet but at least we could do it without craning out or employing a diver!
PS the Jalleta boot is there to show the amount of debris...we probably didnt have a workman in there as well
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[QUOTE=wavelength;492565]
50 pax on a 38ft boat with a 240hp? Now there is an exciting ride

Yeah! nothing exciting @ max 10 knots I can assure you, and yes 50 + 2 crew was pretty loaded but DOT approved, the 240hp was plenty though as we used to tow 3ton mooring blocks ashore out of season. she would fight a 7knt tide only making 2/3 knt headway at wot fully loaded.

Mustav been quit a shock being stalled at 35+ knts though, can't say i'd like to experience that. trouble is with drifting nets like that is you've very little chance of spotting as there generally a few inch below the surface with no tell tail marker. usually small sections that get ripped off the trawl.
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I have one of these... good for ribs as no sharp point but would carve through rope in seconds...
is it stainless?Could I take it diving?
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