My mechanic called Tuesday night, late in evening (never a good sign). He had good news and bad news. My foot, with new low water nose cone attached arrived that morning. While pulling it out they noticed a crack in the unit. Further inspection of the box revealed an in transit (UPS) puncture of the box that damaged the lower unit. He said he could weld it and repair it, but the insurance company had paid for a new lower unit, so we agreed I should get that (not a repaired one). Bob's had insured it, so after a fight with UPS, I should be fine, but the whole process of ordering the unit, shipping it to Bob's and getting it shipped back (although at no expense to me) is going to take another 2-3 weeks.
I guess I will have more time to chase turkeys, but dangit that is frustrating. I have a boat to fish in (my duck hunting boat), but it is not as comfortable as my flats version. Nor will it take real good seas, anything over 2 feet is scary.
What is worse is I knew exactly where the rock was and was not where I thought I was, if that makes sense. West cutoff. Dumb me.
