Motor damage control

Post by **Redbelly** » November 17th, 2006, 8:33 am

Just wondering about the fishing in our rocky waters as to who has ever damaged a foot with a tiller motor?

If you did was it on lockdown unitentionally?

What I am getting at is I am thinking most damage happens to "fixed" motors, ones with T&T, or bigger heavier motors .

Or guys that run WOT....hehehehe....

Most I know that have lost foots have remote steering type.

Post by **Dubble Trubble** » November 17th, 2006, 8:46 am

Rocky waters? What rocks....

Dubble

Post by **RHTFISH** » November 17th, 2006, 9:32 am

Who started the weird rumor that we fish in rocky waters?

Ty one on · Post by **Ty one on** » November 17th, 2006, 9:48 am

I have had an Incident with said rocks.

It was in November of 2003 I was running back to the fort from the Gray Mare Rock area. I was offshore from Black Rock when I felt and heard just a "click", No jar or jolt, just "Click". The guy fishing with me that day said, "You want to look at it". I said, No we can look at it back at the ramp, since we were still moving I didn't want to take the chance stopping and in not going back in gear again. Back at the ramp we looked at the damage

. I still had forward but no reverse. Its all just part of playing with those rocks.

To answer your question; 115 Yamaha TT running around 40 MPH at the time.

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Post by AJ » November 17th, 2006, 5:04 pm

Ty, that looks a little worse than mine did but mine happened on the west side. Too fast, too shallow.

Redbelly, you know I have not had a problem with the 15 hp tiller motor on my little boat. Maybe your onto something here...

fishful_thinkin · Post by **fishful_thinkin** » November 17th, 2006, 5:10 pm

I normally run my tiller with out the lock so that it just kicks up when it hits. So far so good

Although, if I am at WOT and hit something hard enough i don't think that the "kick up" maneuver would help but that's my .02

Post by **Redbelly** » November 17th, 2006, 6:01 pm

The only time I run WOT at Aucilla is on a high tide and out past the first pole.
I run a tiller always unlocked. I am looking at various boats, and for fishing these local waters I'm saying a tiller might be the best risk, other than a mudmotor.

Post by **tin can** » November 18th, 2006, 6:30 am

The unlocked tiller motor might be a good idea. However, when running at half throttle or better, the blow has to overcome the forward thrust of the prop to kick up.

We have a new member, Ol Beater, on this forum. As k him if a tiller motor is immuned to the rocks.

Post by **Redbelly** » November 18th, 2006, 8:09 am

I agree they are not immune, just maybe a better choice for these waters.

CAUTION is the best action.