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Motor damage control
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 8:33 am
by Redbelly
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.
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 8:46 am
by Dubble Trubble
Rocky waters? What rocks....
Dubble
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 9:32 am
by RHTFISH
Who started the weird rumor that we fish in rocky waters?
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 9:48 am
by Ty one on
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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Posted: November 17th, 2006, 5:04 pm
by AJ
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...
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 5:10 pm
by fishful_thinkin
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
Posted: November 17th, 2006, 6:01 pm
by Redbelly
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.
Posted: November 18th, 2006, 6:30 am
by tin can
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.
Posted: November 18th, 2006, 8:09 am
by Redbelly
I agree they are not immune, just maybe a better choice for these waters.
CAUTION is the best action.
