Nadeem, Vic, and I met at LBI on 8/15 and then took off for Tice's Shoal Sat morning. Great to be on the water with friends but as I pushed the throttles up the boat wouldn't get on plane. We took it over to the shallows at the local swimming hole and I got in the water and ran my hand over the starboard prop. Crusty with barnacles.
I decided to put it on the travel lift and as it came out we saw the real source of the problem. There was about 15' of 1/4" mono-filament line wrapped around the port prop. Jacob pulled and clipped for about 20 mins and eventually got it all out. He showed me that the prop was bent and he was able to bend it back with a wrench so that it looked pretty good to my untrained eye. He brushed the props with muratic acid to kill the things growing there and splashed it in.
Boat ran like a charm and we made it to the shoal in less than hour. From beginning to end the repair took about 1.5 hours and Rich cut me a deal ($315) on the maintenance. Happy ending.
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