Wasnt going 55. It was about 40. We were in the intercoastal smooth as glass. Came across a small wake from a boat. One of those you cant see. Boat bounce off the wake. Then for some reason ( im guessing here) the movement foward and down force of the bow. Must have jared the release lever And the trolling motor unlocked slid foward down in the water at 40+ and snapped. I had the collar in place and it slid too.
Slow down and ran to the bow and shaft was just hanging on by some fiber and the wires.
Saw the gash when we put the boat on the trailer
Ive been in some ruff stuff and this never happened! Like last sat cca trout shoot out no problems. Sucks!!
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Last edited by alphaman; 06-10-2013 at 12:35 PM.
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