Yesterday while waiting for a bridge and maneuvering to stay in place I unfortunately picked up a stray robe and it got caught in my drive system. Motor instantly stalled.

I was very lucky some nice people nearby quickly noticed and got on their boat to tie it to mine and help me get to a safe place. 

Quickly got on a swim short and jumped in to try and cut everything free.  It took about 20 minutes and I learned that I need to work on keeping my breath lol. But I got all the robe out of the shaft and prop, and things seems to work fine again. 

Very happy with the outcome because I was quite worried of a bit. Insurance would have likely covered costs, but I just don’t want to be without my boat.

I like it when it makes me feel something.

Oh wow! That sounds like a bit more drama than you were hoping for! Glad to managed to get untangled.

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Good deal. Not something I usually have to consider in my landlocked lifestyle!

Definitely. Super happy I got it untangled myself. So far there doesn’t seem to be any damage so I hope this was the end of it! In 3 days I’ll leave this spot so we’ll see how the boat will behave on a longer stint. Quite confident it all should be ok though