Re: Trolling Motors

[David Buchner <Buchner@wcta.net>]

Gary Boucher wrote:
>    I am curious here.  Could someone tell me how the failure of a trolling
>motor at depth be considered fatal?  I keep seeing these posts that refer
>to danger and risk etc.  Is this with a semi-dry sub?  Why would blowing a
>seal be so dangerous?

Thank you. That's what I was wondering: Umm, gee - it's just the motor.
What's the big deal? So, he stops going. I don't see how that's anything
but annoying and disappointing, unless he's trolled out farther than he can
swim back when the motor conks out, and there's nobody around to help...

By the way, Martin: very clever. ("Trolling" for emotional responses...)  :-)

Martin Sanderse wrote: -----
>Albert Long wrote:
>> All I know about this is, don has been using the evinrude for some time now
>> at depths of 700 ft. !!! <snip>
>> I guess you either try it or you don't... I'm going to try it, when I do I
>> will let you know how it works for me,

>On the risk that Albert is just trolling us for emotional responses:
>
>How about testing it without risking your health first?  OK guys, let's
>think of a good
>testing method before we have a long post-mortem discussion.  That way if
>he wants to
>kill himself his family can't say he didn't know how to test the thing.
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David
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