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My brother and his wife came up during the week to use the boat a few summers back and stopped at (Happy Landing) to run up to the store to get some things for their picnic lunch to take on the boat with them.

We had had a lot of rain earlier that year and the currant through the channel was running at about 7mph so it was a little tricky docking.

Coming into the dock when he put it into reverse to stop the boat the transmission cable snapped, it was still in forward gear, the shifter was in reverse and the boat was'nt stopping and he gave it more throttle, ended up hitting a parked boat and then climbing up on the dock with the bow up when he finally thought to turn off the ignition. The boat was at quite an angle, slid backwards back into the water, hit bottom with the Stearn and of course bent the prop all up, and took on some water over the transom but the bilge pump was able the keep it from sinking.
Thank God no one was injured!

So, you want to check your transmission cable from time to time, make sure that it is fastened to the carb linkage tightly, and replace it every once in a while.

I got home from work and went to help get the boat home, and my brother said " Happy Landing my donkey "