I'll just leave this here
 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y2s47imtJ0

Man that sucks, "Ramming speed"! :)

And another problem could be - possible water reversion while trying to get it out running in reverse like that. Also nothing broke beforehand from the freeze. IMO he will have more problems than just currently. If he has trim tabs they will be broken or bent up as well. if the prop really hits that solid ice then what ?

Needs surface drives !

Time to go borrow the Flame Thrower from the shrink wrap guys.

NICE! lol :D . . . . .super snow cone maker

Iceberg dead ahead

He needs my duck boat.......... to break a hole for him. I have gone through a ton of ice with it but NEVER with a fiberglass boat. You can't fix stupid.

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wow, what an idiot!

Now we know how the Titanic felt !

Margarita Machines ! Watch this ladies...............

Stupidity might not be painful, but it can be expensive.

Oh My. Slamming the ice in reverse??? If you're going to be that stupid at least bring an ice chopper and have someone sit on the swim platform to carve out a path.

Sometimes freshwater boats ARE all they're cracked up to be.... Literally.

If only he had backed in.

Surprised the block isnt cracked

Saw at the end that his buddy was handing him an axe. He probably used it to cut the back of the boat off.

Who's to say a water main didn't crack to the outside, I've seen a few occurrences where that has happened due to neglect (this case...) and those engines have 200+ hours from when I first noticed the problem.

It's only ice, how bad could it be?- Capt of the Titanic :picard1:

yeah it's just really cold water! :party-smiley-004:

Wow! At this point I almost wonder which is the worst of the two evils......let it sit there and wait for a warm day to melt the ice (assuming the engine/outdrive already has damage) or go with plan B and trash the hull, prop, tabs, etc while you're at it!

The owner of the boat probably thinks the boat is winterized and shrink wrapped already sitting on shore. Would not surprise me a bit if that is the marina help pulling that move.

Might be time to look into a bubbler????

His best bet would be to tie it tight to the dock, throw it in forward trimmed as high as possible and let the propwash do the work of the bubbler. Let her idle for half an hour and I bet it will break up the worst of it.

Ouch...Anybody else think that it's not the owner it's the service dept. trying to move it? "Yes sir, we are moving her to the hoist right now."

If you should fail at something at first just try again. ....

Blocks dont freeze that fast guys.... takes a few days in the 20's....

I cant say I never did this for fun we took a buddys center console out in Mentor lagoons on new years and chopped some ice, but it was a beater boat...

with a boat that nice I think I would have made sure it was out, or hire a crane at this point.

What a shame... They got caught with an early freeze!

Can't fix stupid...

Yes Mr Mechanic, I only used the boat 1 time since you rebuilt my outdrive and it broke within a few minutes the first time out. You must not have rebuilt it correctly. I hope you are going to warranty it.
Maybe he installed used parts.:)

lol

Now if he had an Apache it wouldn't be a problem.

The ice doesn't look as thick on video.....is there NOAA ice report for that date?

(said sarcastically)

I can safely say, it is most definitely not the Marina that left it in. I believe that is them trying to get it out though. I have kept my boat there and have several friends that do. All boats to be out by oct 15th if I remember correctly. Belle maer is a top notch marina. Some rumors are that the guy stopped paying and walked away from it all. I can not confirm that though.

Maybe, but not always. We have a number of folks who would stay in until hell froze over - if we let them. At our marina, you're out by November 15th whether you want to be or not. (It's in the Dock Contract.) Sure there's the possible problems with the engine not being winterized and stuff cracking. One could say that's the customer's problem. But if the boat does get frozen in the ice and sinks, the DEC will come down hard on everyone in sight - including the marina. That's why we mandate that everyone be out in plenty of time.

As for this particular fool, words fail me. Tie the boat securely, put in in forward at idle speed. Let the prop clear out the ice just like a Dock Bubbler. Then ease the boat back, swing it around and slowly creep forward letting the hull ride up & over, then break the ice. It'll still be tough on the prop, but less destructive than this technique.

I have seen that done, very effective on the ice but will move a bunch of dirt also, not going to be popular with the marina.

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It's not bad at all with 3 or 4 fingers of Jameson poured over it :drool1:, not so freakin' good when the boat it running into it :poopoo:. Like to know the full story

Thanks Twostroked for the explanation on how to get it out of there. Being from the south I have never had to deal with ice.

WThis summer someone called 911 from a satellite phone claiming to be a wounded Russian sailor trapped in a warehouse at an unknown location near the Detroit River. By the looks of the warehouse in the video and that tender being piloted, I'm guessing the poor fella got himself bandaged up and walked out only to find a temperature drop. Poor Ruskies can't catch a break these days!