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    • goosehdG
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      Glad you’re ok G.

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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      • GilesG
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        We've got the tilt mech off the engine and taken it apart as far as we need to.

        This is the solid stainless steel axle around which tilt/trim unit pivots.  It's a solid rod of 316 stainless steel and is supposed to be straight  🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

        The forces that went through that poor engine are really stupifying…Good news is that we can see no other significant damage, well the engine cover took a beating when it hit the seat backrest....

        The engineer has taken the unit back to his workshop for a Frankenstein rebuild.  Fingers are well and truly crossed…

        The other guys have gone to a local Wadi for a swim/fish, but I decided to get some R&R.  I've missed out on a days fishing, need to be in as good as nick as possible when we get out again....

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • goosehdG
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          Should change your forum name to “Ahab”.

          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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          • goosehdG
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            …and does this count as your biggest fish.

            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            • GilesG
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              It was a hit and release, so not counted…..

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • Clint_DC
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                Shit! Sorry to hear about that @Giles but glad you didn't get too banged up! Is that your Stella reel? Hope the reel foot is replaceable or repairable.

                ATX IH Hoarder

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                • GilesG
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                  It is a Stella, not mine, I'm a Saltiga guy.  I can't see how it can be fixed.  But at least Matthieu now has a spare spool 🙂

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • KasiK
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                    Good to see you ok G..

                    Have fun

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                    The world's insane
                    While you drink champagne
                    And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                    • GilesG
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                      And the good news, it is all fixed, and the cracks in the deck are being caulked as I type - of course, the batteries are in the compartment under the damage  🙂 🙂 🙂

                      The unit has been Frankensteined and the donor unit now awaits spares - it came from one of the other boats, which for reasons I have not got to the bottom of, we cant use  😉

                      So, we have missed a whole days fishing, but I've lost more than that in a week to bad weather, so all is good….

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • goosehdG
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                        Great news!  I can never decide if you’re the luckiest or most unlikely person I know…

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • GilesG
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                          Probably, the most unlikely…. 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

                          But seriously, I consider myself to be supremely lucky.  I get to do some very weird and wonderful shit, and I have a wife in @Madame Buttonfly  who whilst not exactly ecstatic about me doing fucking stupid stuff with people half my age (not in itself a bad thing, but I do shit that I probably should have stopped doing decades ago), puts up with it, in good grace.

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • goosehdG
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                            Covid brain fog and f’n spell check  😢

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            • NikN
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                              Wow full on. Did you see the whale?
                              Glad to hear you fared better than the poor guys in this painting by Charles Sidney Raleigh. 

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                              • S
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                                I’m so glad you’re all okay, Giles! What a crazy thing. I wonder if the whale was targeting your boat on purpose?

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                                • motojoboboM
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                                  Very glad you are ok and about to get out there again!

                                  Any idea what kind of injuries/severity the humpback takes after a hit like this?

                                  Look forward to your upcoming GT pics!

                                  The journey is the objective.

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    I doubt whether we were targetted, we were cruising at 30knots, I think it just surfaced as we crossed its path.  I suspect it did not suffer, the Humpbacks here average about 15meters long and will be heavily protected by a layer of blubber.

                                    We hit it with the skeg and not the propeller, so I guess it was like us being annoyed by a mosquito….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • MattM
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                                      Giles Padmore. Annoying both man and beast all over the world.

                                      Glad you and your trip are both ok.

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                                      • O
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                                        Wow, that is a freak accident.  Could have been thrown off the boat… Glad to hear you are OK!
                                        Need to get back to fishing.  Can't wait to see some pics.

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                                        • Paul9221P
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                                          That humpback whale was probably just trying to ask you for an ETA on the new UHR denim 😛

                                          Seriously though, glad everyone's okay.  Stay safe, G!

                                          Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                                          • MattM
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                                            ^Thats funny.

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