Umm... I've dived on a boat's prop myself... doesn't take that much to cut the line on it... granted, its a bit more complicated at sea, but not all that impossible.... just wear a harness and keep yourself attached to the damn boat.
IMHO, ANYONE that calls the USCG TWICE IN ONE WEEK, for the same boat, has got a serious problem... How much did it cost us to have that Destroyer crew sitting around trying to fix his rudder and prop problem??? How much did he pay for it??
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Sailors on the Gonzalez, which was 200 miles off the coast for training exercises, had spent six hours repairing the Gypsy Dane's rudder and cutting off line from a fouled shaft and screw.
The two-masted vessel had been damaged in a storm, and the rudder was in bad shape. Crew members built new parts and overhauled the rudder. A rescue swimmer and another sailor also labored for more than an hour to cut a line that had twisted about 50 times around the propeller and shaft.
The Coast Guard then determined that the Gypsy Dane and Oger were fit enough to continue to Charleston.
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Originally Posted by scottbr
Dog, the first time was for lines wrapped around his prop.
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