[willy]

Well guys, took my brother and friend out flukeing. Caught a couple of nice keeps and then the drift died.
Decided to move outside the bay and run down a few miles to a spot I know. Cruising along running like a top.
Then a sudden loss of ower and a loud hard knock. Shut her down right away, pulled the engine cover off, got a hole in the block big enough to put a ping pong ball thru.
Just got done putting close to a grand into all the maintenance on this engine which had now 215 hours on it.
96 Evinrude 200.
Screwed.
Got towed in for an hour and a half by TowBoat.