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Originally Posted by Parrot6909
I haven't heard about that. I heard about a 25' grady with twins going through the ICW north of BI that hit an obstruction...both lower units on the 250's supposedly went through the rear window of a VW bug and got stuck. When they were attempting to pull off it is rumored the transom cracked and she was taking on water. Again that's second hand.
I will be going aluminum prop on the Grady this year if I can even get into my slip. There is a house in the lagoon blocking entry and a sailboat is still on top of our walking bridge which prevents access to my slip anyway.
Once I get in the water if anyone wants to take a very sloooow ride with me to check out the bay you are welcome to do so. I am going to have the onboard GPS and the handheld going so I can chart clean water. Most of my fishing is done from 5-midnight. I'd rather not run blind. I haven't used electronics for my nighttime navigating ever but this year it will be a necessity.
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Chartplotter and Radar are almost a must for Barnaget at night. At least you don't have to worry about freighters and tankers looming up out of the darkness. I don't think I'm going to be fishing Raritan Bay in the darkness this year. If I'm going to go nighting it will be far upriver in the Hackensack. No houses or cars in it. And yes, I'm also going to put on one of my alum props. A prop is cheap compared to an engine. 
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