IceDiveGreen 12-30-2007 1-12-08

[DetectorGuy]

Arcflash, Until you mentioned the stearn first theory, I was leaning towards a Swedish U-Boat and that the captain of the U-Boat was all whipped up on luetefisk and torpedoed the un-suspecting fisherman (who was clearly not in international waters.) Looking at the damage I would now say that you are right, The bottom of the gimbal housing that is still attached to the stern of the boat is broken with an irregular break along the bottom edge. (crushed by the out-drive?) The out-drive pivot holes are intact and the prop looks like it was not turning when it hit the object (bottom of the lake?) I was not under the ice but from the pictures it looks like there was a fairly hard sandy bottom. Maybe there was enough momentum going down tail first in 20'-25' of water to snap it off when it hit the bottom. You have to figure that the boat is already 19' long so when standing on its end the out-drive was only 1'-6' off the bottom when the bow went under. Interesting theory...