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Put it this way, I had one of my tow lines break, and sucked the Amish bag into my straight inboard prop. I got the boat into neutral fairly quick, swam under the boat and unwrapped it. Didn’t even rip, cut or crease the bag. Tough as hell, pull like mad. 

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20 hours ago, pole setter said:

Wow that’s crazy. Glad it didn’t do any damage to your bag let alone prop. Thank you for your reply.

I was at the wheel and heard it start to rumble and act weird, and then start slapping the hull. Mind you, this was all at 2.2 knots. I hit neutral quick and knew what happened. I tried to reverse it out, and that was useless and shut her down. I carry a good mask just in case. I think it took me longer to decide I was going in, than it did to actually unwrap it. Quick action on the gear shift and the mask were key. 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Beefy Bags all the way - Had one come apart this year but had a few  years and a bunch of time on it - 5-6 footers and running 1200 RPMs to get the control/speed we needed to get bit in that direction.  Wasn't a catastrophic failure - will have it re-sewn this off-season. I don't think there really is anything better out there.  

 

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