Towed my first Malibu today

[you da man]

My buddy has a 2006 Malibu 23LSV. He was on the lake today and I was at the office. Got a text from a girl I know that was on his boat. She said "his boat is broke and we dropped anchor". I get out there a couple hours later and looked at his v-drive compartment. My friend is in the Army and he described the compartment as an IED went off in there...he wasn't kidding. Metal pieces everywhere. I wish someone took the picture of the Moomba towing the Bu.

[AaronWhitt82]

Wow, that doesn't sound good at all !!!! Any idea what happened to it?
It sure would have been nice to see a pic though !!! HAHAH

[Ian Brantford]

I guess that puts my end-of-day vapour-lock issue into perspective! I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I hope that his engine is still under warranty.

[you da man]

I guess that puts my end-of-day vapour-lock issue into perspective! I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I hope that his engine is still under warranty.

Nope, no warranty

[Salyers]

Ouch... No warranty? Bad,bad,bad luck!! Did the engine freeze up?

[Sled491]

Man there's a few K out the door and a sucky sucky July!

[jclevoy]

That royally sucks. I had two of the bolts wiggle loose where the V-drive PTO connects to the drive shaft and then the other 2 bolts sheared-off once. Stuck out on the lake in late September. We finally were towed-in by the work-boat from the local marina. There was a hole in the nose of this inboard/outboard so big that you could stuff a basketball in it. It truly was a POS. However, I was never so glad to get a tow.

Anyhow, mine was an easy fix, and nothing was damaged. Sorry it doesn't sound as if your friend will have the same kinda luck. Once the cause is diagnosed, will you let us know??