G23 Prop Fell Off .....

[DealsGapCobra]

That is pretty major damage, is there a actual hole through the hull?

[SoCal G-Man]

Pics of my shaft and hole in the hull

[SoCal G-Man]

I just realized today that my G23 has spent more time broken at the dealership than on the water. Plus the thousands of dollars I have wasted on trips, on which the boat breaks. It is time to get the dealer to lemon the boat based on inability to use it. My broken G23 has sold 11 boats (that I know of) for other boat brands to friends and colleagues whom I have warned and some have witnessed. My dealer and Nautique are losing sales and the salesman knows it because several of those 11 contacted him first. I have been biting my tongue on social media until recently. We will see what happens.

[GMLIII]

Just bought a used ‘14 G21 from an individual. What happens if my prop falls off? Does nautique back the product through the local dealer? We love this boat, but I imagine this fix would be expensive if not covered under warranty.

Will depend on many dilferent situations such as hours but you should be fine with your year model should your prop shear this season or next . After 2019 who knows. Nautique has been pretty quite on this problem many G owners have been dealing with lately . Not a good situation for the name or brand

[Specialized]

Just bought a used ‘14 G21 from an individual. What happens if my prop falls off? Does nautique back the product through the local dealer? We love this boat, but I imagine this fix would be expensive if not covered under warranty.

[cmerritt]

I really feel for you guys that have had prop shaft failures.

I was wondering if anyone had any damage to the hull when the shaft breaks

No hull damage for me.

[GMLIII]

It is unacceptable to invest in a top boat like the G and have so many issues. What is your engine? What Nautique says? Hoping for a decent outcome

Agreed 100% , I think about a shaft break issue every single time I go out in my G 23, and it is impossible not to think about the issue if you are a G owner going back 5 years or so . I’m constantly thinking when it will happen to me . Nautique just needs to come clean with G owners on the repair process and what safeguards they have in place to correct this problem. If you now pay $160,000 for a G you should not have this issue constantly over your head . I hope someone from Nautique is following this post because long story short nothing is positive in anyway. Plus as of my post this thread has had 19,516 views so I would say "HELLO NAUTIQUE DO YOU HEAR US NOW"? We are awaiting a response thank you.

[FEVB]

My G23 shaft broke in early June. Put a hole in the bottom of my boat, and had to pay to get a tow in. Waranty covered it, but our group spent thousands on a vacation that was dead on the first day. Then again, I have a Lemon G23 with too many issues to list here. I am actually typing this from the Nautique dealership in Lake Havasu (our family week vacation) after being towed in (yet again) due to an engine failure. If you are a G23 owner under warranty and you have any vibration, have your dealer swap the shaft ASAP. Avoid the getcoat damage!

It is unacceptable to invest in a top boat like the G and have so many issues. What is your engine? What Nautique says? Hoping for a decent outcome

[scottb7]

I guess it wouldn't be end of the world to write the check...but i just wonder when they gonna quit covering the shaft and propeller replacements? It often crosses my mind having a 2014....

[Evening Shade]

My G23 shaft broke in early June. Put a hole in the bottom of my boat, and had to pay to get a tow in. Waranty covered it, but our group spent thousands on a vacation that was dead on the first day. Then again, I have a Lemon G23 with too many issues to list here. I am actually typing this from the Nautique dealership in Lake Havasu (our family week vacation) after being towed in (yet again) due to an engine failure. If you are a G23 owner under warranty and you have any vibration, have your dealer swap the shaft ASAP. Avoid the getcoat damage!

I really feel for you guys that have had prop shaft failures.

I was wondering if anyone had any damage to the hull when the shaft breaks

[SoCal G-Man]

My G23 shaft broke in early June. Put a hole in the bottom of my boat, and had to pay to get a tow in. Waranty covered it, but our group spent thousands on a vacation that was dead on the first day. Then again, I have a Lemon G23 with too many issues to list here. I am actually typing this from the Nautique dealership in Lake Havasu (our family week vacation) after being towed in (yet again) due to an engine failure. If you are a G23 owner under warranty and you have any vibration, have your dealer swap the shaft ASAP. Avoid the getcoat damage!

[funkster]

I’m not a G owner, I definitely feel for you all! I had a shaft shear on my old 87’ 2001 about 15 years ago. Nautique is known for their quality. This problem should have been fixed along time ago. Out of curiosity, do we have an official count of how many G owners are on the forum and how many have had their shafts shear?



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[RDT-G23]

Yes, absolutely. One of my friends is a Wakeboard instructor. It's a G21 and never used for surfing and has had 2 shaft failures.

-Charles

Shoot, if mine failed twice-there would be a prop flying "like a throwing star" through the dealer's front window (like the old lady in the Discount Tire ad throwing the tire through the window)...

[greggmck]

I was referring to the time of failure. I understand that fatigue that leads to failure could begin long before the shaft breaks. Whats interesting is there are boats that have very few hours on them that were not used for surfing that had shaft failures, then there are boats that are heavily weighted 100% of the time that last hundreds of hours before failure.
Even if surfing is the likely culprit due to the load on the shaft/prop, I would be hesitant to say that a boat is at risk specifically because it was used for surfing a few times.

Remember that those of us who use the forums represent an extremely small portion of boat owners and we tend to be the more die hard watersport enthusiasts that use these boats for what they were designed to do.

Completely agree. I was just curious that some were implying there have been failures occurring with only a few hours of casual use. That would be very different than what the engineers have shared.

And to be clear I am referring to the shaft failures that have occurred on 2018 boats with the long cut keyway. I understand there have been failures on earlier boats but I have not invistigated the reasons they failed.

[wakerider107]

The circumstances occurring at the time of the failure are not what cause the shaft to fatigue. It is my understanding (after speaking with engineers working on this) that the primary cause is an asymetric load on the shaft that occurs after extensive surfing. The force focal point is the end of the keyway closest to the strut and this is where the failure occurs. Are you saying there are cases where the shaft has failed but the boat was NOT used to surf? This would be very different than all of the reported cases thus far.

I was referring to the time of failure. I understand that fatigue that leads to failure could begin long before the shaft breaks. Whats interesting is there are boats that have very few hours on them that were not used for surfing that had shaft failures, then there are boats that are heavily weighted 100% of the time that last hundreds of hours before failure.
Even if surfing is the likely culprit due to the load on the shaft/prop, I would be hesitant to say that a boat is at risk specifically because it was used for surfing a few times.

Remember that those of us who use the forums represent an extremely small portion of boat owners and we tend to be the more die hard watersport enthusiasts that use these boats for what they were designed to do.