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Originally Posted by Dave R
That's the only place I wrecked a prop on the lake. I was at dle speed, and exploring in my second boat. Figured the skeg would protect the prop from a light bump, but it did not... Aluminum props and rocks don't play well together. SS is vastly more resilient. I put a spare on and continued on my way.
I was able to repair the aluminum prop myself too. Just welded some new material to the three damaged blades, shaped them like the one good blade, made a jig to prove it was still balanced, and painted it black. Kept it as a spare when I switched to an SS prop. The new owner still has it.
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My wife hit a rock in that area going where I told her at no wake speed while I set up a rod for my son. The boat had maybe 4 hours on it and I needed to refinish both props(duoprop) and they were never the same so I ended up replacing and keeping that as a spare. A $1300 mistake that still keeps her from driving the boat even though I wasn't mad when she did it.