outboard skeg repair

Tir Na Nog · 01-04-2005, 06:08 PM

I ran into the same problem several years ago (maybe as many as 4 or 5). I found a place in Laconia I believe on Route 11 near the area where you take the turn up by B Mae's and the Silver Sand's Marina. It was a welding shop and they removed the skeg and put a new one on for about $100 (probably more now). I did not go with the other device people have mentioned (available through Cabella's at least then) as I was advised against it by my brother who lives boats (runs a charter fishing service out of Plymouth, MA). However, others may have had experience with the device. In any event the repaired skeg worked and looked as good as new and still is functioning. The boat is a 20' Regal deck boat with a Merc I/O.

Belmont Resident · 02-04-2005, 06:20 PM

Your brother gave you some bad info then. I've had a skeggard on for 2 years and swear by it.
No more wear and tear from sand bars. Minor dings that would take a chunk out of your stock skeg do not happen anymore.
A friend wound up somewhere he shouldn't have been and hit a rock pretty hard. Skeggard took the impact and dented but that was it. Normally the whole skeg would have been torn off.
Also, it just looks really kool especially when you have a stainless prop and outdrive shower.

chunt · 02-05-2005, 12:18 PM

Throught the years, I have had a couple of them repaired. What I have done is made a pattern of the skeg, buy copying another good one onto a piece of cardboard. Removed the lower unit from the boat and gave it to a local welding shop. Any welding shop can use the patern to repair the skeg. There is usally only six screws that hold the lower unit onto the upper. It should only cost $60 to weld. Good Idea to replace the water pump while the lower unit is off.

01-04-2005, 06:08 PM	#1
Tir Na Nog Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 53 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Skeg Repair I ran into the same problem several years ago (maybe as many as 4 or 5). I found a place in Laconia I believe on Route 11 near the area where you take the turn up by B Mae's and the Silver Sand's Marina. It was a welding shop and they removed the skeg and put a new one on for about $100 (probably more now). I did not go with the other device people have mentioned (available through Cabella's at least then) as I was advised against it by my brother who lives boats (runs a charter fishing service out of Plymouth, MA). However, others may have had experience with the device. In any event the repaired skeg worked and looked as good as new and still is functioning. The boat is a 20' Regal deck boat with a Merc I/O.

02-04-2005, 06:20 PM	#2
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 410 Times in 251 Posts	Skeggard Your brother gave you some bad info then. I've had a skeggard on for 2 years and swear by it. No more wear and tear from sand bars. Minor dings that would take a chunk out of your stock skeg do not happen anymore. A friend wound up somewhere he shouldn't have been and hit a rock pretty hard. Skeggard took the impact and dented but that was it. Normally the whole skeg would have been torn off. Also, it just looks really kool especially when you have a stainless prop and outdrive shower. __________________ "better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, then a long life spent in a miserable way.."

02-05-2005, 12:18 PM	#3
chunt Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Skeg Repair Throught the years, I have had a couple of them repaired. What I have done is made a pattern of the skeg, buy copying another good one onto a piece of cardboard. Removed the lower unit from the boat and gave it to a local welding shop. Any welding shop can use the patern to repair the skeg. There is usally only six screws that hold the lower unit onto the upper. It should only cost $60 to weld. Good Idea to replace the water pump while the lower unit is off.