Most boat hull designs perform well enough with an average aluminum propeller but a lot of hull designs work best with either a three or four blade boat prop with stern lifting or bow lifting capabilities made from aluminum or stainless steel. For boats with an outboard motor or a sterndrive sometimes using a bow lifting boat prop tends to make the...
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Most boat hull designs perform well enough with an average aluminum propeller but a lot of hull designs work best with either a three or four blade boat prop with stern lifting or bow lifting capabilities made from aluminum or stainless steel. For boats with an outboard motor or a sterndrive sometimes using a bow lifting boat prop tends to make the...
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If you own a boat with an outboard motor or sterndrive and hit something underwater with your lower unit and boat props a wide range of damage can occur. It also depends on what the propeller is made out of as to how much damage you have. Boat props made of a composite material should not cause any damage the lower unit or prop shaft. They have solid hubs...
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Most people who are looking to buy a new prop are not familiar with all the boat propeller brands available to choose from. There are actually two brand categories of boat propellers. One is the original equipment manufacturer brand of propellers called OEM propellers. These are boat props that are made by the engine manufacturer like Mercury Marine, the...
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If you have a boat that has an outboard motor or sterndrive you can use boat propellers made out of a composite or aluminum propellers or stainless steel. We prefer the use of aluminum propellers or stainless steel propellers because it is our opinion that the composite props do not perform quite so good but they do work OK so if you want to see for...
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For outboard motor propellers, if your boat has a working tachometer than you can follow the same procedures outlined in our previous blog dealing with sterndrive boats. Using a tachometer is the best way to find the right size boat propellers. What if you don’t have a tachometer on your boat? This is very common if you have a small boat with a low...
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