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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When you see how boat propellers are described in terms of size it is done with actually showing two sizes for one boat prop. Example: 14 1/5 x 19. The first number is the diameter of the propeller measured from the center of the prop shaft hole of the prop where the prop shaft goes into out to one blade tip then doubled. If you measured seven and one...
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Yeah! the Art of Changing out Boat Propellers….If you own a boat chances are sooner or later you are going to have to replace or get repaired the boat prop you are using. Boat propellers are pretty easy to take off and put on yourself. The prop makers have designed the props so it is simple and there should be no need to hire some to do it for...
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Powered by a jet engine using air thrust like a plane for propulsion instead of a watercraft using shiny new boat props, the fastest water speed record is 317MPH and is held by Ken Warby. Originally from Australia Ken now lives in the USA. It was set in 1978! Thirty six years ago. It is just not possible to hook up the thousands of pounds of jet thrust to...
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