Aluminum and Stainless Steel
For all engine brands
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Aluminum and Stainless Steel
Mercury-Mariner, Mercuiser
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Aluminum and Stainless Steel
For all engine brands
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Stainless Steel Props
For all engine brands
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Aluminum and Stainless Steel
For all engine brands
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Stainless Steel Props
For all engine brands |
For Propeller Selection
Aluminum or Stainless Steel |
Aluminum or Stainless Steel
Propeller Returns, Overruns.
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How To Choose
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1-877-512-7767 (PROP)
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Here are just a few examples of our everyday best boat prop prices.
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Solas Amita 3
Aluminum Boat Props
Super Discount Prices
3 Blade
fast and affordable. These are one piece boat props,
the
rubber hub is already installed.
No additional hub kit is needed.
Designed for maximum aluminum prop performance and versatility. For all modern engine brands and horsepower.
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Solas Amita 4
Aluminum Boat Propellers
Super Discount Prices
4 Blade
More power and affordable. These are one piece boat props, the rubber hub is already installed.
No additional hub kit is needed.
Designed for maximum aluminum prop performance and versatility. For all modern engine brands and horsepower.
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Solas New Saturn
Stainless Steel Boat Propellers
Super Discount Prices
3 Blade
Better speed and affordable. These are one piece boat props, the rubber hub is already installed.
No additional hub kit is needed.
Designed for maximum stainless steel prop performance and versatility. For all modern engine brands and horsepower. |
Solas HR Titan 4
Stainless Steel Boat Propellers
Super Discount Prices
4 Blade
Better power and affordable. These are one piece boat props, the rubber hub is already installed.
No additional hub kit is needed.
Designed for maximum stainless steel propeller performance and versatility.
For all modern engine brands and horsepower. |
Propeller Education Section
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HUB KIT SYSTEMS
Many boat propellers require a hub kit system that you install into the boat propeller
yourself, in order to mount the prop on the propeller shaft.
You can remove and re-use these kits.
This means once you buy a
propeller and a hub system, you can buy just the boat propeller
at a lower price and re-use your hub kit. Which saves you money.
There are different hub systems/boat props for different size engines
and engine brands.
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 MasterGuard Hub Kit Systems Turning Point engineered to withstand typical wear and tear over time without risk of spinning or failure under normal operational use. |
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How to find the right boat propeller
There is no such thing as a standard propeller.
When choosing a boat propeller, in order to achieve the best performance, you should first find out what your recommended wide open throttle (W.O.T.) R.P.M. operating range is for your engine. This will be in your engine owner's manual, if you don’t have a manual, call a local boat dealer who services your brand of engine and ask them what the W.O.T. range is. We might also know too, but not in all cases.
Usually in the W.O.T. range there ia a 400 to 1000 rpm difference between the lower number and the higher number. If you have the right propeller on your boat you should be in this range (preferably nearer the higher number) while going full speed and trimmed up if you have power trim.
The next thing you should know is what size propeller you have on your boat right now and what your R.P.M.'s are doing with it at full speed and trimmed up.
Boat propellers come in different sizes. There will be some numbers stamped around the prop shaft hole (on the propeller) on either end of the boat prop.
The numbers also might be stamped in between the blades on the barrel part of the propeller.
These will be a part number and/or the actual size number. Either way we can determine what you have and go from there.
There are always two size numbers for any boat propeller.
The first number is the diameter (measured from the prop shaft hole out to one blade tip times two).
The second number is the pitch (how far a propeller should travel forward through a solid one revolution in terms of inches).
The pitch is the most important number because different pitches will make the engine R.P.M.'s change at full speed.
The theory is for every one inch in pitch the RPM's will change 150 to 200. The higher the number pitch means lower R.P.M.'s, and the lower the number pitch means higher RPM's.
So the quest is to get the right pitched prop that will get you in your recommended W.O.T. R.P.M. operating range.
Boats without tachometers are harder to prop right but if you can at least get the numbers of your old boat propeller that would help us greatly.
Aluminum propeller and Stainless Steel Propellers
Aluminum propeller are usually the standard prop that comes with the boat when it is new. They perform well enough for most people and are cheaper than stainless steel props.
Stainless steel propellers offer better performance (quicker time to plane off and faster top end speed) than aluminum props in most cases, especially for faster boats.
You have to be more careful though, since they don’t bend or break nearly as easily as an aluminum prop does, but for performance you can't beat stainless props.
Four and five blade boat propellers These boat propellers are basically designed to get your boat up on plane quicker and for more powerful take offs. You probably will not go as fast as three bladed boat props will at full speed, but they work great for heavier boats and for pulling skiers, tubers, etc. They are a little more expensive than the three bladed boat props and they come in both aluminum and stainless steel.
Historical Dates and Events for Boat Propellers
1826 - The first propeller using the screw type design is used on a boat by Josheph Ressel.The boat prop shaft was turned by hand.
1829 - Joseph Ressel was the first person to succesfuly use a propeller on a steam powered boat.
1839 - The first large size propeller driven steam powered ship was launched. The S.S. Archimedes.
1845 - A steamship tug-of-war took place between a propeller driven ship and a paddle wheel driven ship.
The propeller ship won.
1862 - The famous civil war water battle between the Monitor and the Virginia took place.
Both war ships were iron clads and propeller driven.
Blog Updates
Nov 22 19 Stainless Steel Props
Stainless Steel props have a few advantages and disadvantages over aluminum props. They come with three, four or five blades. The advantages are their performance is generally a little better in quicker time to plane off the boat and all around power, top end speed and they bite the water better in moderate to sharp turns. The disadvantages are, they cost […]
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Nov 12 19 Aluminum Boat Propellers
Aluminum boat propellers are the most common prop used on boats because they are the least expensive and safest propeller to use. And they work just fine on most outboard engine boats. You can get a three or a four blade aluminum propeller. A three blade prop performs better for top end speed and a four blade works […]
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Nov 03 19 Propeller Repair
The first thing a propeller repair shop like Nettle Props does to your prop when they get it, is to sand blast off all the old paint and crusty buildup if aluminum so they can start to work on it. Once they have sand blasted the boat prop down to bare aluminum they read the […]
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Oct 25 19 Boat Prop Repair Service
Boat prop repair is common and propeller repair shops can be found locally or you can ship your damaged prop to Nettle Props in Austin Texas for quality prop repair service. They accept damaged propellers from boat dealers, boating supply shops and boat repair shops year long and have a great following in the boating community. […]
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