Dougcole
Guru
Had a soft grounding a few weeks back and did some minor damage to one prop, here are the diver's notes:
[FONT="]"Port propeller felt grinded on the edges of each blade. And a few small dings. Starboard's propeller looks perfectly fine."[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I'm not due for a haul and bottom job for at least a year, prop removal is $10.00 an inch plus the same for reinstall. I think my props are 19" in diameter. Prop shop said roughly $400 for the rebuild assuming damage is not too bad. So about $800 all in for one prop.
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[FONT="]We have a long Bahamas trip planned for this summer, probably will put about 800 miles on the boat, some of it (usually about 20%) at "fast" cruise of 14 to 15 knots.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Boat is currently running smoothly, not having any issues but I know that I would gain some efficiency with a rebuild and Bahamas diesel is really expensive. $800 buys about 125 gallons of diesel over there.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]If I don't do it now I will pull both props at the next haul out and have them done then.
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[FONT="]Worth it?
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[FONT="]"Port propeller felt grinded on the edges of each blade. And a few small dings. Starboard's propeller looks perfectly fine."[/FONT]
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[FONT="]I'm not due for a haul and bottom job for at least a year, prop removal is $10.00 an inch plus the same for reinstall. I think my props are 19" in diameter. Prop shop said roughly $400 for the rebuild assuming damage is not too bad. So about $800 all in for one prop.
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[FONT="]We have a long Bahamas trip planned for this summer, probably will put about 800 miles on the boat, some of it (usually about 20%) at "fast" cruise of 14 to 15 knots.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Boat is currently running smoothly, not having any issues but I know that I would gain some efficiency with a rebuild and Bahamas diesel is really expensive. $800 buys about 125 gallons of diesel over there.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]If I don't do it now I will pull both props at the next haul out and have them done then.
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[FONT="]Worth it?
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