Thread: Boat setup - onboard necessities

Originally Posted by m101a1

all our obs down here mostly 140 and 200hp in the strait have splined shafts also we round rocks a lot 12in cres is enough tite as they replaced with dings etc , we
usually keep old prop in boat as a spare . The bay used to hold the record for bent divers due the currents push them to far from boat so they come up to quick .

Ali props used to be the go - they would break the blade off before the shaft bent. Nowadays it's high performance stainless props, they bend the shaft and the blade before the blade breaks. Not ideal, a bit of a limitation in fact!

I've done a heap of them with the good old crescent, prop changes aren't hard but the newer setups I've seen are a bit more techy not the old bent tab jobs. I guess have a look at how your prop is held on and see if you're happy swapping it out on the water...

Yeah, big currents can be a pain in the arse. I used to have an inflatable float thing with a 5m line on it, send it up when at around 5m and you could hang off it to stay at around 5m while everyone knew where you were.