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Originally Posted by secondcurve
I understand stainless steel props are superior to aluminum but given all of the rocks in Winnipesaukee shouldn't the average boater be using an aluminum prop?
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Actually the prop was damaged entering the channel of Green Harbor in Marshfeild Mass. My buddy is a salty and has never had his boat in Winni. He was approaching the channel in very heavy fog. His travel line brought him to the Nav buoy which is about 100 yrds outside the the channel entrance. Normally from that point you have a clear view. Maybe if he had zoomed in his plotter he would have realized that he was going to end up 50 yrds south of the jetty when he got a visual of the channel through the fog, He was moving very slowly so thought he could turn hard and make it in. The tide was as low as it gets there, 6 hrs earlier he would have cleared the rock by about 10'. He has a small gouge in the skeg and minor damage to the prop, he is as careful as anyone I know and has been boating for at least 20 yrs. The harbor Master told told him the channel very very tricky at low tide because the Army Corp did not dredge in May as they normally do annually, because they are working on another project. Some times stuff just happens. Thank you for the info, I will pass it on to him.
No doubt he is all the wiser from the experience. Oh and the boat has a 250 hp Merc Verado and the prop is what the marina recommended. I run aluminum on my 150 Merc. It works for me.