Ok guys this is the deal.
A Stainless Steel prop is faster, will take many shots without chipping or bending and is a " no Brainer" for offshore use or someone who has experience in a given area.
For someone just starting out { the thread is " First Boat"}, learning the bouys, waterways & tides the aluminum is the way to go for the first couple years. 95% of the time you'll hit something with a SS prop without damage but that 5 % of hitting bottom is a rock, hunk of steel , or cement ect. and it TAKES OUT THE LOWER UNIT. It happened to me in Renoylds channel over by that ramp just west of long beach rd. Jan. day in the sleet, I was doing a tow job , pushing a guy's bayliner into the ramp, got close to the bulkhead juiced it into a block of cement.
If this guy's boating N.Shore LI , I double my reccommendation.
Capt. J , Your an outboard mechanic and dont get this? Ive been working on these engines for yrs. Part of a marina family, every year someone comes in with a L. unit wiped out by hitting a hard object with a ss prop.WHERE DO YOU WORK? WhatMARINA?
The idea is it's cheap insureance for a couple yrs. till he makes all the mistakes.
I dont even know why I'm repeating this?
SS props way to go once you learn the boat/waters/tides ect to recap..
later, Alan
This message was edited by Scalawag on 3-13-02 @ 11:20 AM