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<blockquote data-quote="Hoffer" data-source="post: 127343" data-attributes="member: 443">Hey everyone. Been around for a while but this is my first post. Love the site!Labor Day weekend, I put the boat in at Lewis and Clark state park and as I was coming out of the marina, right when I was starting to accelerate, I hit what must have been a rock pile. Well I turned around and loaded the boat to assess the damage. Turns out I completely wrecked my aluminum prop and tore at least half of my skeg off. All things considered, it could have been a lot worse. I don't see any damage to the gear casing/lower unit, prop shaft appears to be strait and no damage to the hull of the boat. I suppose the sacrificial aluminum parts did what they were supposed to do. I already ordered a new prop. My question is about the skeg. Anyone ever used a skeg guard or similar product as a skeg replacement? Pros/cons? Should I take it in and have it repaired/welded? Should I just leave it?&nbsp; Here's a picture. Thanks![ATTACH]7387[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hoffer, post: 127343, member: 443"] Hey everyone. Been around for a while but this is my first post. Love the site! Labor Day weekend, I put the boat in at Lewis and Clark state park and as I was coming out of the marina, right when I was starting to accelerate, I hit what must have been a rock pile. Well I turned around and loaded the boat to assess the damage. Turns out I completely wrecked my aluminum prop and tore at least half of my skeg off. All things considered, it could have been a lot worse. I don't see any damage to the gear casing/lower unit, prop shaft appears to be strait and no damage to the hull of the boat. I suppose the sacrificial aluminum parts did what they were supposed to do. I already ordered a new prop. My question is about the skeg. Anyone ever used a skeg guard or similar product as a skeg replacement? Pros/cons? Should I take it in and have it repaired/welded? Should I just leave it? Here's a picture. Thanks! [ATTACH=CONFIG]7387._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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