Prop gone to the bottom of the river, and back!

Nice winter easter weekend!
Birthday party of my Girlfriend [;-)] on the river house.
heading back home and after cruising like 50th y gas the boat. About to plane I felt a little vibration, so back to idle, probably a water plant caught on the prop so I give reverse... nothing...revs but no movement...
I put forward...same thing...so either the tranny or damper plate went bad or the prop is gone...so to the water I go...no prop...
had a neighbor to tow me back to the house.
called the insurance tow and they would not pick me up due to high tide and wind. So I had to stay there over night and called them today morning to tow me back to mainland.
out in the marina I was able to see damage...prop went away with a piece of shift. ..my guess is material failure. I installed the prop the good way! I might add some pictures later as I'm posting from my phone...

For the insurance claim I might have to tell them I hit something...

Kapla Has Adam been near your boat at all

On FB it looks like the shaft broke ate the upper end of the lapping area.
If I can get closeups, I can have the metallurgist in the office do a quick and dirty review

I have a closer picture but is kinda out focus. ..

I looked at his diary post last week

it happens. lost mine a couple years ago on Norris. had to be towed home by the Monahans. boat on the trailer for the rest of vacation.



john

Looks plenty inside the lapped area. Nothing you can do about that!

You don't see a rail ways every day anymore. It used to be more common, now its all big fork trucks.
I would imaging that you would be able to source a shaft locally, plenty of sailboats running 1" shafts that could be cut down if need be.
let us know if you need any help.

Had a acme 1442,
I have a spare oem 14 X 16 and a spare shaft. I have to wait to the insurance liquidator to see the damage and then do the replacement.
The shaft was locally made. Seems poor alloy as I have heard same thing happening to some local ski boats that run 1 1/8 shafts from the same supplier.
May they are good for low hp applications. Now I will consider an are shaft or try another supplier.

The marks on the rudder are pores or voids in the casting...it's also a locally made rudder...po repair

go double taper. got mine from CorrectCraft parts...Eddie put it on..no problem.

john

So seems im a lucky sob! My prop has been found by a friend of mine.
Water was very low today enough to make the search easier.
I will have it with me on monday...
The piece of shaft is attached to it!

Wow, can't believe you found it, a prop in a river is a needle in a haystack. That's some solid good luck, glad to hear!