Thread: Propellor Guard
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Old 11-15-2010, 11:25 AM   #4
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RE: Propellor Guard

A proppeller guard would have not helped in your situation. If it was solid enough to damage the prop like it did it would have done the same to the guard. A guard is fine for lobster or crab traps. The best protection is a keel. Although depending on the obstruction that may not protectd you a piling submnerged can be pushed down by the keel and pop back up into the wheel.
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