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Old 10-05-2018, 11:34   #16
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

If you can’t visualize a secure place to stow a spare prop on a boat then you’re going to have bigger storage problems than this in the near future.
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Old 10-05-2018, 11:53   #17
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

My suggestion: verify that it actually is the correct prop for your boat! Wrap it well and stow in a low location along with spare nuts, Woodruff key, and cotter pin.
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Old 10-05-2018, 12:29   #18
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

Guessing there's an easy 100kg in our prop, can't see a spare being needed or the ability to change.

We always carry a dinghy spare.

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Old 10-05-2018, 13:21   #19
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More likely to be needed is a dinghy spare prop.
Excellent point Carl. I carry a spare prop for my boat but not dingy.

That is being corrected today.

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Old 10-05-2018, 13:36   #20
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Not going very far off shore. Trip from Annapolis to Charleston via ICW with an occasional run outside.

New to me boat came with a spare propeller sitting in aft cabin shelf cabinet. Is that really a needed spare to have onboard? The thought of that hunk of metal getting tossed around in heavy weather makes me cringe. Should I just put it in the garage until needed? I don't see a scenario where I will be changing a prop by myself while in the water.

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You can't secure the prop,? Sounds as if you shouldn't be sailing. The previous owner probably did you a favor.
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

I have a spare. But only because I replaced the OEM with a Flex-O-Fold. Yet the moral is that I krept the old on the boat (takes no room really at the bottom of a locker)
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Old 10-05-2018, 14:18   #22
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Guessing there's an easy 100kg in our prop, can't see a spare being needed or the ability to change.

We always carry a dinghy spare.

A bit different than the OPs!
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Old 10-05-2018, 18:04   #23
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Its for a sailboat - Sabre 34 with an offset prop shaft. I haven't practiced swimming or diving while holding a prop )) Have plenty of tools onboard, just thinking if I damage a prop and have to change it in the water I screwed up pretty bad. Would probably rather go under sail, or get a tow at that point.
There are a number of locations on a Sabre 34 to stow a spare prop securely. You said aft cabin so is this a Targa model? If not a Targa I can tell you I stowed my spare prop in one of the compartments under the quarter berth. Another location would be one of the smaller compartments under the port settee forward of the water tank. Just stow some soft materials with it in the same compartment and/or wrap it in a spare towel.
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Old 10-05-2018, 18:32   #24
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Bubble wrap with a plastic bag over that and keep it in the bilge.
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Not on a Sabre 34 with a centerboard. Plenty of better options.
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Old 10-05-2018, 18:43   #26
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

I keep a spare for my Tohatsu SailPro on my Columbia. I just feel like it may be a great extra part when we start sailing her. Plus my tender runs the same 6hp tohatsu, although not the long shaft. So in a pinch I could actually swap between the tender and the long shaft for the Columbia.

Two is one and one is none. I don't plan to end up without a prop due to poor planning and unfortunate circumstances.
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

I never met anyone (owning a sailing boat) who has purchased a spare prop for the sole purpose of having a spare.
Generally people have a spare prop because they have upgraded to a folding or feathering prop and kept the original on board.

If you were to think of buying a spare prop, consider what else you could buy with that money, probably items that have a higher failure rate than a prop: alternator, startermotor..... (just thinking here about heavy items related to propulsion).

BTW, my boat has a spare prop in the bilges, and a spare one for the dinghy as well.... and I have oars.
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

Bolt it down through the bore. A few pieces of PVC pipe in the bore to take up slop so you can use a 5/16 bolt and fender washer to secure it.
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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

We have been out 11 years, up and down the USA coast, Bahamas, all the Caribbean, an Atlantic crossing, a lot of the Med and all the way around the Black Sea and we do not carry a spare prop.


BUT say that last year in Crete we hit something in the water and broke a blade off our Brunton Autoprop. We had to haul, send the prop to Brunton who immediately repaired it and sent it back. at that time we wish we had a spare -


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Re: Carrying a spare prop?

We were in the middle of that exact trip this past fall (10/2017) heading south from Annapolis on the ICW. We were happily motoring along in the Alligator River/Pungo Canal when we hit a completely submerged log. And I do mean COMPLETELY. We are guessing that is was a log, because we never actually saw it. We ended up being hauled out in Bellhaven (an adventure in and of itself) and a friend from Annapolis UPS’d us down a replacement. We still have the replacement on, as we plan on hauling in Annapolis and replacing it with our repaired one then. So we are 100% in favor of carrying a spare on board. You just never know what or when you might hit - and even the slightest damage to a prop can really make the boat vibrate violently.
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