Bought a boat

[m_allison71]

Just bought a boat last week. Forgot to raise the motor before going up the ramp today. Checked it out and the skeg is bent. I honestly don't know if it was bent before or not, didn't really look. Can it be straightened or am I stuck looking for a lower unit? It runs good, normal torque, and I was in the boat and able to raise it quickly. It just tweaked it a little.

 

[Dbllunger]

On my last motor, 25hp, the skeg was almost completely missing. Was that way the entire time I had it and it didn't cause me any problems at all. What size motor do you have?

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[m_allison71]

75 hp. I really think it was already bent and I just didn't notice it. I guess I'll just have to take it out again.

 

[Pilchard]

How bent? Can you post a picture? If it's just the tip, I'd cut it off the bent part and run without it.

I once loaned a flats boat to a buddy who forgot to trim up the motor when pulling the boat up the ramp and the bottom 2-3 inches broke off the self. It was fine without it.

 

[Pilchard]

You can also cut it off and install this if you want: https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/SkegShi ... lsrc=aw.ds

 

[FTG-05]

Break Out Another Thousand!

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[m_allison71]

How bent? Can you post a picture? If it's just the tip, I'd cut it off the bent part and run without it.

I once loaned a flats boat to a buddy who forgot to trim up the motor when pulling the boat up the ramp and the bottom 2-3 inches broke off the self. It was fine without it.

Not the best picture. I think I should probably be ok.

 

[shrimphead]

i broke mind all the way off.backed in to a root about 4 years ago, didn't hurt performance at all

 

[WTM]

doesnt look that bad, probably wont affect steering. if it does just cut off the bent part and install a skeg saver. you might be able to straighten it with blocks and a clamp.

 

[Pilchard]

I'd run it like that without thinking twice.

 

[m_allison71]

I think I'm done worrying about the skeg now. It doesn't matter if its bent if I can't get it to run.