Yamaha Props?

Well I finally wrecked my prop on my boat yesterday. Im clueless to what prop to purchase as my spare. I was thinking the 4 fin composite prop from cabelas but they didnt have one that matches the diamater pitch thats on my boat. I fish the river 99% of the time so Im thinking a stainless isnt the way to go for me. It says 13.25×17, Im assuming the 13.25 is either the diameter or hub size and 17 is the pitch. My boat has decent hole shots and runs about 30 wide open. I guess im fairly happy with the performance but a little more top end would be nice. If I jumped to a 19 how much hole shot would I loose? Also whats the deal with these hub kits? Thanks in advance for the help.

My 2 cents..

I would buy a stainless and run that and have your old one repaired by Jake Lodewagon just south of town and use that as a spare.

Jami

what boat/motor are you running?

Ive always been told if you hit something with a stainless you will wreck the lower unit instead of the prop. I like running back water….. so I occasionally get stuck or hit stuff. I saw some where they have a bushing in some stainless props thats made to spin in an impact. Which would be nice if you can just carry the bushing instead of a spare. Also, this is only a 175T Navigator,75 hp motor will a stainless even make a performance diffrence for the money?

I agree with Jaime, personally I think stainless is the only way to go, I’ve yet to see a alumanum prop save a motor (or Lower unit) that people like to claim, I’ve seen plenty or really nasty stainless where they were really messed up, and no damage was done to the motor or LU, IMHO the only real downside is initial cost, but they seem to have both a little better performance and durability. Can’t reccomend you a specefic prop, but yamaha brand props. are a great choice for the money, I haven’t seen the best results with some of the cheaper branded props, but I’d feel confident in a yamaha prop.

do the smaller props not have hubs for them? when you hit something solid with my prop it strips out the hub fairly easily and lessens the damage to the lu

If that were the case, those of us who run stainless would never be on the water…

Here is a link to Yamahas site that can answer some of your questions. And you can call Skeeter Boat Center, they will be able to answer your questions.

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do the smaller props not have hubs for them? when you hit something solid with my prop it strips out the hub fairly easily and lessens the damage to the lu

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They have hubs.

Jami

Stainless!

I got stuck on a shallow gravel/rock bar a few years back in the middle of the river in March. With no other way to get off, I finally lowered my 175 Envinrude down and literally pushed the boat thru.

Prop damage? Yes, but repairable.
Motor damage? Zero! (back flush the motor asap though)

I’ll never run without a stainless prop again if I can help it.

Stainless all the way! Call jake he prob has something used you can get for a lot less

stainless will give you no perfromance and a better chance of damaging lower unit too. You are right on. Marks prop shop can give you any info on best prop fro boat an dwill 2nd me on damaging lower unit and performance. until you reach at least 115 hp there is no noticable difference on stainless vs alum. and cost for steel a ton higher.