djstewy
New Member
- Mar 29, 2010
- 17
- Boat Info
- Sea Ray 250 Express Cruiser
- Engines
- 300 Mercruiser 5.7L w/Bravo II Outdrive
Hi All,
Well it was never a question of if, but when and my when was today. Thanks to a GPS that was off by about twenty yards and a negative tide I ran aground on some rocks in the Puget Sound this morning. Thankfully I didn't mess up my hull but I did mangle my prop and skeg on my sterndrive pretty good. I've never had to replace a prop myself and I was hoping some of the experts on the forum can give me advice for figuring out what size prop and pitch would be good for my boat or if I should even attempt it.
My boat is a 94' 250 Sea Ray Express Cruiser with a 300 Mercruiser 5.7L w/Bravo II sterndrive. I've found some "How To" videos on the net but most of them are for Bravo III's so I wanted to make sure there wasn't anything that was going to throw me off with my sterndrive when I took the prop off. I'm not the most mechanically inclined person in the world (although boating is helping with that) so I want to make sure I'm not getting in over my head swapping it myself. I also dinghed up the skeg pretty good. Below are a couple of pictures of the carnage. Is this something I should tackle myself as a newbie or bring it into a mechanic for a full inspection?
Skeg Damage
Propeller Damage
Thanks,
Derek
Well it was never a question of if, but when and my when was today. Thanks to a GPS that was off by about twenty yards and a negative tide I ran aground on some rocks in the Puget Sound this morning. Thankfully I didn't mess up my hull but I did mangle my prop and skeg on my sterndrive pretty good. I've never had to replace a prop myself and I was hoping some of the experts on the forum can give me advice for figuring out what size prop and pitch would be good for my boat or if I should even attempt it.
My boat is a 94' 250 Sea Ray Express Cruiser with a 300 Mercruiser 5.7L w/Bravo II sterndrive. I've found some "How To" videos on the net but most of them are for Bravo III's so I wanted to make sure there wasn't anything that was going to throw me off with my sterndrive when I took the prop off. I'm not the most mechanically inclined person in the world (although boating is helping with that) so I want to make sure I'm not getting in over my head swapping it myself. I also dinghed up the skeg pretty good. Below are a couple of pictures of the carnage. Is this something I should tackle myself as a newbie or bring it into a mechanic for a full inspection?
Skeg Damage
Propeller Damage
Thanks,
Derek