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Prop-Guard
When you are miles from nowhere, the last thing that you need
are problems! You know it's going to happen
...you just don't
know when!
There's nothing as maddening as motoring up your favorite stream
on the perfect day, when suddenly you hear that unforgettable
sound followed by intense vibration. Admit it... we've all
done it at least once! At today's prices you don't have to
go through many props until you are talking some real serious
money.
Back a few more years than we would really like to admit to,
we hit a rock, bent up our prop, broke a sheer pin, and fried
a brand new out of the box 15hp Johnson by over revving it. Needless
to say that really locked our jaw, but it also got us thinking.
What we came up with was a hot dipped galvanized steel cage that
fits around your lower unit; it does not bolt through it. The
Prop-Guard protects your skeg, propeller and lower unit from
rocks and even helps keep seaweed from wrapping around the propeller.
We later added a hydrofoil to help keep the bow down resulting
in greater forward speed.
The Prop-Guard is perfect for back bouncing plugs in rapidly
moving water. Outboard motor lower units are made of brittle
cast aluminum which can break upon impact if a propeller guard
is depending only on the horizontal anti-cavitation plate and
skeg for support. You can buy less expensive propeller guards
that have a ring bolted to the cavitation plate and skeg. Others
have a piece of metal hanging in front of the lower unit to lift
the motor up and out of the water upon contact with an object.
Both are rather flimsy and can end up becoming the problem rather
than the solution upon impact. Our Propeller Guard slides over
the cavitation plates and bolts AROUND the motor with a tailpiece
- not through the motor!
The time honored adage is usually true that "you get what
you pay for." We've sold the prop-guards pretty much by
word of mouth to locals over the years which means if we were
to cut corners, we would be the ones that would be really red
faced if our product were to come back to us bent up. Just like
our drift boats, we seriously over built the propeller guard
because we wanted our friends and customers to be pleased with
the performance of their purchase.
The Prop-Guard is recommended for any outboard motor 7-1/2hp
through 15hp period. This includes Mercury and Mariner 8-15 hp,
Johnson and Evenrude 9.9-15 hp, Yamaha 6-25 hp, Honda 7-15 hp,
Suzuki 7-15 hp, and Tohatsu 7-15 hp. The Prop-Guard works well
with both drift boats and vee-bottoms. The Prop-Guard is also
the perfect solution for rental boats and jet-sled kicker motors.
Clacka Price: $165.00 plus s&h
Give ClackaCraft a call now at
and we'll send you a Prop-Guard that
fits your motor.
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