Broken skeg?

[Doug Fir]

Hello: I'm looking at a Trophy 2052 with a MerCruiser 4.3L 220HP that has part of the skeg that has broken off. How important is this, and can or should it be replaced? Thanks very much for the help!

 

[BonairII]

Re: Broken skeg?

The skeg is there to protect the prop. If it's too short now....fix it. Have it welded or buy a replacement(bolt-on) skeg.

You can run it with missing skeg(which I'm doing currently), but ANY strikes on hard objects will mess up your prop...which are much more expensive than bolting on a new skeg.

 

[KD4UPL]

Re: Broken skeg?

I broke the skeg on my Alpha 1. I had the marina repair it. It cost $300 and you can't tell it's been repaired. It looks great.
But yes, while it was broken the boat ran and steered just fine.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Broken skeg?

Here in the store..... http://www.iboats.com/T-H-Marine-Re...16739103--session_id.545584445--view_id.40152