Greetings forum Ladies and Gents,
Picking up my Toon next week. Barletta with a Merc 200 4 Stroke. I live in Northern Colorado. I have a couple mountain lakes and a lower elevation lake all within 45 minutes. Can’t wait to get back on the water.
One question-do you folks use a prop lock? I always did in the past but I have noticed a lot of people don’t.
What say you?
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Welcome!
To be honest I didn't even know there were prop locks until you posted. So obviously I don't use one. My boat is in a slip on a lift at a local marina, along with about 250 other boats. I've never heard of any props ever being stolen. The worst crime we have is once every few years, someone will sneak onto the docks (usually from the water) and steal fishing gear or booze from a couple of boats. Probably kids out for a midnight joy ride. I don't lose any sleep over stuff like that. That's why I carry insurance!!
To be honest I didn't even know there were prop locks until you posted. So obviously I don't use one. My boat is in a slip on a lift at a local marina, along with about 250 other boats. I've never heard of any props ever being stolen. The worst crime we have is once every few years, someone will sneak onto the docks (usually from the water) and steal fishing gear or booze from a couple of boats. Probably kids out for a midnight joy ride. I don't lose any sleep over stuff like that. That's why I carry insurance!!
Steve
"Serendipity" - 2017 Sweetwater 2286 WB Tritoon w/ 150HP Yamaha
Slipped at Lake Anna, Virginia
Primary Residence: Richmond, Virgina
Lake House: Lake Anna, Virginia
"Serendipity" - 2017 Sweetwater 2286 WB Tritoon w/ 150HP Yamaha
Slipped at Lake Anna, Virginia
Primary Residence: Richmond, Virgina
Lake House: Lake Anna, Virginia
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Also have never heard of them. I guess I'd be worried about other things before the prop. I could see the need if your trailer was in an open parking lot like an apartment complex. Hmmm.....
Paul & Michele
2003 Landau DX 24' Cruise "Loretta Jane"
2003 Mercury 75hp
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"Don't waste brain cells over something you can do nothing about." --My Wife
2003 Landau DX 24' Cruise "Loretta Jane"
2003 Mercury 75hp
My Rebuild: http://pontoonforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=26135
"Don't waste brain cells over something you can do nothing about." --My Wife
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It's a big thing in Florida, big SS props are $$$$$
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Prop locks are new to me too. I run a stock Yamaha aluminum prop and there are several thousand docks along our 330-mile shoreline, so I suspect the odds of targeting my old boat on my dock are slim.
I did hear a report last year of a guy stealing entire lower units from bigger outboards about 10 miles up lake from us.
I did hear a report last year of a guy stealing entire lower units from bigger outboards about 10 miles up lake from us.
Big and ugly but we love our 1999/2000 Crest II DL with a Yamaha F115
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We use a prop lock mostly because the boat winters on the trailer unsupervised at the cabin.
Pinawa Bay, Manitoba
2014 Premier Cast-a-way 231, PTX; 2014 Evinrude 250HO ETEC
2014 Premier Cast-a-way 231, PTX; 2014 Evinrude 250HO ETEC