Off Topic Skeg Repair

[Mickey Finn]

While up at the French River fishing with Stomp & a few friends we clipped a rock pile coming back in the evening.
I took about 3 inches off the skeg.
The prop & the bullet (that houses the gears in the lower unit were spared).
Does anybody know a good place in the London area that does skeg repairs?
I did look at a job done by Xtreme Metal Worx in London & you could see the weld lines.
I want a job done that's going to return it to it's former glory.
Thanks...

 

[Scotts]

Took the skeg almost clean off of a 90 hp Evinrude years ago fishing out of Hartley bay on the lower French. Instead of repair I installed a Skegguard, worked great.

Megaware SkegGuard ® • Protect or Repair a Broken Skeg

Megaware SkegGuard protects your motor's skeg from damage or easily repairs a broken skeg. DIY install, no welding. Available for outboard, I/O, and sterndrive motors. Mercury, Mercruiser, Yamaha, Evinrude, Honda, Suzuki, Tohatsu, Volvo

keelguard.com

 

[Red Hering]

While up at the French River fishing with Stomp & a few friends we clipped a rock pile coming back in the evening.
I took about 3 inches off the skeg.
The prop & the bullet (that houses the gears in the lower unit were spared).
Does anybody know a good place in the London area that does skeg repairs?
I did look at a job done by Xtreme Metal Worx in London & you could see the weld lines.
I want a job done that's going to return it to it's former glory.
Thanks...

@Mickey Finn sorry to read about you losing your skeg on a rock pile! My nephew who had his skeg replaced twice now off his 90 4 stroke Mercury outboard motor,highly recommends @Xtreme Marine in Nilestown,for he said that they do an excellent job!! Hoping that this helps you,and all the best! A couple of photo’s before and after of my nephews broken,and then fixed skeg.

 

[Teddy69]

Luken marina

 

[TonyMo]

I would recommend Kawartha Prop. Friend had skeg and one blade of a prop broken off on a rock. This was a few years ago, but they have a pickup/drop off guy that travels to spots around Ontario. After the repair you could not tell which blade had been repaired and the skeg looked perfect.

Kawartha Propeller - Canada's Leading Marine Repair Facility

Kawartha Propeller specializes in propeller, lower unit, shaft, impeller, strut, and rudder repairs and sales. We also sell Tides and PSS shaft seals, Morse bearings, prop pullers, hub kits, and all propeller hardware.

kawarthapropeller.com

 

[johnnyo]

skeg guard way to go easy peasy plus installed with seer bolts can buy at exstreme marine.

 

[Mickey Finn]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks...
Much appreciated.

 

[Sprint07]

While up at the French River fishing with Stomp & a few friends we clipped a rock pile coming back in the evening.
I took about 3 inches off the skeg.
The prop & the bullet (that houses the gears in the lower unit were spared).
Does anybody know a good place in the London area that does skeg repairs?
I did look at a job done by Xtreme Metal Worx in London & you could see the weld lines.
I want a job done that's going to return it to it's former glory.
Thanks...

Hey @Mickey Finn I'm Ryan the manager at Xtreme Metal Worx. We can definitely do this job for you and blend it out nicely so you can't see the weld. Sometimes on bad breaks it's better to leave a little weld showing as it's stronger. (The more you sand off the weaker it is.) Give me a call if we can help- 519-453-0696 thanks!

 

[Mickey Finn]

Thanks Ryan but I've already lined up the repair.

 

[Burrzy]

I unfortunately deleted the skeg off my fathers boat off a shoal in tobermory, 25mph took the skeg and all 3 blades of the prop. If you know someone who can weld cast aluminum you can find a template online. My dad had a machinist at his work do it for him. Could grind the weld to blend but keeping it visible keeps it the strongest as I understand.