We pull boat props underwater in Boca Raton, with the boat tied up where you keep it. A prop that hit bottom in Boca Raton Inlet comes off at the dock and goes to F&J. After the repair, we fit it again.
Usually the boat does not have to be hauled. The prop is removed below the waterline while the boat sits at its dock, lift or slip. A bent or dinged prop is handed to F&J, the shop that does our prop repairs. We put it back on when F&J is finished.
NOAA's Coast Pilot calls the channel through Boca Raton Inlet unmarked. It reports one sandbar above water on the north side inside the inlet and another running underwater toward the south jetty. Both keep shifting. If your prop touched bottom there, we can take a look at it.
South of Lake Boca Raton, the same publication warns of strong currents and rocky canal sides at the East Camino Real bridge. When you call, give us the boat's dock and say what the prop touched, if you saw it.
NOAA's Coast Pilot reports a sandbar that sticks out of the water on the north side inside the inlet. A second one runs underwater to within 30 feet of the south jetty. The publication says the shoaling and sandbars are continually shifting, and that the channel is unmarked. If your prop touched one, tell us which side of the inlet you were on.
The Intracoastal leaves Lake Boca Raton into a long land cut. The East Camino Real bridge crosses the cut's north end at Mile 1048.2. NOAA says to take care there: strong currents may be encountered and the sides of the canal are rocky. A prop that touched those rocks can come off at your dock.
Call us with where the boat is docked and where in the inlet the prop touched. NOAA reports shifting sandbars inside Boca Raton Inlet: one above water on the north side, one underwater near the south jetty. A diver can take the prop off at your dock and look at it. A prop that needs repair is F&J's job.
Yes, NOAA's Coast Pilot says the sides of the canal are rocky at the East Camino Real bridge. The bridge crosses the Intracoastal at Mile 1048.2, at the north end of the land cut south of Lake Boca Raton. NOAA also warns of strong currents there. If your prop touched the canal side, we can have it off the shaft without moving the boat.
No, most props can be pulled with the boat in the water. Our divers do it at docks, lifts and slips in Boca Raton, and the boat stays where it is. That covers Lake Boca Raton, Lake Wyman and the Intracoastal. Describe the boat and the trouble you are having with the prop when you call.
No, the repair is done by F&J, the prop shop we use. Our part is the water work: we remove the prop at your Boca Raton dock and refit it when F&J is finished. The boat stays at its own dock on Lake Boca Raton, Lake Wyman or the Intracoastal the whole time.
We need the boat's location, the kind of boat it is and what the prop is doing. If it touched something, say where: a sandbar in Boca Raton Inlet, or the canal side by the East Camino Real bridge. Then we can set a time for a diver to come to the boat.
