Our divers pull boat props underwater in Jupiter, at the dock or slip where the boat sits. If the prop touched the bar at Jupiter Inlet, we can take it off for a look.
A prop usually comes off underwater, right at the dock. The boat stays where it is. A diver pulls the prop, the repair goes to F&J, and then the prop goes back on.
NOAA's Coast Pilot calls Jupiter Inlet dangerous, most of all for small boats not designed for the open sea. It describes a sandbar across the entire inlet. That bar usually lies 1 or 2 feet below the surface, and the openings through it shift with the weather. If your prop found the bar, tell us where.
Upriver is a separate hazard. NOAA says the Loxahatchee River shoals beyond the Alternate A1A and railroad bridges. When you call, say which one the prop met. Tell us where the boat is kept, too.
NOAA's Coast Pilot reports a shallow sandbar across the entire inlet, usually 1 or 2 feet below the surface. The openings through it shift with the weather. Tidal currents are reported to reach 6 knots, with eddies and turbulence, particularly near the south jetty. A prop that touched that bar can come off at your dock, where we can look at it.
Just west of the Intracoastal's sharp turn at Mile 1005.1, a separate passage runs under two bridges. One carries Alternate A1A and the other the Florida East Coast railroad. NOAA tells boaters not to confuse that passage with the waterway route, and says the river shoals beyond the bridges. If your prop touched bottom up there, say so.
Yes. A diver can pull the prop in the water at your Jupiter dock, and we can look at it once it is off. NOAA says the bar across the inlet usually lies 1 or 2 feet below the surface. Its openings shift with the weather. Tell us where on the bar the prop touched.
Yes. NOAA's Coast Pilot says the Loxahatchee River shoals beyond the Alternate A1A and Florida East Coast railroad bridges. That passage lies just west of the Intracoastal's sharp turn at Mile 1005.1, and NOAA warns boaters not to mistake it for the waterway route. If that is where your prop touched, we pull it at your dock.
Tell the Jupiter Inlet District. It maintains the channel markers in the inlet and in the Loxahatchee River's Central Embayment and North, Northwest and Southwest forks. The District inspects them every quarter and takes reports of missing or downed markers. Then call us about the prop. Those are two separate calls.
Yes, for most props. They come off underwater, so the boat is not hauled. That is true whether the boat is kept on the Loxahatchee River, Jupiter Sound or the Intracoastal. Our diver works at the slip. The boat stays in the water until the prop is back on.
F&J does. That is the shop we send props to for repair. Our divers pull the prop in the water in Jupiter, it goes to F&J, and then it goes back on the boat. Give us the dock or slip. Say whether the prop touched bottom at Jupiter Inlet or up the river.
