We pull boat props underwater in Riviera Beach, at marina slips and private docks inside Lake Worth Inlet. A prop that met the reef east of Peanut Island can come off at your slip.
A bent or chipped prop does not always mean a trip to the yard. Most come off at the slip. Repairs go to F&J. Afterward the prop goes back on, in the water.
NOAA's Coast Pilot points to two spots on the way through Lake Worth Inlet. One is the north quarter of the entrance channel, which tends to shoal along the north jetty. The other is a reef. It has scattered boulders and runs about 300 yards east of Peanut Island, some 25 feet north of the channel.
If your prop met either one, tell us which. Tell us where the boat is kept. We can look at a prop that has touched bottom once it is off.
NOAA's Coast Pilot says the north quarter of Lake Worth Inlet's entrance channel tends to shoal along the north jetty. For actual depths it points boaters to its electronic charts and to Army Corps of Engineers channel surveys. If that north side is where your prop found the bottom, say so when you call.
NOAA describes a reef, a ridge with scattered boulders, running about 300 yards east of Peanut Island. It lies about 25 feet north of the improved channel, with a least depth of about 4 feet. On the ebb, the current sets across it to the northeast. A prop that met those boulders can come off at your slip, where we can look at the blades.
The reef runs about 300 yards east of Peanut Island, about 25 feet north of the improved channel, according to NOAA's Coast Pilot. NOAA describes a ridge with scattered boulders. On the ebb, the current sets across it toward the northeast. If your prop touched it, we can pull the prop at your Riviera Beach slip.
Yes, in one part of the entrance. NOAA's Coast Pilot says the north quarter of the entrance channel tends to shoal along the north jetty. For actual depths, NOAA points to its electronic charts and the Army Corps of Engineers' surveys. If your prop touched bottom there, tell us which side of the channel you were on.
Yes, in most cases the prop comes off underwater. Our diver pulls it where the boat is kept in Riviera Beach, at a marina slip inside Lake Worth Inlet or a private dock. The boat stays in the water from start to finish.
It goes to F&J, the prop shop we use for repairs. When the repair is done, the prop goes back on the boat in the water. Your boat does not move. A damaged prop makes no trip back out through Lake Worth Inlet, because the work is done at your Riviera Beach slip.
Tell us the slip or dock in Riviera Beach, what the prop touched and where it happened. If it was the shoal by the north jetty or the reef east of Peanut Island, say which. Give us the boat's length and how many props it has. With that we can plan the job.
