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    I hit a rock and knocked off the bottom 1/3 of my skeg & bent my prop.

    I don't think it's safe to weld on another skeg on a boat that runs 80+ mph. I think it could be a problem later. Unexpected bow hook/bat turn and ejection of me and passenger.

    I have Progressive insurance and am going to have it looked at by the insurance adjuster soon. I'm 99% sure they will just want to weld on another skeg like they "normally" do.

    Who can I have them check with to see that my case is not normal?

    Any and all high performance boat/motor gear heads know that it's not only dangerous, But could cause death.


    Looking for some letterheads with advice against a weld repair....

    Does anyone have more advice to share with me?

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    I also have Proggressive and I hit something last year and knocked a chunk out of my skeg. They replaced my housing and reused my gears. I had a little leverage since mine was still under warranty and welding anything would have voided it on my lower. I really didn’t have to push it though they replaced it with no trouble.
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    I definitely wouldn’t want to try and weld cast for dependability. They should cover for a new housing like Wes said and reuse the gears.

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    I use to have Progressive and broke the skeg off of a sport master. My dealer produced a SB from Mercury stating "there are no approved repairs for the case". With that they replaced the case no questions asked. However the OP says he bent a prop. I would insist the lower unit be disassembled and checked very carefully by a qualified person.

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    if they don't cover a new case you should just upgrade out of pocket to a new case
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    Quote Originally Posted by av View Post
    if they don't cover a new case you should just upgrade out of pocket to a new case

    After paying their premiums for 20 years on this boat and never making a claim. I don't feel like I should be pulling any of my money out.

    I do know what you mean.

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    Mike make sure you don't tell them your boat does 80+ mph. Most insurance won't cover over 65 mph.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21XDC View Post
    After paying their premiums for 20 years on this boat and never making a claim. I don't feel like I should be pulling any of my money out.

    I do know what you mean.
    You're right Mike you shouldn't have to pay
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    Quote Originally Posted by plbass View Post
    Mike make sure you don't tell them your boat does 80+ mph. Most insurance won't cover over 65 mph.
    My boat only runs 62 mph on the limiter. With a 22 pitch prop :-)

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    What motor and lower unit do you have.
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    I know that the guy with European Marine has the service bulletins on no welding on the lowers. He helped me on mine awhile back. Tim Powell with fast bass also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tlt20xd View Post
    I know that the guy with European Marine has the service bulletins on no welding on the lowers. He helped me on mine awhile back. Tim Powell with fast bass also.
    I would love for somebody to email me the link or file to that service bulletin please

    mikex19@yahoo.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by tlt20xd View Post
    What motor and lower unit do you have.
    Yamaha 250 ox66 with an HPDI lower unit. It has the built in torque tab skeg.

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    I'm sorry I thought you were talking a Mercury. I don't have any info on the Yam.motors. I did find the one for merc thought.
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    Some insurance estimaters are incentivized on a commission scale not to pay out no more than possible and some are downright crooked insisting on cheap aftermarket or even used parts to make their monthly goals. Insist on genuine OEM parts only!
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    Racers run welded cases all the time. IF done by the right person, you won't have an issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chad202 View Post
    Racers run welded cases all the time. IF done by the right person, you won't have an issue.
    And if not, I could die? Passenger die?

    No thanks......

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    Mike be polite to them play stupid they will replace the lower unit. And let them know you have never made a claim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plbass View Post
    Mike make sure you don't tell them your boat does 80+ mph. Most insurance won't cover over 65 mph.

    Progressive will cover bass boats up to 90 mph. I am an agent for them. However, they refused to cover my Blazer 675 with 300 Pro XS last year when i bought it. NO reason given. Boat has unlimited HP rating and is 22' long. Top speed around 74. This after covering 3 of my bullets the last 15 years , two of those were 80mph hulls. I currently had to use Gecko, and i hate that company. Not an agent for them.
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