Fishing line in props...

[Gerry Zagorski]

Good advice above by Captain Rich.

Braided line can be the most harmful since it is very abrassive and for that reason can do a lot of harm to your shafts. You want to be sure to clear it off before getting underway... I believe it was Mike on the Mi-Jo who told me that he picked up some braided line on one of his shafts. It actually wore a grove into the shaft that was deep enough to cause him to have to pull the boat and replace the shaft.

[tautog]

Must be luck of the draw with prop damage as a boat like the Paramount must collect about a hundred yards of braid per trip.

[Captain Rich]

Tog- It's not the props that suffer, the line will dig into the cutlass bearings and ruin them causing shaft wobble, or wear into the shaft as Jerry mentioned and either cause wobble or weaken the shaft to the point that it is unreliable. If there is minor scoring the shaft can be "splatter welded" and then lathed, if there is deep grooves then the shaft has to be replaced.