Any thoughts on repairing this? Or Just buy a new one?

[bmoorewiz]

Not sure how it happened, did not happen on the lift so I must have hit a rock or something, any thoughts on repairing it?

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[SBM1234]

This may or may not have happened to me once. I may or may not have just said screw it and bought a new one. LOL!

Sometimes you can find a prop shop to straighten it, but new ones are relatively inexpensive.

[ajnesbitt]

New one. I've set up a lot of lifts for inboards and I would never set one up with that much interference between the cross member and the tracking fins. Do you have a shallow water condition that forced you into that situation?

[talltigeguy]

I think it would be difficult to not know when you did it.

It would look like it would be a perfect place to bend that tracking fin if you pulled the boat up 3 inches shy and then turned on the lift. If this was not caused by the lift, I suspect that the next time it will be.

To answer the question directly, I would replace it.

[bmoorewiz]

Yeah I ordered a new one, it was like only like 60 bucks. It definitely did not happen on the lift, not a single mark on the lift anywhere.

[Greeko]

I would be curious to see if there was any cracking surrounding the fin...

Also..Aren't those mounted with like 5200...?

[duderdude1]

Did that one time by catching part of the trailer bunk while loading. The boat wasn't straight and trailer was to deep. Didn't have any damage to the bunk. The fin took all the damage.