Watching Fishing University over the weekend I saw how easy it was to install the Blackfin replacement skeg by yourself.  With my son-in-law planning to drive the boat a lot this year, I'm afraid I will need something like this.   :-/

Has anyone every installed and used one of these things?

I'm planning on putting one on my boat.  Another company makes the same thing in stainless steel.  They usually have an epoxy you use along with a set screw or bolt.  Pretty straight forward installation.

I damaged my skeg loading my boat back on the trailer early last year at the ramp (low water and I hit bottom pretty hard).  The impact took a pretty good chunk off the bottom of my skeg on a 200HP Yamaha VMAX.  I purchased the stainless steel "Skegpro".  It is about a 2 1/2 inch piece of stainless steel that slips on the skeg.  You then need to drill one small hole and fasten a very small nut and bolt.  I've had my boat on the water since the installation at speeds +/- 70 mph and have seen no performance difference.  I grazed a rock late last year after the installation and it did not even scratch the stainless steel.  Well worth the investment and 1/2 hour installation time.

I have never seen or spoke to anyone that used the new polymer skeg guards.  My only worry would be it eventually coming loose and if you hit something hard I'm sure it would show damage easier than the stainless steel.  If I want to remove mine I just loosen the nut and bolt and take it off.  How do you remove one that is glued on?  Also any marks on mine can be easily buffed out with a fine grade steel wool.  I'm not talking you out of the polymer version --- I'm just posing thinking questions that I would ask myself in a similar situation....

I just checked their site.....looks pretty straight forward. hammer, drill and drill bit, and then attach the skeg guard. Does the skeg pro come with the nut bolt? It just said on their site, drill the hole, fasten it lol

R1Peacock... you pose some very good points.  Thanks.

I have used both. Drilling holes in your motor will void your warranty and create 2 weak points so the skeg can break off clean leaving nothing. The stainless part have no enhancing feature and is just a cover. As far as strength is concerned, lay both parts in your driveway and pound them with a sledge hammer. You will flatten the stainless part and the polymer part can be installed immediately.

NR

I did not even know there was such an anaimal. I find out something new everytime I visit. thanks!