Consider, if you will, the humble motorboat propeller. It is small - usually 3 to 20 pounds with a 9 1/2- to 16-inch diameter - and has a simple job. Its task is to keep its head underwater and turn, ...

Every motorboat owner has a tale of hitting a submerged obstacle or boat ramp and damaging a propeller. Typically metal, it must be removed and taken to a prop repair shop, then sandblasted, bent, ...

No matter what you read or hear, there is still a fair bit of pseudoscience in propeller selection. Chasing the correct combination of speed and smoothness generated from a propeller can be an ...

This is an opinion column. A new propeller design will likely start popping up on boats in Alabama and across the nation in the next few months—provided that the manufacturer eventually gets the price ...