striperchase
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My dad took me along today to test drive a boat he is buying even with the rain... We launch the boat and idled out past the buoys and the salesman was operating the boat. When he put the throttle down the boat started to climb up and before it planed out it felt like the prop flew off. He did it again and got it up on plane and off we went. We ran for probably 20 mins and turned around and my dad took over. When he took off it did the same thing. It was like the prop was just spinning on the shaft. Every time he would try to get it up on plane it would drop off again. The salesman said we spun a prop.. What does this mean and is it bad. emoScratch He said it was the hub.... not sure what that is either. My dad really like the boat and everything else was great. He is going back down tomorrow to pick it up. They assured him the mechanic would have it all fixed up by then. Is this really just an easy fix or is it something more serious? The boat is a 21 foot center console 04 model and the motor is a 225hp Evinrude 03 model. Thanks for any info on this problem.