We at Nautical Necessities wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am passing along a link to another site that has a very good article about the proper installation of securing nuts on your prop. I had my prop reconditioned and balanced late this fall when the boat came out of the water for the winter. When inspecting my shiny new looking prop I noticed that the retaining bolts were put on in the wrong order. After informing the marina of this mistake I did a little survey of the rest of the boats out of the water around me and found only one boat out of about 20 plus that I checked had it correct. While this is not a condemnation of all the folks who work on boats, there is a right way and a wrong way of doing almost everything. Please go to this link and check it out.
http://www.sharpesurveying.com/Propeller_Nut_Installation.html
http://www.sharpesurveying.com/Propeller_Nut_Installation.html