When spiffy, high-tech, high-performance propellers go into the prop shop, they’re carefully restored to their original shape with sophisticated, computerized propeller repair tools, right? Well, no.

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, ...

“My dad’s propellers were always getting nicked and out of balance,” Cooley remembered. “He would have to drive two hours to drop them off someplace and then wait two weeks for them to be repaired.” ...

Hixson resident Bill Eaves is bringing a lifetime of experience to Bill E's Custom Marine, his shop focused on boat-propeller repair and sales which opened in Red Bank this month, just as boating ...