Prop Shaft

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I've seen a strut like that on a 68 Aquacraft. I thought it was a neat idea but I would assume the part would'nt be as strong.

OH THAT HOLE. That hole has nothing to do with the strut bushing. Its actually a pickup for the engine water. Cool idea, saved drilling another hole in the boat before they started putting the pickup in the cav plate. It worked reasonably well for the power the made in the day. Nicson made a slightly different version than the one pictured, where the inlet was on the side of the barrel right where the blade met the barrel. It didn't feed water to the bushing either, but from the outside it may have looked like it did.
There was a cracker running that had the water pickup for the engine in the rudder blade. Series of holes drilled in the side of the blade on a forward facing angle, that connected to a hole drilled vertically down the rudder shaft. Cool setup, but I think they ditched it