Outboard motor protective cover

An apparatus for protecting an outboard motor, which motor includes a skeg, a propeller shaft housing for a propeller shaft and a propeller, comprising:

• a. first cover member means for enclosing and covering a first portion of the outboard motor;
• b. second cover member means for enclosing and covering a second portion of the outboard motor;
• c. said first and second cover member means enclosing and covering the skeg and propeller shaft housing of the motor and each having a recess formed therein for passage of the propeller shaft for connection with the propeller, said first and second member means each comprising:
• 1. a lower cover portion for enclosing and covering the skeg;
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• 2. an intermediate cover portion for enclosing and covering the propeller shaft housing;
• 3. a rear collar formed on said intermediate cover portion adjacent said recess for forming an opening for passage of the propeller shaft therethrough wherein the propeller is external of said first and second cover member means;
• d. said first and second cover member means being formed from a solid member and in substantial conformity to the portions of the outboard motor enclosed and covered thereby for reducing impairment of the hydrodynamic flow characteristics of the outboard motor;
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• e. coupling means for connecting said first cover member means and said second cover member means together to enclose the covered portions of the outboard motor therein.