Propeller enclosure

A boat motor enclosure to provide both protection from a propeller and protection to the propeller comprising:

• a mounting bracket,
• a fence portion extending down from and attached to said mounting bracket, said fence portion being dimensioned to encompass the skeg portion of an outboard motor, said fence portion having a set of spaced apart ribs to deflect large objects and to provide substantial open zones through which water can readily flow, said fence portion including at least one mounting rib attached to said mounting bracket,
• a substantially U-shaped band portion extending down from and attached to said mounting bracket, said band portion extending around the majority of the circumference of the propeller blades, said band portion having a substantially U-shaped forward edge which is attached to the rear of said fence portion, said band portion having a substantially U-shaped rear edge defining a rear opening and a surface connecting said front and rear edges,
• a cover mounted across said rear edge of said band portion, said cover having a plurality of spaced apart slats positioned over substantially all of the rear opening to prevent inadvertent contact between the propeller and objects and to allow passage of water therethrough and also angled to provide trim-tab like action to maintain the propeller under water,
• said fence portion, said band portion and said cover defining a space within which the skeg and propeller of the boat motor are containable,
• the surface of said band portion and the mounting plate providing substantially complete shielding of said propeller blades around the majority of the circumference of the propeller blades to improve motor.