I beg for mercy! fishound you made the statement's "all that money" and "aint rite" youre spelling by the way. The point I was trying to make is that this is a normal maintence item that as a boat owner you should know. You're post about water pump impellors being made from rubber pulled my chain. H. Bob gave a excellent answer to the reason why.
School teacher please read this entire thread and tell me where the negative comments started!
BTW. 40+years mechanic.
Now let's all go FISHIN!