Patent ID: 7798875

Claim:
A support for a marine motor propeller shaft, the support being utilized in a marine vessel having an inboard propulsion drive system, the drive system including a propeller shaft extending through the vessel hull, a propeller mounted at the end of the propeller shaft, and a rudder mounted aft of the propeller, comprising: a single leg having an upper section attached to the hull of a boat and a lower section supporting a propeller shaft; the leg being attached to the hull forward of the propeller, the leg lower section supporting the propeller shaft also being forward of the propeller; and the leg having an angled helical twist near the upper section such that the propeller support is angled with respect to the centerline of the hull and creates a gradient flow vector of inflowing water to the propeller; said helical twist diminishing from said leg upper section towards said leg lower section, said leg lower section being generally straight.