On the topic of the prop. spinning. The prop will spin a little bit on the trailer but there is a enough resistance that the water will stop it from spinning. Some times it will spin but very slowly.
Now if you are ever on a boat and some one falls in the water in front of you and you do not have enough time to manuver what you need to do it stop the motor and put it in reverse. If you leave it in forward or nutral the forward momentum of the boat will keep the prop spinning even with the motor off. If you put it in reverse the cogs in the lower unit will stop the prop from spinning. If you have a transmision all you can do is turn off the motor.
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