As former President William Jefferson Clinton often said, "I did not have sex with that-"  Opps wrong quote.  "I feel your pain".
The bright side of your problem Larry, is that most insurance plans cover striking a submerged of hidden object.  8) Check your policy and see if possibly your situtation applys.  You might get off the hook for far less than you think.
As a side note if your prop is seriously damaged, this is a good time to get a new one and if past performance of your boat indicates a need for it,  to change the pitch of the new prop.

Smitty
Has been there several times and realizes it doesn't get any easier to accept no matter how many times!

Hay buddy, as many times you've come thru for me I wish I could come thru for you know, Let me know if there "is" anything I can do .VW

As you can see Larry, i just got back into the surfing of our site. Plus there isn't much to enforce when kids are on Spring break. Thus the time to play on the computer. What happened with your prop? Sounds like you whacked something. Was this in the new boat? Where did you hit it?