Hydraulics stuck, propeller wont move

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A technical point - the propeller is the shiny thing with the blades at the bottom. The whole unit that you want to raise up is called the out-drive.

Yes - you have the ram circled. On my boat, after I got it (not running) and did a bunch of engine work and replaced all of the rubber, the out-drive wouldn't go down and I had to get the rams rebuilt (something I didn't feel compentent to do). Cfelton has a good suggestion - your rams may be fine and the hydraulic pump just isn't working. You should hear an electric motor whining when you work the control to raise or lower the out-drive. If you don't hear it, you could have a loose connection, a bad fuse or what cfelton had and need to work over the pump motor, or there could be a problem with the pump. I had a loose connection in the fuse holder once and got lucky - I found it and didn't have to give up that day on the water.

If you decide to just tie the thing up to get it home, you should be able to only unbolt the back end of the rams and tie them up out of the way with some heavy twine.

Something about this site - we all have some knowledge and no one here will knowingly give you bad advice. There are two guys you need to listen go if they give you a response: Spareparts and Ferminator - they are pros and really know what they are takling about. If one of them ever disagrees with anythjng I say, forget what I said.
Let us know how it goes.