On Tue, 16 May 2006 19:38:53 GMT, in message

"Roger Long" wrote:

Http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Strider0605.htm#Leak

This is a perfect example of Long's First Law of Malfunctions. The
first cause you find won't be the problem.

The first cause won't be *all* of the problem.

My boat is getting drier and drier with every little step along the
way. Feel good about fixing things even when they don't entirely solve
the problem.

Sailing hard last season lead to excess water in the bilge. We
eventually connected that to a shortage of water in the fresh water
tanks. This spring I found a crack in a poly fitting on the tank that
hardly leaked at all sitting in harbour.

Which reminds me that I still need to caulk those openings in the
anchor locker ;-)

Oh, and I agree with your other correspondent that pulling props is a
black art. I managed to deform the end of a shaft with a puller in the
process of tackling a prop change. Heat and well applied impact loads
seem to be important. I had no big problem removing the fixed prop
with about a 2 1/2 inch shaft contact, but removing the Gori folder
with more like 4 inches of contact was beyond me.

Ryk