On Mar 4, 2:56*pm, John H wrote:
On Mar 4, 12:16*pm, John H wrote:



On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:11:22 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Once hauled for painting, turns out my 30 yr old sailboat needs a new
prop strut. *Old one had finally corroded enough that it cracked. *I
sorta suspected this as I had looked at it when I dove on it last
year. *30 years I s'pose is not too bad except it was good for so many
years. *It only seemed to go bad at the dock I have been at the last 5
years where I had to replace zincs every 4 months.
So, having one made from stainless. *I was hesitant about stainless
but they say they use it on many boats. *Thoughts?

Maybe these guys could offer some tips.
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking,
which is why conservatives can see in black and white.

Whoops, here's the URL.

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexc...ead.php?t=4096

On a 30 yr old boat, you expect some things like this. Even if the
strut broke, the shaft could not go anywhere but would probably
exhibit some balance problems. So you shut the engine down and use
sails. I have had the fore hatch replaced, replaced all the standing
(wire) rigging (truly expensive), running rigging (dacron rope),
lifelines, all instruments twice, new sails, new lighting. After this
trip, I will prob need to replace the two opening windows. The
gelcoat died many years ago and nothing brings it back. It chalks
like crazy in spite of heavy polishing. It will need painting but I
am loathe to do so because most paint jobs I have seen eventually got
worse than the dead gelcoat. I MIGHT try the System 3 WR155paint I
used on my Tolman because it seems tough although it is not glossy.