[alberg30] Re: Rudder stuffing box

[George Dinwiddie]

From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at mail.min.net>

Lee,

I'd guess it was cheaper to put in the stuffing box than to mold the 
tube up to the cockpit.

 - George


> From: <FINNUS505 at aol.com>
> 
> Hi George, 
> 
> yes, #255, 1967, has a fiberglass tube running from bottom of boat to cockpit
> sole. 
> Thx. Why would they go to the trouble of putting a stuffing box on the rudder
> tube of later boats?

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