[Public-list] A few rookie questions

[George Dinwiddie]

edward schroeder wrote:
> I don't know what you mean by "old" or "new" style boat? Emotional
> Rescue #303 was made in 1968. The water is definitely from the sea
> (fresh lake water).

That sounds like "old style;" I think the transition was around #370.

While the new style has a stuffing box where the rudder post comes 
through the hull, the old style has a fiberglass tube that runs up above 
the waterline.  If yours is leaking at the base, it may be a crack in 
that tube.

  - George


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