[Public-List] Engine Alignment

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Tom

Been there had same problem, not a plesent feeling, I also had the
origional bronze shaft.  I had a new bronze shaft made but just before it
was ready to be installed I discovered it had been made from bearing
bronze and was pourous.  Had the next one made out of stainless steel.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380


> Just thought I would throw in an educational story on engine alignment.
>
> I bought my Alberg 30 several decades ago, and in its previous life
> the engine and shaft had not been realigned, I don't believe. And
> every year, into the crane, out of the crane...etc.
>
> Took the Alberg from St. Andrews, NB down the coast of Maine to
> Penobscot Bay, and off North Haven was running the engine since there
> was a large following swell and almost no wind. The jerking was the
> final straw, I suppose...
>
> Suddenly the tiller would not work, and when I tried more, the boat
> was swirling around in circles. Put up the sails to get some control
> (not knowing what else to do), and of course it just made matters
> worse, since the Alberg was going in tight circles. Thought a lobster
> pot line was grabbed, but that wasn't it.
>
> Finally decided to take off the steps/engine cover - and with a
> flashlight was horrified to see the shaft within a few inches of the
> thru-hull.
>
> Grabbed it with a wrench, and worked it forward. Then happened to
> have some brass "snare wire" and used it to get enough friction
> around the shaft, and found a way to secure the snare wire.
>
> Realized it was a definite blessing that the hole between hull and
> rudder was small enough that the propeller had fetched up against the
> rudder, jamming it initially - but not allowing the shaft to leave!
>
> Once the shaft was secure, had my wife watch it while I used the late
> afternoon breezes to make it across Penobscot Bay and as the final
> breath of wind died, made it to one of the outer moorings in Camden
> harbor.
>
> Wayfarer Marine was happy to pull the boat the next morning, and
> after almost a week on the dock, I had much time to think about the
> matter of engine/shaft alignment. Especially as we were still living
> aboard, and everyone going by enjoyed the chance to ask how the
> cruising was up there (in the air).
>
> I realigned yearly from that point.
>
>
> Tom Moffatt
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