[Public-List] loose casting on propeller shaft at end of keel

[Peter Milley]

My question relates to the casting at the aft end of the keel that contains
the propeller shaft. The lower of the two bolts appeared to be backed of a
couple of turns and the casting had come away from the hull enough to see
light in the crack. I tried to tighten this bolt but it acted like it was
stripped. I backed it off and took it out and when I tried to put it back in
place it doesn't want to seem to grab on anything. Before I start messing
with something I haven't had apart can you advise me if there is any drawing
to show this assembly? Does the bolt merely thread into the fiberglass keel
or is there a nut or something in behind that has dropped off. I tried to
look inside but the area where it pierces the hull appears screened from
view under the diesel fuel tank.

Peter Milley

Hull 475


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