[Public-List] Cracked Stern Tube - Laugh or Cry?

Gordon Laco mainstay at csolve.net
Mon Sep 17 15:50:50 PDT 2018


It was done by an itinerant handyman at Dutchman’s Cove. 

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> On Sep 17, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Gordon,
> 
> Could you tell us what the marina did regarding the stern tube?
> 
> I went looking to learn a bit about this, and remembered reading something
> about it on lackeysailing.com.  Ends up that what I remembered was the
> stern tube
> replacement on a Pearson Trident.  The stern tube was removed. A new
> fiberglass
> tube epoxied into the deadwood.  A cutlass bearing slid into the fiberglass
> stern
> tube and secured using a bit of polysulfide and two setscrews.
> 
> The description of the work done is spread over a few webpages
> * about half way down
> http://www.lackeysailing.com/archived/hattiemae/june09/62209.htm
> * bottom paragraphs of
> http://www.lackeysailing.com/archived/hattiemae/june09/62309.htm
> * first half of
> http://www.lackeysailing.com/archived/hattiemae/june09/62409.htm
> * middle of http://www.lackeysailing.com/archived/hattiemae/june09/63009.htm
> * lower portion of
> http://www.lackeysailing.com/archived/hattiemae/july09/70209.htm
> * top half of
> http://www.lackeysailing.com/archived/hattiemae/july09/70309.htm
> 
> Remember hearing form various sources that cutlass bearings and the rest
> are tricky
> "cause the stern tube might turn or twist and break its bond to the
> deadwood".
> Seems that won't be a problem in this Triton given the amount of epoxy
> applied.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> I hired our winter marina to do our stern tube... I’d have done it myself
>> but didn’t have time.  $650 labour plus parts
>> 
>> Gord
>> #426 Surprise
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 15, 2018, at 12:14 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> P.S. The picture at http://alberg30.org/maintenance/
>> MechanicalPropulsion/CutlessBearing_to_StuffingBox.jpg may help you
>> visualize this.
>>> 
>>>>> On 9/15/18 12:07 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List wrote:
>>>>> Daniel,
>>>>> On 9/13/18 6:18 PM, Daniel Swords via Public-List wrote:
>>>>> My boat (hull #525) has recently been suffering from a slow leak at
>> the stern tube. The local boat yard assessment is a cracked stern tube
>> which agrees with my assessment of the leak location. Their initial
>> estimate for repair is approximately $9,000. I don’t know if I should laugh
>> or cry. I guess my next



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