[Public-List] Rudder Stuffing Box

[Clay Pass]

Go into the port side locker and cut an access hole or remove some of the lower inside panel to gain access. I used a plumbing adjustable spanner wrench to tighten. 

Clay

> On Jun 20, 2024, at 7:10 PM, Glenn Brooks via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Good job! I did the same thing, except needed to replace the entire floor due to some water logged soft spots. The hatch gave me complete access to the back of the engine and hull right back to the lazerrete.  My 60 yo iron and rubber hose exhaust system was rotted and ready to fail, shift cables need replacing the next season, and rudder stuffing box needed new packing. Easy peasy working thru the hatch.
> 
>  Also relocated the battery bank under the floor, so moved it out of the bilge and onto a new shelf above waterline. Very nice to know I wouldn’t  short out my electrical system with high water in the bilge.  Best upgrade I ever did on the boat.  
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>> On Jun 20, 2024, at 3:48 PM, John Johnston via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>> I had the same issue and ended up cutting an appropriately 18x 21” opening, reframed the cockpit floor accordingly and installed a hatch that gives me access to the stuffing box and also the rear of my Westerbeke diesel. No regrets-
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>>>> On Jun 20, 2024, at 4:47 PM, Jeff Randall via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sorry.  After doing poorly executed hot boat yoga and saying words that earned me soap, I finally resorted to cutting a working port in the cockpit floor.   Yes water can invade the bilge in green seas but it is highly unlikely.  I can now adjust the reversing gear while actually seeing into the box and adjust the stuffing box any damn time I want.   Many would say that floor integrity is compromised.   Not sure.  Good luck
>>> 
>>> Jeff Randall. Yankee Star 296
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>>>>> On Jun 20, 2024, at 16:38, John Irving via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>>>> Does anyone have suggestion on how to tighten the rudder stuffing box on a 1979 A30 liner boat?  On wooden boats we didn’t want to haul we’d dive down with handfuls of sawdust for leaks that would get sucked in and swell up and stop the leak.   I’m not sure about a stuffing box though.
>>>> John Irving
>>>> Scotch Bonnet
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