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Action, my Perkins diesel only had 900 hours on it. I bartered it to the shipwright at my yard in exchange for carpentry work on my boat over the summer. He has sailboats & really wanted the engine, whereas I need stern settee repair (rotten boards, sanding, varnish) & I have some rot under my...

Here's one more!

This isn't a perfect solution bc I will still need to remove 1 battery to get to it & the battery weighs 150 lbs! What this means is that I'll be dependent on finding someone to help me lift it...not ideal but for now, it's workable. That & I'll make sure my bilge pumps are in good working order!

Update: since my box was recently stuffed, I simply asked the yard to ensure it's in good working order & then to just cut out a access hole so I can get to it. That is, nothing fancy - no hatch or whatever - just a simple hole so I can adjust the stuffing box when necessary.

I'll ask the yard. Might take a few days, though.

Gorgeous! & love the small mast! That's classy.

it's right where the shaft meets the stuffing box...you can even kind of see how stripped/warped it is even in the picture above...

Okay, here's an old picture of the stuffing box...

I'm actually a newbie/novice & I'm not sure the difference. I can tell you it's the thing you tighten to stop the stuffing box from leaking. Sorry...I'm truly a novice & don't know the terms. I'll look for a pic...I have one somewhere...

Ziggy, that's amazing! Any pics?

For the record, the stuffing box was repaired by another yard at my marina. my present yard is an old woodie boat yard w fine shipwrights. They are just expensive. A lot of woodies go there, so they are used to deep pockets. I'm the exception...the Steward who's always in the poor house! LOL...

Thanks. They are the original. Very uncomfortable & much smaller than they look. Peeps in the 1930's must have had small butts! LOL

Very good point re the mirror on a stick. It will probably cost me hundreds of dollars if the yard does it. Thanks for mentioning this. :-) You can't turn the nut to tighten it. It's stripped. The last yard had to hammer it tight which just confounded the problem. I'll address this when I go...

They assure me it's fine. No pic yet cuz I haven't visited the yard in two weeks. Awful weather here but do plan to go early March. I'll be sure to address this. Meanwhile I requested an estimate for the access hatch - that may ease my mind.

My issue w the present stuffing box is that when I first launched last year, I almost sank! They tightened the bolt & then I took my maiden cruise to St Mikes & almost sank again! I tightened the bolt to get home but noticed the bolt was stripped & getting harder to tighten. I got home to my...

Yes but everything is becoming so expensive, I'm having to count pennies now. It doesn't help that I'm at the most expensive yard on the bay (seriously) & being a woman just confounds that reality. (Yes, I think boat yards charge women more!) anyway, sorry for that! Maybe I should reconsider...

I was asked by the yard about my stuffing box. It's recommended I go dripless but I just had it restuffed so told them to wait. Cost is significant at this point in the game. They rec a hatch to view the stuffing box from the battery case but the shipwright also said he could make me a special...

Oh...& it's less expensive!

Thank you! I'm clearly in the camp of leaving your teak alone. My thought (& I may be wrong) is that the high gloss & varnish teak cheapens the wood. I see so many new boats doing the varnished teak...& as an owner of a boat, it just makes it more expensive. But as a steward of an...

Okay I'm being ridiculous now but YES. Captain's chair is also original...

Okay, now I'm being insufferable! I admit it...

One more pic....

If this helps....& I do understand that some prefer varnished teak, so no offense intended. I'm just more old-school...

I own an antique with original teak decks. Don't touch the teak with anything except salt water! Don't scrub the teak at all! Use a soft cloth to apply the salt water. Besides that, leave the teak alone!