Retired from newspapers and television, currently sailing Thelonious II, a 1984 Ericson 381.
Symptom: Water in the bilge after returning to slip. Bilge is normally dry.
Cause: Rudder packing gland/rudder tube/frozen lower grease fitting.
There should not be much water in the bilge of a fiberglass boat. I figure that with a dripless shaft seal, there shouldn't be any at all. But there it was. Sometimes it rose to the level of the automatic bilge pump intake, which begs a disturbing question: is the pump the...
Cause: Rudder packing gland/rudder tube/frozen lower grease fitting.
There should not be much water in the bilge of a fiberglass boat. I figure that with a dripless shaft seal, there shouldn't be any at all. But there it was. Sometimes it rose to the level of the automatic bilge pump intake, which begs a disturbing question: is the pump the...
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