moody yachts P bracket problem

[Birdseye]

Got a 91 Moody 336 with the tulip shaped bolted on P bracket . Imagine a letter Y with the shaft at the bottom of the Y, and the top V shaped part of the Y replaced by a wine glass shape with flanges.

The hull / P bracket join is over laminated down to about 3 inches above the top of the prop shaft and today I noticed a slight leak of brown liquid coming out of this laminate.

To cut a long story short, I removed the laminating and then the P bracket itself to find that it is bolted to a flat part of the hull thus creating a void between the tulip / wine glass shaped part of the P bracket and the hull. This had filled with water.

Two questions come to mind:

1/ Is the over laminating normal (it isnt there on a friends Moody 35) or is this some bodged repair? When I re-install, do I over laminate again?

2/ What do you fill the void with to avoid it filling with water?

Anyone had a P bracket off such a boat?

 

[Skyva_2]

When I bought a 1989 M336 the P bracket was loose and needed reinstalling. It was over laminated like yours. But the top of the bracket was bedded and bolted in a block of GRP, about 9in x 9in x 5in, inside the hull. This had to be ground out and rebuilt.

 

[MoodySabre]

You should ask this question on Moody Owners website. Usually a mine of type specific information. I've heard of this problem with other models too but fortunately my M31 seems OK. An expensive job in a boat yard including stripping out the shaft, cutless bearing, grinding out and reseating and then reassembling and shaft realignment. Friend of mine was quoted £1500 at Burnham.