DAKA
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I had new shaft anodes fitted by a McDuff agent and relaunched late Jan 07.
I lost three days holiday due to one of the anodes slipping onto my P bracket and needing a diver.
Thankfully I found it before any damage was done but the story doesn't really end there.
After relaunch in Jan I was told by marina staff that my boat needed to be lifted again as there was a fault with the anodes.
I checked and spoke to the Mcduff agent who said no that was a different boat and mine was fine.
You can see from the photo that a machine screw and locking washer is absent and a nut and bolt has been used.
The diver was sure no locking washer was used.
The bolt was too long and it has been hacked/ground off.........my experience this always loosens a nut.
That anode has then slipped back and started to wear against the P bracket.
Anodes were brand new as were the cutlass bearings renewed at the same time.
I showed the anodes to the Mc duff agent who says it should not have been bodged like that and the person who did it is no longer in their employment.
End of story however
I am not confrontational and I dont want to fall out with a good engineer but I feel he should have offered to pay for a lift and new anodes fitted at his expense or do you think I am being too pedantic ?
I dont need a summer scrub but I could book one and ask him politley to put two new anodes on ?
There was only one with a known fault, the other I had taken off as I didnt trust it after the other one had failed.
