pcatterall
Well-Known Member
Our trip to France came to an end in Poole when awfull vibrations suddenly occured in the back end!!
She is now lifted out and the engineer says that there is evidence of rope in the rope cutter which is damaged, damage to the prop which can probably be repaired, a bend in the shaft which probably can't be straightened and the cutlass bearing rubber has become detatched.
We believe that the actuall damage occured several days before when our prop was fouled ( I'm ashamed to say!) by a cut line from the Fishguard lifeboat ( they had kindly allowed us to tie behind them while sheltering from a gale in the harbour) We had a diver down who cleared the rope and said it all looked ok. We monitored the propshaft and kept checking for vibrations but after a day or so thought all was well. Just as we exited Poole some days later the vibrations suddenly started, we could see the rubber over the stuffing box moving around and managed to motor slowly to a nearby mooring.
The engineer seems pretty confident that he can show that the damage originated from the fouled prop and advised us to get an insurance claim form.
Is there much chance of them forking out after such a delay ( we are with CJW insurance) ?
She is now lifted out and the engineer says that there is evidence of rope in the rope cutter which is damaged, damage to the prop which can probably be repaired, a bend in the shaft which probably can't be straightened and the cutlass bearing rubber has become detatched.
We believe that the actuall damage occured several days before when our prop was fouled ( I'm ashamed to say!) by a cut line from the Fishguard lifeboat ( they had kindly allowed us to tie behind them while sheltering from a gale in the harbour) We had a diver down who cleared the rope and said it all looked ok. We monitored the propshaft and kept checking for vibrations but after a day or so thought all was well. Just as we exited Poole some days later the vibrations suddenly started, we could see the rubber over the stuffing box moving around and managed to motor slowly to a nearby mooring.
The engineer seems pretty confident that he can show that the damage originated from the fouled prop and advised us to get an insurance claim form.
Is there much chance of them forking out after such a delay ( we are with CJW insurance) ?
