pcatterall
Well-Known Member
As we set off on the first of April (wrong date) WE thought we would be supping some plonk in Paris by now!!
Weather has been awful with no real periods of settled weather to really get going.
Yesterday we left Poole full of hope and with a decent forcast for a few days.
AIS ( demanded by crew, see previous thread!! ) fixed ( well, bought a new one).
Just North of the chain ferry.... bang clatter clatter! rope in prop again?? turned around and was able to motor slowly, searching for a mooring to grab. the opening to the Royal Motor Yacht Club appeared and just inside a very handy visitors pontoon... in like a rat up a drainpipe! Problem turns out to be serious!! we think that the prop shaft was bent when a bolt sheared/fell out of the coupling some time ago. There was no notible change in vibration but we feel that extra load has been put on the culass bearing and it has now failed. So boat out, bearing replaced, gland overhauled and prop checked straightened or repaced.
Only good side to it all is that it happened to us in about as good a place as possible.
The Club Secretary was very decent about it and the Yard Manager Bill was most helpful.
Will appreciate any advice on the engineering aspects of the work and any ball park prices for fitting new bearings and straightening or replacing the prop ( its 1.5m long!) of a Perkind 4108.
Weather has been awful with no real periods of settled weather to really get going.
Yesterday we left Poole full of hope and with a decent forcast for a few days.
AIS ( demanded by crew, see previous thread!! ) fixed ( well, bought a new one).
Just North of the chain ferry.... bang clatter clatter! rope in prop again?? turned around and was able to motor slowly, searching for a mooring to grab. the opening to the Royal Motor Yacht Club appeared and just inside a very handy visitors pontoon... in like a rat up a drainpipe! Problem turns out to be serious!! we think that the prop shaft was bent when a bolt sheared/fell out of the coupling some time ago. There was no notible change in vibration but we feel that extra load has been put on the culass bearing and it has now failed. So boat out, bearing replaced, gland overhauled and prop checked straightened or repaced.
Only good side to it all is that it happened to us in about as good a place as possible.
The Club Secretary was very decent about it and the Yard Manager Bill was most helpful.
Will appreciate any advice on the engineering aspects of the work and any ball park prices for fitting new bearings and straightening or replacing the prop ( its 1.5m long!) of a Perkind 4108.
