Re-installing the steering gear is heavy and tight work. David spent some time last week doing the required alignment of the bearing that holds the tail of the gear. No easy task. Here are some pics of the project:
The Propeller and Prop shaft are in!
After months of waiting…its all here and together! Here’s a pic of the Campbell Sailor propeller in the aperture! We have about 1/4″-3/8″ clearance to remove the prop from the shaft without removing the rudder or sliding the engine forward on its mounts! This required a custom hub (4″ rather than the standard 5-1/4″ for a 1-3/4″ prop shaft) and the machine shop shortened the threaded part of the tapered shaft end (as it goes into the nut) so that we have “just” enough room for a pin but not lots of extra threads).
A photo-essay
OK all, I’ve been busy and no pictures have made their way onto the site without me. Since July alot has happened and I thought I’d put a few pics here of what’s been going on. I’ve got more, but no time to post them 🙁
Here’s early July with David, John and Chris man-handling the heavy, heavy double-arm worm gear back into the cockpit:
David putting in that bed in the stateroom. Wouldn’t you know it, the bilge stringer was exactly “in the way” too:
A view from the bow, varnished butterfly hatches in place with nice new glass…lots of varnishing going onto the boat these days:
Mahdee’s shipmate stove that needs to be cleaned up and installed (all 390 lbs of it, ouch!)
Project water-tight included new cockpit drains:
David and Chris spent many hours “long boarding” the hull with the “torture board” (a two person sanding board 48″ long):
David already wrote about the “flood”…here are some pics of things laying out and drying in the boatyard sunshine.
Well, there’s a bit for you’all to look at. I’ll try to be better about getting additional pics up soon!
Brenda
