Restless

S362#150

Padanaram, MA

Boyz

1. My yard epoxied the bearings in but I share Roger's concern about if they ever have to come out again.? Except, at my age for better or worse, not likely my problem.? Sailing in deep Maine waters, not a lot of sediment get kicked up.? Yard said they were installed with a parsimonious amount of 5200.? The bottom one had come loose (crossing Gulf of Maine to Nova Scotia of course), that's what alerted me to problem.
I believe my boat spent some of its early life in dirty water (. . .. .oh Boston your my home).? Damage photo below.


2. I would check with Tides on the fit.? Mine were not tight.

Barry,

?

Attached are the specs for the bearing.? I got this from Glen Chaplin at Sabre.? The photos I referred to are the ones Dave Short sent.? As you saw in Dave's photos, the lower bearing is mounted flush with the hull, and was epoxied in.? Tides Marine, who made my bearings (and I believe also made the originals) also said to epoxy them in.? However, my original ones were installed with 5200, which is what Glen also said for the replacements.? My inclination is to use 5200, as once epoxied I don't think they could be removed without damage to the hull tube.?

?

As noted in my prior post on the topic, I am having an issue with the bearings being really tight on the rudder post.? Yesterday I sanded the rudder post to ensure it was perfectly smooth, and although I could get the bearings on by warming them slightly, once they cooled to the ambient temp (mid 40s here on the MA south coast) they became so tight I could not turn them by hand.? I'm still trying to figure out what to do.

--

Roger Kuebel
Restless
S362#150
Padanaram, MA