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The best on-line tutorial on Stuffing Boxes is here:??https://marinehowto.com/re-packing-a-traditional-stuffing-box/Study it well before you attempt any boat yoga trying to access this spot. Scott

Yes that is correct location for drip. A constant stream is not acceptable though as things are beginning to get loose and will eventually become significantly worse. The stuffing box on the 27 is

In the picture, 4 doesn't look like it's immediately next to a nut but it looks like 2 in the most astern nut and 3 the slightly forward one. 2 and 3 are currently screwed against each other. 3 is a

How appropriate to be talking about stuffing 2 weeks before Thanksgiving…oh wait a second….not the same type of stuffing!!!!! I am looking for a little help here with my Tartan 27 and the stuffing

With the rudder hard to starboard, a sharp burst of reverse will shift the stern to port (prop walk] but only until the boat is moving. Then, keeping the rudder in the same spot, pair that with

Thanks, that makes much more sense. Sounds like the washer at the shoe end is not a common fix. Im going to focus on the upper end this time and inspect the shoe well.

?Re-reading your post, I realize I didn’t do much of a job of addressing your actual questions. I think I fell into the “I asked him what time it was, and he told me how to build a watch”

We used a chunk of UHMW plastic, I think from Ebay. It’s thru-bolted to the deck. As I recall, the rudder was out of the boat, so we used a long dowel, the same diameter as the rudder shaft, and

Planning to haul Sleekit out this weekend and thinking about preventive maintenance while i have it in the lift overnight - has anyone installed a rudder post bearing and was it useful? I have a

Here are a couple photos of how I reworked the pennant attachment point (I wish I had a better closeup after it was painted up and finished). The first photo shows the new steel glasses in and nylon

Well done with the removal. Here are a few photos from the inside of a similar looking T27 CB that I recently refurbished (there were a few different configurations over the years so they are not all

Now that you have the centerboard out and definitely have to replace the centerboard cable, it is a good time to take a good look at the fairlead pipe that the pennant cable runs through. On many

Well, I'm glad you got the board out.? It has issues, clearly.? Of course, those issues would have resolved themselves for you, when it fell out.?? An observation:? I have NO IDEA how the wire

I grew up in Huntington. My Dad had a Tartan 27 there in the mid-60s, when I was but a young lad; it was the first real sailboat I remember. My legs weren’t long enough to reach from the high side

We only paid $250 for the boat. Full asking. Could have gotten it for $200, but didn’t have the heart to nickel and dime the 85 year old owner. Anything that could be broken on this boat, is already

Somehow I am reminded of my favorite EB White quote on sailing:“If a man must be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most. A

If you can find someone you trust to correctly braid an eye in to Dynema, a Dynema uphaul doesn't rust and does well under water. It's hard to anticipate what thing on the boat is going to break next,

?Ok. So we followed all the suggestions and Warren’s plan and dropped the whole thing. Only took 1/2 hour and some bruised fingers that the board fell on. The cable snapped as soon as the pressure

?Oh, OK. If it’s out then a couple of points: one, I had mentioned that you only need about 22” or 23” inches of clearance, i.e. how high the Travelift has to go. That’s because the board is

I’d say that without serious intervention you are 90% likely to lose the centerboard soon. The area around the pin has the most stress and is least vIsible. Every time the board flops side to side