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Date Posted: - Wednesday - 09/ 9/09 - 5:45pm
Author: Jared Kibele
Subject: I always expect water
In reply to: Lyle Harris 's message, "drippy packing gland around shaft" on - Wednesday - 09/ 9/09 - 3:04pm

I'm pretty pessimistic about stuffing boxes. The first boat (an islander 36) that I spent much time on had a very leaky stuffing box and an unreliable bilge pump. During my second day on that boat, there was water above the cabin sole. ...and that poor boat ended up sinking at the dock a couple of years later for the same reason.

I installed a second bilge pump on my boat with it's own float switch and redundant wiring. The second pump has the switch mounted a little higher in the bilge and it has an audible alarm so, theoretically, the second one never pumps unless the first one fails and, if it does, it makes an annoying noise to let me know the first one is not doing it's job. In reality, I need to get the switch up a little higher still because it sometimes goes on before the first one.

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[> [> [> San Juans -- Andy Culver, - Wednesday - 09/ 9/09 - 6:01pm

M31 Kahagon. An M31 anchored in Massacre Bay ,Orcas Isl. a week or two ago, was that you?


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[> [> [> [> San Juan passing -- Lyle Harris, - Wednesday - 09/ 9/09 - 6:56pm

We were not in massacre bay, but we did see a Mariner leaving Friday Harbor about 10 days ago as we were coming in from Fisherman's Bay. We didn't hail the boat as we had a lot going on and headed in the other direction...
Our trip touched Port Townsend, Fisherman's Bay, Sucia Island, Deer Harbor, Garrison Bay, Cattle Pass, and Mcavey bay on s. Lopez.

We also saw a Mariner on the West side of Blake Island a month ago with maroon trim and dodger. Great looking boat, but the owner was on Blake island, so we didn't get to meet.

Our M31, Greywolf has green trim below the toerail, buff masts with Hatteras tips, and currently has no dodger (we're making a new one). It's rustic, and arguable a fixer, but I really needed to sail it to keep my interest in the project. It was a great trip.


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