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Should be fine as is, if not get some kind of goo to seal it. In days of yore there was literally a product called gasket goo , an awful brown treacly substance that you brushed on. People have successfully used garden variety silicon, I use loctite blue but any auto supplier will have a shelf of options. if you inspect the gasket and it looks ok and the mating surfaces are clean it should work. Head gaskets are a no though!

I have had experience with gasket hoop and won't touch it again. Making gaskets is incredibly easy. Although time consuming. I made my first one last Sunday for my heat exchanger/exhaust manifold. It was oddly satisfying... I was wrapped with how easy it was. I watched this video... Purchased a craft knife set and a litle ball pein hammer some gasket paper and I had a gasket within 4 hours! Now unfortunately the factory one I had already ordered and paid for showed up a week earlier than expected before I got to reassembly. But I have absolutely no doubt that my home

As someone who has built a dinghy from scratch and modified the plans to make it two part nesting, I would recommend buying a second hand sailing dinghy and cutting it in half, inserting bulkheads, reinforcing and repainting. Simpler. I think. Save a lot of angst. Unless, like me, angst is your thing :)

Trailer boats are great for Tauranga Harbour, we had a Farr 7500 for our first boat, very roomy and safe. We had amazing adventures around the harbour and close by islands such as Karewa

....and its back together. I'm glad we waited to do it hauled out. The gland housing had three packing rings in it and we replaced them like for like. However, the new packing takes up more space - it hasn't compressed over time like the old packing. On top of this, there was very little space between the rear of the gearbox and the shaft log. Consequently, the shaft had to be pulled sternward to allow the gland housing to be threaded back onto the log. I then had to "encourage" the shaft back into the housing with a block of wood and a 20 oz "Gentle Persuader". Once in pl

I had a kiwiprop for a few years and a few friends with them, never heard or experienced them auto rotating. Of course I only sail 8 knot hollowed out kauri logs so speed isn't an issue. I'm curious as to why some of these props and this one would do it, makes me think there's something out of adjustment or damage/ causing one blade to start the rotation. Or perhaps the down angle of the shaft might make it happen, my boat had plenty of rocker so not too much down angle. I'm aware that there can be an issue with multihulls and feathering props due to acceleration and deceleration/