shedman

10.5 metre on B pier

I'm just kicking off the process of selling a marina berth at Pine Harbour. To put it mildly the process as outlined by the company seems opaque and not a little bit lop sided. Anyone had recent experience of the sales process and how it worked out for them?

Just a note of caution re going to a dripless seal: whilst the stuffing box is technically not a support bearing it does give the shaft a bit more support than many of the dripless seals. My old man replaced the stuffing box on his Townson with a dripless seal and thereafter had a hell of a problem with harmonics in the shaft. At some rpm the shaft would whip so much that it banged against the tube - sounded like the proverbial two skelletons wrestling inside a 44 gallon drum! Lots of things come into play including type of prop, engine power, rpm range etc, but just go into the exercise

There's a new Salthouse "picnic boat, about 30 or 31 feet, by the same design team that did the South Star. Don't know whether it would go on a trailer, but it's a stunning looker. If you want a classic take, look up Peter Sewell's "Whio" - bit of a "Q Ship" as it looks like a classic double ended launch, but planes. Made the cover of Wooden Boat magazine a few years back, and warranted a significant article in the mag as well. Goes like a robber's dog with (from memory) a Toyota diesel out of a van. And it's trailerable (just).