Thank you Joel. As usual, your perspective is extremely valuable to us all. I appreciate the Amel design and rarely deviate from it. Since mine is a MaxProp, I can still put a zinc in it and still

Hi again Gary and Kent, further to my last. I do depart from Amel advice regarding zincs. Because the c drive, the shaft and the propeller are so critical I always have a shaft zinc between the prop

Hi Gary, I think you have put your finger on it. That erosion of the exterior of the WOB is something I have never seen and your reasoning that the least noble metal eroded sounds right. Brass is an

Hi Kent: What a great find and a great discussion along with Joel's post. Sooooo valuable. Thanks for sharing. Glad you got that WOB (wearing out bearing) out. It is still a bit of a mystery to

Hi Gary, That is a nice place to store a life raft. However if you have even had your total boat under water, As I have, you will probably lose the raft. That’s why I keep mine in the port locker.

Kent, In that case I would drill and tap it in 3 or 4 places. You will need a small wrench to turn the tap. Use brass screws in case they break—or possibly drill it and insert a few eazy outs

Hello everyone and here is yet another installment of more than you ever wanted to know about… During my first visit to Chantiers Amel in the early 1980’s I spent several hours each day under

Well I wanted to test the bonding for my keel bolt this weekend, so I finally did the dreded annual bilge cleaning. Since we previously had a grease based stuffing box, needless to say it was a messy

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Thanks, Mark. Interesting to know. I have a MaxProp Classic. They sell stainless steel hex bolts for the zinc. Anyone have suggestions for something I can put between the zinc and aft side of the

Hi Kent, I do like the Dremel idea; it will allow you to section the WOB and remove it like a dentist removes a wisdom tooth. I wanted to let you know that every time I have ordered prop

Hi Kent, I hope you and Iris are weathering this non-meteorological storm well. Galvanic corrosion is one of my (many) weak suits, but I’m isolated and have some time to let my imagination go nuts.

So, this might sound a bit unconventional but I keep my hard cased Winslow below decks in the wet locker next to the nav station ... except when actually sailing. The hard case is a bit cumbersome

Of course you are right, Bill. I was going to check continuity between the prop shaft and the rudder zincs. That wouldn’t have anything to do with the bilge strap. Kent Robertson S/V Kristy SM

Kent, You ask for, "an explanation why the rudder zincs are wearing normally but I have this problem with the WOB?" The possible answer is: If the C-Drive is not connected to the bonding system, the

 Thanks for your replies. Eric, I am able to turn it on the shaft with rotational pressure using a screw driver, but I can’t get any purchase on the WOB, as it crumbles when any aftward

Hi Kent, Boy, I sure don't know why it would go all zombie like that really. Nonetheless, a few days' soaking with PB Blaster or (preferably) AeroKroil penetrant is a start. There's a hex jet set

I think Kent may be referring to the prop zinc, not the prop shaft. I have one on my autoprop attached with three plastic bolts, and as Kent says, it always corrodes around the three bolts and can

Hi Kent, looks ugly. When your prop shaft zinks fell off did you replacen immediately. Also, the fact they just coroded around the stainless bolts could sugest limited contact with the prop. I have

Hi Kent, Wow, That looks like a delicate job. Good luck with the work. Looking at the picture again, had to tried to put a screwdriver or small chisel in the place where the set screw was and