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. I r

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 to pull

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 the tute

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 prop

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 shaft zincs t

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. Th

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 wei

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 243  K

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 r

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 pressure is app

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 scre

Kent, Ugh! Sorry you have to deal with this. I won"t claim any technical knowledge since I've been lucky so far following Amel's advice to use Autoprop's "plastic zinc". All I can say is that maybe yo

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 the

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 us

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 try to r

Hi All, I’m hauled out for bottom paint and servicing the Amel-supplied WOB and bow thruster seals. It has been 4.3 years as I have had Island 44 on the bottom, and it lasts that long. No water ingres

As I mentioned Winslow has at least 5 different hard cases that you can select . What attracted me to that raft was the boarding platform, . If you ever tried to get into a dinghy from the water you w

Right you are, Eric, the WInslow would be a super choice and I was close to buying that. It's an exceptionally designed life raft. As I recall the soft pack would fit nicely in my SN port cockpit laza