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I took my mast down this year to replace and check a few items and at some point one of the top bearings at the top of the foil fell out and was lost.
I have tried Pompanette in Florida (as well as numerous internet searches and checking with some local riggers) and the part is not in stock and they don't know when it will be back (and don't appear very confident that it will be!?)
I realize that this is a very old piece of hardware but it has always worked perfectly for me so I'm now in the position that if I can't find a $30-40 part I may have to spend thousands to replace the whole furler.
I'm hoping too get lucky and find someone who has replaced there furler and is willing to part with this piece.

Thanks in advance

Jeremy

When I bought my boat 5 years ago I noticed a slight trickle of rusty water dripping from an invisible crack about 8 inches back along the port side of the keep joint (wing keel). The previous owner(who was a very straight shooter) said he had never seen a sign of the smile before and we negotiated $1000 off the purchase price.

I tightened these keel bolts, made sure the winter blocking was correct and never saw signs of a leak again. However I have had a consistent wet bilge and suspected I was getting water infiltration form the joint.

This winter I saw some crazing of the outer layer of either fairing or anti fouling (sorry no picture) and decided to investigate.

I found a crack in the fairing/filler running from about 8"back on Starboard side to about 12" back on Port side and ground it out (CS 1). It all looked really good. I then ground back a little further in the area I had noticed the rusty seepage and food a couple of small voids (CS 2). I ground this area a little further and it all looked good and solid again (CS 3). I then poured a bucket of water in the bilge too check for leaks and the outside remained dry.

I am fairly happy with the condition of the joint and planned on doing with either g-flex or flexible thixo https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/product/product-detail/336174
However I hadn't anticipated the depth I would need to fill and fair at the front of the keel (CS 4) , probably 1.5"-2" and I'm not sure whether this can be done with several thinner layers off flexible epoxy or whether I need to start with a good coating of the epoxy and then build up with layers of some sort of fairing/filter? This would seem to negate the effect of using a flexible epoxy too account for any flexing or movement in the joint?

Thoughts?

Am I correct in thinking that the correct replacement is the PO512-WC-20?
I have searched the site and read several posts and articles but could find no reference to the model number.

Thanks

Wanted Beckson Port for aft cabin (512?)

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Hard grounding, keel and rudder damage (plus structural damage?)

After spending four days over the last three weeks on my cutlass bearing project, interspersed with redesign and rebuild of my boat yard friend's homemade bearing "pusher", we finally completed the project bar the final re-installation of the prop.
I have made a couple of searches but haven't managed to answer my questions regarding torque/tightening of the castellated nut and whether any type of grease/ lube can be used which would make future removals (of the prop) easier.

Thanks,

Jeremy.

Hi, I'm about to enter my second season with my 34, my first "big" boat. I have obtained LOADS of great info from the forum, tech notes and wiki searches.
One of my main off season projects is to set up my boat for reefing as the PO always stayed in port over 15 knots and no reefing hardware is in place.
I have done several searches on the subject but still have many questions. I have seen a mainsheet article of Nov 2003 referenced but cannot access it. I am a member and do put in the username/password but only one article for 2003 comes up as a clickable link, and it's not the one on dual line reefing. Maybe I don't fully understand the system.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Jeremy