Now that my phone is completely overloaded with list emails, how do I go
about getting rid of them all and changing it to the setting so I only get
my mails plus a daily compilation ? Thanks
On Apr 25, 2016 08:36, "Steve Thomas via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:

I chose to replace the packing box on my C&C36 with a new Buck Algonquin
conventional packing after 2 catastrophic failures of drip less packing
glands in boats at my marina in a single month. One sank, and the other
made it to the travel lift in time. Both power boats. I admit that I know
little about the PSS product, but after witnessing that, I didn't even
consider one of them. I concluded that the conventional system was a safer
bet for me.

I don't know what happens when they go wrong, but they have some sort of
failure mode that suddenly lets in an awful lot of water.

Steve Thomas
C&C36
Merritt Island, FL


---- Patrick Davin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Thanks, it's definitely sounding like the way to go. I'm just extra
cautious when it comes to something enclosing a big hole in the boat. And I
like simple systems, and the PSS is definitely more complex than a
traditional stuffing box. But it sounds like PYI's 6 year recommendation is
just them being extra conservative.

Part of my worry about installing a more complex shaft seal arose from a
local PNW blog report I read last year:
http://www.riveted-blog.com/2015/08/excitement-at-sea.html
http://www.riveted-blog.com/2015/08/hauling-out-in-juneau.html

They suspected their PSS shaft seal of overheating. But they're a motor
boat (so faster speeds), and in the end (in the 2nd post) they found the
issue might have actually been an engine misalignment. I see Martin
actually commented on the 1st one, about needing to burp the seal
sometimes. If that's the only complication I need to know, then I'm happy
with that.

-Patrick

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 1:49 PM, <cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com> wrote:

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robert Boyer <dainyr...@icloud.com>
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> Cc: Patrick Davin <jda...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 14:42:39 -0400
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Stuffing box options on LF38
> I've used a PSS shaft seal on my boat for the last 20 years and I'd never
> go back to a packing gland.  I changed mine out at the 10 year point and
it
> looked like it had plenty of life left at that time.  Don't overthink
this!
>
> Bob
>
> Bob Boyer
> S/V Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230)
> Blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com
> Email: dainyr...@icloud.com
> Annapolis, MD (presently in Baltimore)


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