Peter, Personally I wouldn’t worry about its strength. When I bought my ’83 Landfall 35, it had a bent drive shaft from where previous owner’s boatyard lifted the boat with the sling too far aft and the rear sling slid back onto the prop shaft. We replaced the shaft and the cutlass bearing and while the strut showed some evidence of stress specifically where the fairing compound between the hull and strut had some visible stress crack, the alignment and the rigidity of the strut was intact.
Chuck Gilchrest Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram,MA From: Peter Cowenhoven via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2024 8:09 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Peter Cowenhoven <pscowenho...@yahoo.com> Subject: Stus-List Propeller Strut Does any know how the strut on an 84 Landfall 35 is affixed. I'm wondering if there is a backing plate because if so there is no access to that part of the hull as they installed the floor and box over it. Or is it just screwed in? That part of the hull doesnt seem partcularly thick or strong. I'm wondering if glassing over it to re-enforce it is a possibility?? Thanks in advance! Peter Cowenhoven 1984 Landfall 35 Clinton, CT Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_>
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