July 28th, 2011 by Van | 1 Comment
We hauled out on July 21st, hoping to “haul and hang” for an hour to pull off the old Axiom and put on the new one, but with the nagging fear in the back of our minds that we should have replaced the white metal bearing during our haul out in June.
July 26th, 2011 by Marilyn | No Comments
Nicholson 38’s do not have a cutlass bearing, they have a white metal bearing in a stern tube. This works well as long as you keep it well greased, and that’s why there is a stern tube greaser integrated into the stuffing box. But after 37 years, the white metal bearing was worn enough, you […]
June 22nd, 2011 by Van | No Comments
Axiom made the new prop in just under three weeks, and UPS got it here in just five days. What an amazingly flat world.
June 21st, 2011 by Marilyn | No Comments
We hauled Rainshadow at Sea Marine in Port Townsend for a week, starting June 13th. We had a nice stay there. Sea Marine pushed a staircase along side the boat, so I could climb aboard (I certainly would not be able to climb a ladder). So we lived aboard on the hard, and worked on […]
May 28th, 2011 by Van | 1 Comment
Prop analysis for the Nic 38