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It's time to drill a large hole in the bottom of our boat, and finally install our stern tube and prop shaft. This week we have a project the two of us have been eager to work on for a very long time, and that is beginning to install our prop shaft. Las...

At the tail end of our day, our prop shaft sheered off at the thread. After taking a closer look at the piece, it was evident that our prop shaft was on its last leg.

Week three and we're still grinding while we deal with those little spots of osmosis. But propeller shaft problems develop as we try to pull the cutlass bearing from the p-bracket. Will we have to replace the drive shaft? And we introduce our new friends:...

Removing the drive shaft (prop shaft) on SY Esper is never easy. But we begin with some spot welding of the dodger... 00:00 Spot weld with argon 00:26 Boat yard work continues... 00:56 Replacing the dripless shaft seal 01:46 Removing the drive shaft 03:45...

Jamie shows how to dismantle the prop when he takes the Max-Prop off the shaft. Liz explains how to check and service seacocks. 00:00 What happens if you find osmosis? 02:14 Status report on removing bottom paint 03:06 To replace our dripless shaft seal w...

Checking your boat hull is the first thing to do when you haul out. That includes examining the state of the anti-foul, inspecting the prop, cutlass bearing and anodes and checking the rudder. If it is a fibreglass hull, look for signs of osmosis. And befo...

We are sailing through pirates in high risk waters off the coast of northern Borneo. Imagine how you would feel if you had a sailboat drive shaft failure and became sitting ducks... Six boats are taking part in the only rally happening in the world right ...

Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Cutting for Propeller / Boring for Prop-Tube (EP80) Support; http://www.sampsonboat.co.uk/support Become a Patron; http://www.patreon.com/sampsonboatco ---- EPISODE 80. Cutting the Prop aperture and boring out the h...

SEASON 6 / The Haul Out : Episode #122 : Getting the shaft.... out Hello Friends, On this weeks episode we hire the Ventura Harbor Boat Yard to help us pull out our prop shaft so we can change the cutlass bearing and remove my archnemesis THE PACKING N...

We made our own 1/4 inch square copper rivets to hang Arabella's planks and we are now to the point where we actually get to use them! This is such an exciting time for us as we have planned and worked so hard to make these. We finally get to see the fru...

Sometimes, boatbuilding is all about big showy pieces coming together. But much of the time it is also working with small details. This week, we focus on some of these details that we are going to have to figure out before we move on from the prop shaft ...

We are getting farther up the hull with the planking and as we do so, we are nearing the point at the stern where the propeller shaft will go through. We need to get this hole bored before we plank past it because we are going to need to be able to align ...