[C38] Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring

[Max Soto]

Sorry for the spelling, I guess my fingers are too big for an ipod!

You will have to check if all that filling made to your boat wasn't with the
purpose or reinforcing the strut due to some flex or vibration. Chech out
the technical drawing from catalina on the C38 web. You'll see how it goes.
The fiberglass were the strut meets the hull on a C38 is sometimes
structural, because the strut was embedded on the fiberglass on early models
but after seven years on the list I haven't heard of anyone with this setup,
but on the majority this is just cosmetic filling compoud. The strut goes
through bolted, and you'll be able to see the nuts after of the water
heater. The strut base goes about five inches inside a dent on the  hull,
and the all of this is just covered with filling compound. I took mine out
of Estancia (1982) about seven years ago, after the prop grabbed a line and
bent the strut..... I had to straighten it back, reinstalled it and filled
again the big dent. I did it myself, and had no further problems.....
Your problem is nothing that a good grinder can't take care of!!!!

Hope this helps.

Max

2010/11/12 Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>

> Marc, tour bota is ok. I just has some cosmetic fairing just madre to
> reduce drag, but os not original, nor estructural..
> Regards, max
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Nov 11, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Marc Stewart <mstewart at sounddsl.com> wrote:
>
> Here is a picture - that shows not the crack but a side view of the faring
> that's "loose."  The loose section lies between the aft egg zinc and the
> leading end of the propeller assembly above (below in this pix) the visible
> cutlass bearing.  No, the boat's not upside down!
> <SternCutlassStrutFaring.JPG>
>
>
> Marc Stewart
> <mstewart at sounddsl.com>mstewart at sounddsl.com
>
> On Nov 11, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Marc Stewart wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> I just hauled Palancar for biannual bottom work and discovered that the
> fiberglas faring that envelopes the strut that extends from the cutlass
> bearing up into the hull is split apart along the trailing edge and
> "wiggly."  Fortunately the bronze strut itself is firm.  Are any of you in
> the know:  is this a cosmetic thing that can wait, or is it a "gotta fixit
> now?"   And do you know what kind of Pandora's box it is likely to be?  The
> yard sent me an estimate for a cosmetic kind of repair....
> Thanks, Marc
>
>
> Marc Stewart
> <mstewart at sounddsl.com>mstewart at sounddsl.com
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Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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