[C38] Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring

[Chuck Finn]

I with Max on this one.  I have not seen this fiberglass extension in 
any of the production plans for the C38.  I am guessing this was an 
attempt to deal with some of our "prop walk" by extending the keel.  If 
this is true, this is largely cosmetic, which means a bit of grinding 
and filling should do the trick.  I would carefully inspect the strut 
base inside the hull for any cracks, etc.  However, I must confess the 
use of the word "wiggly" does give me pause!

Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn, #114
Great Lakes

On 11/12/2010 11:08 AM, Max Soto wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:mstewart at sounddsl.com>
>>>
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> Max Soto
> C38 #198 ESTANCIA
> Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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