[C38] FW: Re: Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring

[Max Soto]

I wasn't aware that  the confined strut configuration is the standard on a
shoal draft C38. Marc's boat is a deep keel, so it was a modification,
that's for sure, but I thought that the shoal draft model strut is just like
a regular deep keel, just like the pic that I send from Chute the Breeze,
and also from the attached pic.
Do you think that these boats were deep draft models with modified keels????
Do you have pics of Renata's keel?

Regards,
Max

2010/11/12 Tom T. <tdtron at earthlink.net>

>  Hello gang,
>
> I've been following the thread about the shaft struts and as always, I find
> it interesting to hear from you guys.
>
> As Phil Gay noted, my 38 was a shoal draft version. There are some deep
> draft versions floating around that have had their keels shortened making
> them both shoal draft and sometimes very tender also if they didn't add a
> bulb to the keel.
>
> The true shoal draft versions had the cutlass bearing mounted in the
> Fiberglas hull and there was no exposed strut.
>
> I had planned to put an angled end on the hull where the cutlass bearing
> was mounted so that the prop wash would be directed to port when in reverse
> to reduce prop walk but I ended up selling the boat before I hauled her
> again.
>
> I've attached a photo of my keel.  As far as I know, no shoal
> draft versions ever had an exposed shaft strut and the hull was slightly
> different to accommodate the longer keel of the shoal draft version.
> The keel trunk on a true shoal draft 38 is longer than on the standard deep
> draft version which made the strut unnecessary on the shoal draft version.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>
> *To: *Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> *Sent:* 11/12/2010 6:53:42 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring
>
>
> Here's an example..
>
>
>
> 2010/11/12 Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> I have some pics from shoal draft C38's, and the shaft and strut have the
>> same exact configuration as the fin keel...
>>
>> Max
>>
>> 2010/11/12 Phil Gay <eyriepg at comcast.net>
>>
>>   Marc,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> One thing that hasn’t been noted is that you apparently have a shoal
>>> draft C38.  I have never examined the prop shaft on a shoal draft version
>>> and so your photo was very interesting to me.  Tom Troncalli owned a shoal
>>> draft C38 BTW.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would think that you don’t have a structural problem if your shaft is
>>> firmly attached to the boat.  However, from a water intrusion point of view,
>>> I would want to have the area repaired as soon as practical.  We don’t think
>>> of fiberglass as being able to soak up water, but it does to some extent.
>>> So the glass needs to be thoroughly dried before the area is repaired and
>>> bottom painted.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil Gay
>>>
>>> C38 049 (deep draft) Que Linda
>>>
>>> Everett, WA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* listserve-bounces at catalina38.org [mailto:
>>> listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Marc Stewart
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:22 PM
>>> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
>>> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Cutlass Bearing Strut Faring
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>>
>>> Marc Stewart
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Max Soto
>> C38 #198 ESTANCIA
>> Puntarenas, Costa Rica
>>
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> Max Soto
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