propeller inspection well

[Jim Higgins]

I AM TRYING TO FIND A S.S. PLUG 6'' TO GLASS INTO HULL FOR AN INSPECTION WELL OVER THE PROP.
IF ANY ONE HAS ANY IDEA WHERE TO LOCATE PLEASE HELP;

THANKS VERY MUCH
JIM HIGGINS
[email protected]

 

[Jim Higgins]

[/COLOR thanks much

 

[MDI45]

JHiggins,You must glass in a piece of exhaust tube up and above the water line first...make a flange on the top of the tube and then you can make a top from a piece of glass ....you can Pm Tunaorlater on this site....he has one in his boat....maybe he can post a picture...good luck

 

[steveinak]

JHiggins,You must glass in a piece of exhaust tube up and above the water line first...make a flange on the top of the tube and then you can make a top from a piece of glass ....you can Pm Tunaorlater on this site....he has one in his boat....maybe he can post a picture...good luck

Something like this.

 

[BillD]

Something like this.
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Steve,

Curious???????

Have you had to use the prop clean out since you've owned the boat ?

 

[tunaorlater]

I have had one on my boats for the past 10 years. Used them twice for ropes and once a month to check my shaft zinc.

 

[steveinak]

Steve,

Curious???????

Have you had to use the prop clean out since you've owned the boat ?

Nope never needed it, i'm real careful when hauling gear but i can spin right around on the line when hauling and when running around the Sound i'm all ways looking for logs, sticks and big rafts of popweed. Even when i had the bowpicker with the outdrive i only got the net in the wheel one time in 20 years and that was at night when me and 150 other boats were jammed into a small bay by fish and game's stupid thinking, you can't have surface gillnets a boat width apart and expect to be able to move around much.

 

[steveinak]

just some more pics,

 

[El Mar]

Nice documentation of that install Steve.

 

[AGL]

Something like this.

Hi;

That's a very informative set of pictures you posted - thanks!

It looks like a feasible project. (just finished putting in a Python CV drive,moving the engine forward 3", c/w thrust bulkhead and so on) My next step was cutting the shaft to length and being unhappy about line cutting options and installation alternatives.

My boat is LWL 29' with a 16" prop, 35 HP, 7 1/2 knots top speed.

Do you know if there is an increase water pressure at the bottom of the tube while running or backing that would force water up the pipe much higher than the waterline? Is it therefore watertight at the top?

Is it 6 inch? Is that enough to get some line removal tools down the hole?

Thanks

 

[Genius]

Hi;

That's a very informative set of pictures you posted - thanks!

It looks like a feasible project. (just finished putting in a Python CV drive,moving the engine forward 3", c/w thrust bulkhead and so on) My next step was cutting the shaft to length and being unhappy about line cutting options and installation alternatives.

My boat is LWL 29' with a 16" prop, 35 HP, 7 1/2 knots top speed.

Do you know if there is an increase water pressure at the bottom of the tube while running or backing that would force water up the pipe much higher than the waterline? Is it therefore watertight at the top?

Is it 6 inch? Is that enough to get some line removal tools down the hole?

Thanks

yes, water comes up mine all the time while backing. I have a heavy duty post in mine, and it comes around the post structure. If it wasn't there it would shoot up someone's skirt.

 

[Diesel Jerry]

Dad has done a few on boats he finished off for other guys. He used the portion of the hull that was cut out as a...lower plug, but not water tight. He used a piece of glass tube between that and the upper flange. He then used 6 or 8 SS bolts, fender washers, lock washers and nuts to hold the flange to the tube (flanged as well). Most guys would make there own tools to handle the issue. A Victronox knife screwed to a broom handle. A gaff to grab the rope is pretty standard on any lobster boat.

 

[Old Mud]

Yes they are very handy as opposed to going over the side at 03:00 and the water at 52 degrees. I have installed a few either 6 or 8" exhaust tube saves you some time. I have even put one in all the way through the deck, then capped it off with a 8" bronze hatch. Also best thing i have seen to clear pot warp/line is a tree pruning saw (Curved) bolted to an old hockey stick or fisherman's gaff.

 

[steveinak]

Yes they are very handy as opposed to going over the side at 03:00 and the water at 52 degrees. I have installed a few either 6 or 8" exhaust tube saves you some time. I have even put one in all the way through the deck, then capped it off with a 8" bronze hatch. Also best thing i have seen to clear pot warp/line is a tree pruning saw (Curved) bolted to an old hockey stick or fisherman's gaff.

hack saw blade works well also.

 

[capecodda]

This thing has saved me a couple of times:
LED lighting, soundproof, Sailor's Solutions Inc.

 

[Genius]

I wish it always looked like that.

 

[crabz]

just some more pics,
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That's like the one on my 32' Wegley A model, I have used it a few times to cut gillnet out of the wheel. Just happy it was my net

 

[AGL]

That's enough information to get it done.

BTW, I found this link: Fibreglass culvert, pipe, piling, fencepost | Other | Sarnia | Kijiji

There might be some waste in buying a piece from each end of the tapered lengths for a nice nesting, but at this point I just need to go look. The price is right. ;-)