Re: [Cal_Boats] Dead in the Water... (Richard)

Richard, This has happened to us 3 times over the last many many years. We carry long bolts to span the rubber dampener. Of course when you do this, you don't have the protection to the transmission/engine if you hit something, but it can get you home. see pictures below. Gregg & Dannae Cal 3-29 Puget Sound In a message dated 6/21/2008 1:48:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ri… [at] ctyl.org writes: So we were on our way to the 2008 Spring Cal Boat Owners Puget Sound Rendezvous and as we entered the Edmonds Marina we had to pause a second while another boat came out through the opening in the breakwater. After they had passed, we engaged forward gear and suddenly we had high vibration and no forward thrust. Well it turned out we had a small amount of thrust but it was essentially useless. Luckily the guest moorage in Edmonds is just inside the breakwater and easy to coast into... So we made very slow progress into the slip and tied up. Today I went below and checked out the scene and the above photo is what I saw. The flex coupling is shredded into to pieces so the propeller is completely separated from the transmission. This photo also explains the vibration and burning rubber smell. Unfortunately, I’m worried about the chances of finding a replacement coupling this weekend and so far our attempts to remove the broken one have yielded several trips to the store for tools. Luckily Edmonds is actually closer to home than our home port of Everett so leaving it here isn’t necessarily the worst thing. **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

Interesting... I wonder how long those bolts would hold under power.... We did order a new flex coupling and it should be here sometime this week. In the meantime we're just leaving the boat in Edmonds for now. It's tied and safe there, and towing would cost more than the guest moorage. Do you have the Nanni transmission? have you checked/changed the fluid on the tranny recently? Anything I should be aware of when I go to check the fluid on ours? >Richard On Jun 21, 2008, at 4:16 PM, to… [at] aol.com wrote: > Richard, > > This has happened to us 3 times over the last many many years. We > carry long bolts to span the rubber dampener. Of course when you do > this, you don't have the protection to the transmission/engine if > you hit something, but it can get you home. see pictures below. > > Gregg & Dannae > Cal 3-29 > Puget Sound > <Untitled.jpg> > <Untitled.jpg> > > > In a message dated 6/21/2008 1:48:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ri… [at] ctyl.org > writes: > So we were on our way to the 2008 Spring Cal Boat Owners Puget Sound > Rendezvous and as we entered the Edmonds Marina we had to pause a > second while another boat came out through the opening in the > breakwater. After they had passed, we engaged forward gear and > suddenly we had high vibration and no forward thrust. Well it > turned out we had a small amount of thrust but it was essentially > useless. > > Luckily the guest moorage in Edmonds is just inside the breakwater > and easy to coast into... So we made very slow progress into the > slip and tied up. > > Today I went below and checked out the scene and the above photo is > what I saw. The flex coupling is shredded into to pieces so the > propeller is completely separated from the transmission. This photo > also explains the vibration and burning rubber smell. > > Unfortunately, I’m worried about the chances of finding a > replacement coupling this weekend and so far our attempts to remove > the broken one have yielded several trips to the store for tools. > > Luckily Edmonds is actually closer to home than our home port of > Everett so leaving it here isn’t necessarily the worst thing. > > > > > Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient > used cars.

Well, despite the best efforts of some New Jersey Farymann distributors and because of the kindness of John and Nancy Williams, our boat is mobile and we've moved it home safe from Edmonds, back to Everett. We still have some projects left to do and I'm still working on getting a new Flex Coupler from Farymann but for now everything is back in order. Thanks for everyone's feedback. Richard Anderson On Jun 22, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Richard Anderson wrote: > Interesting... I wonder how long those bolts would hold under > power.... We did order a new flex coupling and it should be here > sometime this week. In the meantime we're just leaving the boat in > Edmonds for now. It's tied and safe there, and towing would cost > more than the guest moorage. > > > Do you have the Nanni transmission? have you checked/changed the > fluid on the tranny recently? Anything I should be aware of when I > go to check the fluid on ours? > > >Richard > > On Jun 21, 2008, at 4:16 PM, to… [at] aol.com wrote: > >> Richard, >> >> This has happened to us 3 times over the last many many years. We >> carry long bolts to span the rubber dampener. Of course when you do >> this, you don't have the protection to the transmission/engine if >> you hit something, but it can get you home. see pictures below. >> >> Gregg & Dannae >> Cal 3-29 >> Puget Sound >> <Untitled.jpg> >> <Untitled.jpg> >> >> >> In a message dated 6/21/2008 1:48:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ri… [at] ctyl.org >> writes: >> So we were on our way to the 2008 Spring Cal Boat Owners Puget >> Sound Rendezvous and as we entered the Edmonds Marina we had to >> pause a second while another boat came out through the opening in >> the breakwater. After they had passed, we engaged forward gear and >> suddenly we had high vibration and no forward thrust. Well it >> turned out we had a small amount of thrust but it was essentially >> useless. >> >> Luckily the guest moorage in Edmonds is just inside the breakwater >> and easy to coast into... So we made very slow progress into the >> slip and tied up. >> >> Today I went below and checked out the scene and the above photo is >> what I saw. The flex coupling is shredded into to pieces so the >> propeller is completely separated from the transmission. This >> photo also explains the vibration and burning rubber smell. >> >> Unfortunately, I’m worried about the chances of finding a >> replacement coupling this weekend and so far our attempts to remove >> the broken one have yielded several trips to the store for tools. >> >> Luckily Edmonds is actually closer to home than our home port of >> Everett so leaving it here isn’t necessarily the worst thing. >> >> >> >> >> Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient >> used cars. > > >