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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 04-06-2014, 07:56
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Views: 5,539
Posted By S/V Alchemy
Re: Replacing stuffing box packing. Please tell me I'm crazy.

To be fair, we've not had a winter like that in decades. And Lake Ontario didn't freeze that much...it just got all the upstream ice in large, boat-holing chunks. The main effect is that the very...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 03-06-2014, 13:10
Replies: 16
Views: 5,539
Posted By S/V Alchemy
Re: Replacing stuffing box packing. Please tell me I'm crazy.

75 F? You mean 24 C? Try 6C/42F. I stuck a thermometer in the drink here in Toronto on Sunday. That's what all the ice in Lake Erie going over the Falls does to a lake that should be 15C by now.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 03-06-2014, 11:40
Replies: 16
Views: 5,539
Posted By S/V Alchemy
Re: Replacing stuffing box packing. Please tell me I'm crazy.

Depends on how cold the water is! A related idea is changing a seacock in the water...far more exciting. I did it this way: I taped a bit of inner tube around a wooden plug (the inner tube was fully...
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