Sailors to Cruisers

[barnakiel]

It is a false division. A sailor who cruises is a cruiser and a cruiser in a sailing boat is a sailor. No?

Whatever makes you happy though.

barnakiel

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by Greene

We pulled into the marina on our way north to Orange Beach, AL to look at a shaft vibration issue. I installed a new cutlass and Dripless Shaft Seal during our refit, but it looks like my next job is to look at the motor mounts more closely and align the shaft coupling.

Wrinklesinoursails.blogspot.com

Your vibe issue, is it something new, or has it always been there?

[Pelagic]

Originally Posted by barnakiel

It is a false division. A sailor who cruises is a cruiser and a cruiser in a sailing boat is a sailor. No?
barnakiel

No....a cruiser in a sailing boat can often just be a "liveaboard"

[Greene]

I guess I should have titled the thread, "From Learning To Sail To Becoming Cruisers"? Oh well, sorry I inadvertently claimed to be a sailor.

The vibration didn't show up on the sea trial. But as soon as we dropped Wrinkles in the water after some refitting we developed a fairly strong vibration. At first I thought I screwed up something when I installed the new cutlass bearing and dripless, but there wasn't any binding evident when I rotated the shaft by hand. I double checked the coupling alignment which was also good. My next thought was one one injector not firing properly, but that didn't pan out either. Checked the shaft during rotation (when the vibration wasn't showing up) and it looked good. The vibration didn't appear nearly as much in reverse, so we turned to the prop. Removed it and sent it in to a reputable prop shop. All three blades were set differently. No signs of damage of any kind. They adjusted the prop and we have been happily motoring ever since.

Mike

Disclaimer: This post was submitted by a guy who moves about on a sailboat but makes no claim to being a sailor. Better?