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TWL: RE: Repacking Rudder Stuffing Box


Subject: TWL: RE: Repacking Rudder Stuffing Box
From: Philip J. Rosch (pjr@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 22:33:23 EST


Fishermen replace the 3/8 water input to the stuffing box with a grease
pump to extend shaft and flax life.

                                 Regards....

Phil Rosch
Old Harbor Consulting
M/V "Curmudgeon" Marine Trader 44 TC
Currently Moored in Miami Beach, FL

"The speed at which you travel is a measure of your discomfort..." Uffa
Fox

Subject: TWL: Repacking Rudder Stuffing Box

The starboard rudder stuffing box on my trawler has been leaking and I
decided to repack it with the boat on the hard this winter.
Joe Urban
Punches - Senator 35
Lancaster, VA





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