Schooled by a stuffing box!
While we were offshore, I found that the wing engine stuffing box had turned in it’s housing and was allowing water to gush into the boat. Spoiler alert: We didn’t sink! In this video we discuss how a stuffing box works, how I fixed our problem, and some digressions into the realities of on-the-water problem solving and boat costs. WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
0:00 We have an issue in the engine room
3:45 Who you gonna call?
5:35 I was able to straighten and tighten the packing gland
6:06 This isn’t a plug for YachtTech
6:35 These boats are complicated - you can’t know everything
8:40 Twenty years of owners’ great ideas
10:40 The dollars get big on these boats really quickly
13:30 Explanation of how a stuffing box actually works
19:30 Lugger Bob chimes in on what he thinks happened
22:17 Nordhavn documentation to the rescue again
23:00 I’m going to repack this on my own
24:40 Run your wing engine hard and check the tightness on your unit!
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