Four days in the yard

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This may be of interest to some of you…. Hauled out the “office” this week for bottom paint and a few other things including checking the shafts for cracks, adding a second stage to the TNT platform and a few other things like adding external South Bay strainers for the air con and water makers. We also loaded up all the parts to finish the ongoing starboard engine rebuild.

Since the starboard engine (16V2000 MTU) is being rebuilt, that meant running from our dock to the yard up the Miami river and into the narrow canal to the yard on one engine.

The yard and the guys I use for a lot of maintenance managed to do it all in just 4 days. Pretty impressive.

Here is the video:

 
Pascal,

Been a fan of your videos since you posted the one of your east coast adventure several years back.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING !

BEST !

RWS
 
yeah, a few years ago i had a shaft shear while cruising in the Bahamas. Prop fell off. Luckily it was in 23’ of water and we were able to snorkel to retrieve it a week later. When we hauled out in Miami a couple of weeks later, we magnafluxed the other shaft and found a crack.

as this was the first haul out since I took over the boat, I wanted to be sure they were good.

Retrieving the prop from the 84

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OMG! That must have been a fun trip back to Florida.
 
If I am not mistaken cracks in Lazarra shafts do happen. I believe some folks we know experienced this as well and have them checked quite frequently.
 
Sorry if this is slightly OT, but

If this problem is "not unknown", has the cause been identified?

Just curious. It is not a failure I would ever expect nor suspect.

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btw; Pascal, I'll say it again: You have a very nice office!
 
There are many things which can cause issues with the shafts including installing props in the water and / or heavy handed captains.

In the case of the 84, I know props had been pulled and installed in water by a diver and that the captain who ran the boat before was VERY heavy handed as in pushing the controls fully fwd on sea trial causing massive cavitation…
 
Classic bending break, most likely from a prop strike sometime in the past. Smooth surface 90 degrees to axis of shaft. The jagged part was the last part to of the shaft to fail. Check alignment too.
 
Thanks for sharing. Great video. They sure did hustle during those four days!
 
Yeah we did. In addition to the yard guys doing the bottom and handling the forklifts to lift / install the platform and load all the engine parts, I also had the guy who does all my drivetrain and fabricating with his helpers handling the props, thruhulls etc. and I was hands on with my deck hand working on the platform. When they see the captain sweating on the boat… they get motivated!
 
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