The power boat that was docked next to me at a marina in Florida
experienced such a failure. I was there when it happened. The owner
knocked on my boat and wanted a portable water pump if I had one. Long
story short, water came in faster than the bilge pumps could get it out
and he got an emergency tow $$$ to the travel lift for a haul out. There
was another failure that I did not personally witness within a year or
so of that event. This was at a 600 slip marina, not a scientific sample
or experiment I concede, but enough to scare me off. I make no claim
that the devices were properly maintained, just that bronze packing
glands don't shatter. It may be that newer "dripless" designs exist that
won't fail in this way, I don't know, but I know for a fact that some
designs can and do under some circumstances.
Steve Thomas
C&C27 MKIII - Ontario
C&C36 MKI - Florida
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Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7:47 AM
Subject: Stus-List Re: Stuffing Box
Hello all,
From time to time this discussion of stuffing box vs PSS dripless
comes up and catastrophic failure is typically mentioned.
Has anyone on this list experienced a PSS catastrophic failure (that
is the fault of PSS) or have direct knowledge of someone who did?
Installed PSS 4 years ago. Maintenance free = more time sailing.
Jeff Laman
1981 C&C34
Harmony
Ludington, Mi
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From: Robert Boyer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7:34:29 AM
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Subject: Stus-List Re: Stuffing Box
I’ve had a PSS shaft seal for our long time on our LF38 with no problems
except when a shaft key broke and allowed the shaft to slip. However,
the same thing could have happened with packing. I would never consider
going back to packing.
Bob
Bob Boyer
s/v Rainy Days
C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230)
(Spending winters in warm places, and summers on the Chesapeake Bay)
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On Jul 13, 2021, at 7:26 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
+1 on that; though I have mine for only 9 years.
Marek
1994 #122 ”Legato”
Ottawa, ON
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Subject: Stus-List Re: Stuffing Box
I've had a PSS shafted, and a DRY bilge for 10 years...think it is
great.
Spencer Johnson
84 LF38
Racine, WI
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