rudder shaft leak

Hello everyone, I woke up to a considerable amount of water in my bilge this morning. I tracked it down to the bottom zerk fitting on my rudder post leaking. I had my boat hauled out this summer, and there was very little play in my rudder, and my steering has been smooth as butter. I elected...

Our 1973 Ericson 32 (originally with tiller steering, now with an Edson wheel) is leaking increasing amounts of water from the top of the rudder shaft. We've spent a fair amount of money having the local marina repack the seal at the top of the shaft, as well as (this spring prior to launch)...

Each time I have the boat underway and under power for at least 30 minutes or so, I end up with about 2-3" of water in the bilge (E-35-2). Since the bilge is rather spread out on this boat (vs. my E27 deep bilge), that's a pretty good amount of water. I have a PSS dripless shaft seal, but it...