Slow leak aft [Dripless Shaft Seal]

[Solarken]

I can confirm I get water in during very rough water. Going to try to tie a towel around both rudder seam and pss. We will see. Try to photo today also…

 

[Solarken]

Very strange… PSS still no dripping. Could not wrap it with one hand. Rudder post may not have had rag in the right place. I got water in rough conditions from aft. I can not hang out down there when it’s rough. Well, any time! I get stiff from being smashed in there and can’t get out.

Now I have a new issue… white pieces floating in fresh water. Calcium? Left the tank emptied in rough seas. Guys the bit in there scrubbed the bottom of the tank.

 

[Nick J]

Do you have kids? Or next time you have guests on board, tell them the obligatory 6pack isn't required, but you have a special job for them.

 

[Solarken]

Do you have kids? Or next time you have guests on board, tell them the obligatory 6pack isn't required, but you have a special job for them.

No kids. And right! but not had a guest aboard in 3 years

 

[Solarken]

Very rough last night. Almost no added water. I’m mystified

 

[southofvictor]

Have you checked your your above waterline through hulls? Not sure the through hull configuration on a 32-2 but we had two cracked ones that would let water in when conditions were rough or when we sailed hard on starboard tack for a while. A fair bit of water moved down the port side of the boat getting diverted by the stringer on that side, but a decent amount made it under the shaft as well. Replacing them last year seemed to solve it (although I got some more in this past month and haven’t been able to trace it yet).

 

[Solarken]

Ok, still a mystery. Looks like shaft is still dry. Never got anything from the rag on the rudder post. Hard to get in there. Bu it looks like water is coming from that direction. Some days I get almost no water. Others maybe ¾”

still searching.