The propeller shafts and propellers finally removed and now to get the stern tubes
The propellers and shafts now removed out of the boat and on the pile of other scrapped items removed this time. The shafts are about 12 ft. long and were made from Bronze and the new shafts will be made from Stainless steel and the stern tube glands are going to be modernised to run faster revving engines through the glands, as the original outer glands are made from white metal which is not any good for modern stern tube set ups
The gearbox couplings were well engineered in the the coupling had a simple method of locking the nuts off.
The next trip up to Chance the "A" brackets will get removed along with the stern tubes in the stern tube logs as the planking is in need of replacing
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