FWIW, In our area, any boat with a strut has a zinc forward of the cutless bearing. An engine guy advised me to leave a good 1 inch gap between the zinc and the bearing to allow for movement caused by engine thrust and to help water to lubricate the bronze bearing. Full keeled boats or boats without an exposed prop shaft, get a zinc installed in front of the prop. There isn't enough shaft between the strut and the prop to mount a zinc on our 34R.
Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > On October 28, 2016 at 10:44 AM Nate Flesness via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > My surveyor pointed out that if you place a shaft zinc FORWARD of the > cutlass bearing, coupler failure will NOT result in a big hole in your boat. > I see them AFT all the time walking boatyards after haulout.. > > Nate > preciated! >
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