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Old 10-01-2016, 09:19 AM   #3
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Some boats there is a cutlass in the end of the shaft tube. Looks like yours is one.

When I built my boat, the span between bearings was too far so I needed a bearing between the strut and the tranny. Span about 9'. So I put a brg in the tube end just like the OP's pic.

Easier to do and less drag than mounting a strut to hull bottom.

Since loads were very low there, I bandsawed the brg in half and kept the other half as a spare.
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