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Old 02-24-2018, 12:02 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Larry M View Post
You may want to ask for a corrosion analysis by an ABYC tech that has a Corrosion Certificate when the repairs are done and the boats back in the water. It will tell you if the bonding and electrical (grounds, neutrals, etc) are wired correctly on the boat. Given the condition of the shaft and prop, I’d think it’s a legitimate request. We had one done on Hobo and it took about an hour.

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Ditto this. You may also want ask about having the shafts decoupled to see what’s going on in the stern tubes. With that kind of visible damage, I’d want to know if there’s any crevice corrosion where the shafts might be starved for oxygen.
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