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Originally Posted by CPAY
Hello SeahorseMarineDD54201
My name is Philip and I am from HONG KONG.
I would like to know have you talked with ship yards in Hong Kong about this problems and the potential reasons that caused the problem?
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As stated in Post #1 Item 4, Seahorse engaged a Hong Kong sub-contract yard to replace the full size 3 blade max prop with a half powered 4 blade fixed prop for trouble shooting trial purpose. An additional Whip Bearing was also inserted from the prop end (Post #13).
During the sea trial and dry docking, the sub-contractor tossed up the possibility of prop blade clearance, damaged Cutlass Bearing, and panting, and in the end said these should not have been the problem. The sub-contractor did not think the shaft was too thin. However he did say as good practice, they never use Chinese made shafts, and recalled a case where a vibrating boat (not a Seahorse) was fixed after replacing the shaft with one made in Japan.
George Buehler later without being told of this, also suggested to change the shaft to a name brand (see Post #1 Item 5).