She goes pretty true while under power.. no real issues there. But i do notice that there is significantly less prop walk than my Catalina 30 had.. and i imagine this angle has something to do with it. I think the bend in the strut might be a camera artifact since it is straight when i look at it. Otherwise, its just off to an angle.
Honestly, i don't know how the heads didn't come off the bolts with how much torque i had to put on them.. only 2 of the bolts were in there like that.. the other 6 came out relatively easily
Good point.. i did inspect the nuts that i could see inside the hull and they appear ok.. I've never really paid any attention to the strut before on any of my boats since i've never had any issues that would require it.. When i got the design documents on how they lay up the fiberglass on these hulls to capture the strut i was really impressed with the amount of glassing used. Would seem that its one of the strongest parts of the boat other than the keel attachment points... I'm glad that i didn't have to remove it, that's for sure..
I think I would replace the tank. The pinhole could be repaired, but that amount of corrosion would indicate the possibility of more leaks in the future. Shortly after I bought my C310, I discovered a leak in the fuel tank, and it was a pinhole in a weld at the seam. I took the tank to a shop that specializes in aluminum welding, and they repaired it, but that tank was only two years old, and had no corrosion. I did talk to Frank Butler about the possibility of warranty coverage, since it was obviously a manufacturing defect, but he pointed out that the warranty had expired. Oh, well.
