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jayne vincent
Hello
Has anyone else had any problems with corrosion of the rudder bearing housing. We have recently been in exchanges with Clipper Marine avout corrosion of our bearings that has been happening since the boat was purchased new in 2006.
We've now established that the problem has occurred because the additional anode, purchased when the boat was commissioned from Peters Opal, was not bonded up to the aluminium rudder bearing housing. The picture shows some of the corrosion and it was only a quick decision to lift the baot out of the water to llok at why the rudder was seizing up that prevented a serious incident at sea that a complete seizure could have caused. Bavaria yachts have kindly agreed to supply new bearing parts under warranty but Clipper Marine will not help us out with the repair.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
Has anyone else had any problems with corrosion of the rudder bearing housing. We have recently been in exchanges with Clipper Marine avout corrosion of our bearings that has been happening since the boat was purchased new in 2006.
We've now established that the problem has occurred because the additional anode, purchased when the boat was commissioned from Peters Opal, was not bonded up to the aluminium rudder bearing housing. The picture shows some of the corrosion and it was only a quick decision to lift the baot out of the water to llok at why the rudder was seizing up that prevented a serious incident at sea that a complete seizure could have caused. Bavaria yachts have kindly agreed to supply new bearing parts under warranty but Clipper Marine will not help us out with the repair.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?