Traditional Stuffing or Dripless?

[BigEasy]

Ancasta replied to my inquiry, saying that they have a 6 week lead time on the part . The irony of an 8,000 lb vessel being waylaid by a 2-ounce part has not escaped me.

Sad indeed! You would think that Beneteau would have the fitting readily available; however, doesn’t surprise me. Even when Beneteau was operating in SC, they wouldn’t sell them. Just out of curiosity, did Ancasta provide an $ estimate?
May have to resort to modifying the shaft log to accept a different fitting or having a machine shop fabricate a replacement nipple & a couple of spares. You can research to obtain info on owner mods to change the fitting configuration. I would be interested in eliminating the broken fitting & plugging the thru hull fitting, but I don’t want to risk any repercussion! Let me know if you need the dimensions of the OEM fitting & I will get that info for you. Either way, think about plans for future inspection & replacement In your designs.

 

[PNWE36]

This conversation reminded me contact the person who bought our boat to see if they changed fittings from Ace hardware. (mentioned in my previous post)
Here is their response and a repair idea.
"Ah ah yes the fitting snapped off last month. It was fixed when we hauled out last week.
We had a small tube glassed in so it won't be an issue anymore. Thanks for thinking of us."