Tony Meola wrote:Carl
Was it not PT Barnum that said there is one born every minute? What was that guy thinking. Obviously he is not afraid to cut things up.
What the guy was thinking...I really don't know. Kinda doubt he was thinking at all.
I kept my mouth shut...other then a few times I know I repeated...you cut the hull?? Cause all I kept thinking was, he cut the hull.
The little got was he wasn't paying that mechanic that much for that work.
He did however not mind going to him for information on how to do it...
Me, knowing mechanic very well...If presented with a shaft that won't come out of coupling...shafts in in mediocre condition at best, he cuts it out. Grabs the Sawzall and cuts shaft right after the coupling, slides it all out and done. He saves enough time to justify new shaft and split coupler.
My guess from what I got, he said shaft was stuck, mechanic more then likely said to Cut it out, a couple others in yard agreed. As shaft was not stuck in coupling, but strut, he cut the strut out. Rudder shaft was stuck in rudder port, he cut the port out. Quick and easy... I think very little thinking was involved on his end.
I'd really have liked to have probed his thought process, why he didn't unscrew the bolts to drop Strut, the rudder port, bolts were not tight or gobbed with goop. Or for that matter or clean rudder shaft, loosen packing gland to drop rudder, cause shaft was fine and came right out... But he was kinda arrogant, not listening to the little I did say and I did not want to be involved in his project anymore then I needed to be. So it was dis-assemble, straighten, send out wheel, clean up...re-assemble...with hull pieces and I was done.
I really wanted to find out how he was planning to do glass and install.
But thought best to zipper the lippers.
