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Posted on: Thursday April 8, 2021 at: 4:17 pm
Brandy Pad was hauled out of the water on Tuesday and it very quickly became apparent what the problem with the bow thruster was.
New bow thruster propeller
This is the way the propeller should look.
Original propeller – all that is left
Unfortunately, this is what the old propeller looks like.
Old propeller side view
From this side view, you can see where the blades have been ripped off.
Clearly, something very solid managed to get into the thruster tube, causing catastrophic damage. The good news is that all that needed replacing was the propeller itself. A very much cheaper and simpler operation than replacing the arm that converts the vertical drive of the motor to the horizontal drive for the propeller. About a sixth of the price in fact.
We are already back in the water, the whole operation having taken just over two days thanks to speedy delivery of the new prop from Kings Lock chandlers. The bow thruster is now working well once again.
We are happy to hear that you are ship shape once again. Happy sailing.