Prop shaft leak detrimental on new Cutwater 30 CB

[chickensofthesea]

A heads up to all newbies out there. Keep an eye on the prop shaft drip rate on the inboard diesel even if it is brand new like ours. We were told how to adjust and we did more than once but it did not stay fixed. This was not really hit hard in the orientation, but it can be costly. Check it often. Even though our boat is brand new, we had a host of things go wrong all at once including automatic bilge failure and prop shaft leak plus other random engine codes, problems driving form the command bridge, trim tabs stopped working and the list goes on. Each time we got good support, but it just started piling up. After a month in the shop we got some things fixed on warranty but also have a hefty bill for what we are told is our fault. So our lesson here is check and recheck everything that might not be a warranty repair job. We are hoping everything is good to go now as we have been paying for a pricy boat slip with no boat in it. We still love our boat, but big bills have put a damper on the fun in the height of the season.

 

[SJI Sailor]

We had a similar experience with C30: lots of little things. It took a few months to sort them all out. I guess that is in the “normal” range although still annoying at the time. FWIW it is great now! I listed some in a thread here: http://www.tugnuts.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13580

As for shaft leak, we had the same issue and could never adjust it properly. Don’t really know why. Eventually we had it repacked and it has been no problem since then.