[C320-list] Wet Bilge due to packing gland. Normal?

[Dick Walker]

I still find no problem with the PSS seal and highly recommend it.

A dry bilge since 1999  is a work of beauty.


Dick Walker
WindWalkerII #687
619.435.8986






-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hare
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 8:24 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wet Bilge due to packing gland. Normal?


Hello, 

This is an opinion piece related to the shaft seal and dry bilge so obviously you're free to disagree. 

I used to be a big believer in the PSS shaft seal. I still think its a good product. But the GFO product does just as good a job as the old model pss did (considering that burping the seal let in way more water than my GFO packing does today). 

Now that only the vented version is available i'm not as sold since (for me) it adds additional points of failure that I'm not as comfortable with. 

The likelihood of a GFO failure is minuscule compared to the likelihood of some part of the PSS system failing. And the results of a failure in the PSS would likely be a bigger problem than a GFO/stuffing box failure.

So, that's why I switched to GFO after 5 happy years without incident using the old model PSS even though the company sent me a free upgrade to the vented version and strongly urged me to use this instead. 

-jeff