Re-Packing A Stuffing Box - A Photo DIY Article

Maine Sail · Post by **Maine Sail** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:31 pm

Hi All,

I have seen this question, "how do I re-pack my stuffing box" posed literally hundreds of times, on different forums, and still no-one had a good photo based article on how to change the flax packing in an old school stuffing box. Sunday it was ridiculously rainy, hahvin' a Noh' Eastaah, and too miserable to go to the boat yard so I dug out my old stuffing box, cleaned it up and created a photo based how-to article on re-packing a stuffing box. I hope this helps someone and when this question comes up again perhaps we can just copy and paste a link !

If I missed or forgot any important points please let me know and I'll make the changes. As usual I'm not claiming these are the be all end all instructions just the only ones I know of that are in-depth and picture based.

There are two pages to this article so be sure and click page two when you get to the end of page one!

The link: http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/stuffing_box

gonesail · Post by **gonesail** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:51 pm

thanks for the link. this will help since I just purchased the GFO packing for my boat.

A30_John · Post by **A30_John** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:30 pm

I wish I had that kind of access when repacking my stuffing box. :-)

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:36 am

Acoustic:
Excellent article ... thanks for sharing it with the forum!

Ceasar Choppy · Post by **Ceasar Choppy** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:24 am

A30_John wrote:I wish I had that kind of access when repacking my stuffing box. :-)

And its so clean and shiny!!!!

Jason K · Post by **Jason K** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:16 pm

Wow. Great article.

You should send that in to Good Old Boat, their DIY articles have been a little too basic recently (like a four page article on how to apply a vinyl name and hailing port).