T&T: Another Leak in rudder post area

[Robert Pelton]

The "theme" for this year seems to be the "leaky boat."

O.K.  The rudder post is repacked and now does not leak like a siv! 

I have another issue (my wife would say that I have many issues) that I
am trying to figure out.  When the boat was in the water, in addition to
the leaky rudder post, I noticed that there was some cracking around the
base of the box that the rudder post travels through.  The box is about
18"x12" and about 12" high.   There was some seepage of water coming
through this crack.  I mixed up some West System, and threw down some
fiberglass matting.  After I launched the boat, There is still just a
little water migrating through somewhere.

I am not sure if the water is "traveling" from somewhere else, or if it
is originating from somewhere in the rudder shaft log and weeping into
this "box".    The boat is back in the water, so I will be living with
this tiny leak until I pull it again.  I could crank down on the packing
gland to see if that has an impact, but was concerned about
over-tightening.  

Any thoughts about where this leak could be originating would be
helpful.


Thanks again,
Bob