Do You Carry Emergency Shaft Seal Material?

Kidding aside, I have a roll of self fusing electrical tape, 3 inches wide on board in the event of a hose failure. Would this work on the dripless seal ?

I also looked at the SOS Seal or Sink product. However, I don't think use in an emergency would be as quick as they advertise as you would need to remove your water feed lines to your seal before you can install and completely zip it closed. For me, this would mean removing both the main feed line and the crossover line, and capping those lines so they don't continue to feed water into the boat. Doable, yes, but a few extra steps. Still like the concept and considering purchasing one, but would slow the install for sure.

Yes, but you can pinch the coolant hose against the shaft, wrap it quickly with a rag, and deploy the zips with the hose still in place. The concept here is that the device SLOWS the flow of water. It doesn't stop it. You aren't stopping a water leak with a zip tie. You can only stop a water leak by wrapping the shaft log using a screen door, and then apply flex seal.

Seriously, however, it's a useful product. You can puncture the membrane to make a hole for the coolant hose via a pre-installation, and deploy a zip tie on each side of that hole to account for the coolant line. I think this device is best serving when pre-installed for quick final securing...

I’ve changed the flax packing in many a boat, while in the water.
Pulled out the old and installed the new. It is a bit exciting, but I always have a cotton rags and screw driver handy to stop the flow if need be.
It’s not a deluge of water, but a good flow. Nothing your bilge pump can’t handle.

Never had dripless units on my boats, but as long as the shaft is still in place filling most of the hole, I assume it wouldn’t be too much water either if you had a failure. Is it like a bellows on an I/O? That sure can let some water in.

I still would recommend packing cotton screwdriver and a mallet and or the Oakum…
Simple to tap into place quickly to just stop the flow and regroup to something else if you want.

What foam? Expanding foam in a can?

What model CC?

Commander series?

I have seen a few ads of this type of kit as well, not inexpensive but I am sure worth it if needed.

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