Time Lapse: Early morning ride up the Miami River

Here is a time lapse of a ride up the Miami River I took yesterday morning while bringing the boat to the yard. We had a Tides seal failure on one of the rudders a month ago and have to haul out for a couple of days to rebuild both.

The haul out bay was big enough, about 2’ on each side. The approach was tight because of boats being rafted upon each side and the canal is only about 120’ wide.

the tides rudder seal assembly screws on the main body which glassed / fastened to the hull. What happened here is that when turning the rudder one way it started unscrewing but didn’t tighten up when turning the other way. Eventually the seal popped.

the guys doing the work are adding a set screw to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Here are the seal holder which threads into the main body

You have to call on ch 9 but yesterday they each bridge called the next one to let them know. Was pretty smooth except the last one on Tamiami canal who didn’t respond but nothing a couple of loud horn blasts didn’t fix