A28 stuffing box

[fiti huahine]

My 28 is out of the water due to the fact I noticed the dripless shaft was dripping and actually started flowing water. Somehow the seal cracked and bilge was coming on every 5 minutes. This is not an inexpensive fix. We didn't have to pull the engine - it is very tight to access but to cut to the chase - to pull the shaft, check that, replace bearing and re-install was like 2 days of labor and total - $5K bill for everything..including new bearing.

Pay close attention to this if you are buying a used Albin - mine was only a few years old, but we put plenty of use on it.

[Tree]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but did the earlier 28TE's have stuffing boxes instead of the dripless seal? If so, does anyone have any pictures to the access of them?