Your stuffing box should have 3 rings of flax inside. Open it up, dig out one ring and close it up again to manage the water inflow. Now you can actually measure the size flax you have.
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Neil
1977 Catalina 30
San Pedro, California
prior boats 1987 Westsail 32, 1970 Catalina 22
Had my hands in a few others
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