Everything on TD is accessable. You can see that Lazzara took great pains to make everything easily accessible. I can easily reach all the lifeline stanchion bolts, chainplates, quadrant, through hulls, tanks, engine, generator, everything except for the packing gland. I don't understand why that one necessary access piece was neglected from the accessability equation. One of the main reasons we choose the boat was the fact that everything could be reached for easy maintenance.

The packing gland? Don't get it and I've always had a problem with it. The rear of the transmission kept getting rusty from the constant salt water spray. He'll, even when Hinckley put in the Lasdrop they put it in wrong, rolled the seal and it leaked. It's a bit like it's possessed.