[JonAFL]

I just had a survey completed on a 2003 tiara 3100 open. I’ve attached a photo the surveyor stated that the stern tube covers are missing. I’ve spoken to a few marinas and nobody knows what he’s talking about. Can anybody weigh in on the photos attached.

[Misdirection]

If you look real closely at the picture, it looks like there are evenly spaced screw holes around the outer edge of the tunnel, I suspect there was a cover there at one point. This thread aludes to the same thing.

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[jclark003]

Yes Tiara placed covers over the pockets to smooth out water flow to the props. You can run without or have some fabricated out of aluminum or fiberglass. Tiara used both materials I believe

[ReelMagic]

I owned a 1997 31 Open, purchased new, and there was fiberglass covers over the shafts. As stated in other posts the covers provide better water flow to the props. I would suggest you contact Tiara to see if running without them is OK. M2C

[reeltimebrad]

If the shaft logs were recaulked or replaced someone probably damaged them during removal. You can run with or without them you probably will not notice any difference.