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Pablo Berrus removes and inspects the propeller shaft and propeller on day 10 of preparing his boat for a round-the-world voyage.Watch The work begins with unbolting the propeller blades, then extracting the hub, which had not been removed in five years and required a pry bar and heat from a blowtorch before it came free.Watch During the prying, a piece flew off and struck Berrus in the nose, breaking it.0:13 A second hub section came out with a purpose-built puller fabricated by a person named Alex.0:24 From inside the boat, Berrus uncouples the shaft from the gearbox, removes the stuffing box, and slides the shaft out.0:35 The old shaft bearing is extracted with the same special puller and replaced with a new one.0:39 Reassembly follows in reverse: new stuffing box, shaft reinstalled and coupled to the gearbox, propeller remounted and checked for correct opening, closing, and rotation, then primed and finished with two coats of white paint.0:48 Final checks will be repeated once the boat is back in the water.1:24

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