Once, when I was away from the yacht, the owner found that the deck pump out would not work. Plenty of suction, but no lift. Being the resourceful...
Post #49: "A new key was made for the coupler bore." You may be able to see a gap between the coupler and shaft on the side where the key is. If...
It may be worth monitoring the voltage supply. Local brownouts can trip breakers.
The pot is called an "L-Pad". It's design maintains the proper amount of impedance to prevent amplifier damage. It should also be rated for the...
I was involved with a brand new sportfisher that wouldn't come up to rated speed/RPM. The props came off and were reworked multiple times....
It could be that some strands inside the group broke when the extreme bend was made. When needing to shape heavy cable in tight spaces or areas...
I shopped for insurance when I first became licensed. The broker, a large, well known yacht insurance brokerage in the area as well as in the...
If it's not water-clear in the can; it will add color. Some varnishes are amber colored in the can, like Schooner Gold, and some are very dark,...
I like cradle mounts for rewiring jobs. You can support the wiring harness with loose wire ties as you remove tape and dead ends. As you progress,...
As MYTraveler says, you can get dirty fuel, but that can happen anywhere I've never had it happen in Turtle Bay, but others have in the past. I...
The comments about distances to fuel are pretty close, and the stops for diesel are Ensenada, Turtle Bay, Magdalena Bay and finally Cabo. I've...
Nothing on the immediate horizon,, I do it with a minimum of three competent helmsmen, with my own crew and also with a number of owners with...
I've done it many times, from a 40' Searay San Diego to Acapulco, to several yachts to 82' from San Diego through Panama. I've stopped at just...
You may be able to reset DTC's by simply disconnecting all power to the engine circuits for a short while, and I should have mentioned that it is...
These engine control systems generally work on the CAN bus protocol, the same system that modern automobiles have been required to implement since...
That's the kind of thing a smart manufacturer would supply for free. My wife took her '13 Volvo in for service and the invoice included replacing...
There's plenty in Rhubarb, spinach, chard, etc. Very useful compound. Brightens Teak!
Sounds like classic "Mustache" to me. Gel coat is more porous than paint, so easier to get dirty and harder to clean. The real question may be...
I was falling for it, too :( In my defense, the San Diego Municipal marina has an automated bottom scrubbing slip for the port vessels, so not...
Brilliant! Great application. I use that hitch on my safety line on a climbing harness. It slides easily on a line or halyard when not loaded, but...
