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Thanks. I may need to try that.

I am failing at finding what the replacements should be for the two O rings that are on the sea strainer cap for the Groco ARG-2000. Can anyone help a confused old man?

Welcome from a former Catalina 36 and 400 owner.

Not a necessity, but I would make sure to put one on any boat that I owned if it didn't have one already.

I have one of those on my boat. The idea was to send battery information from the batteries to the Victron Solar Charge controller. Due to issues related to cabling, the charge controller is in the pilothouse. The batteries at in the after lazarette. The bluetooth range isn't good enough for...

When I was first looking at moving from a sailboat to a trawler, one of my requirements was a full walk-around deck. Second requirement was the lack of a flybridge. I ended up getting a boat without walk-around decks and a flybridge. My point is to try and be open as you look. You may be...

I have used Woody Wax in the past and the recommendations for it are to rinse it down afterwards really well after it dries. I would try that and then using a soft boat brush on it with a rinse and letting it dry.

Ok, finally got it done.

My general recommendation is to use the filters that the engine manufacturer recommends. What I have been doing is to change one of the primary filters every year. I select one of the primary filters to use (not Both). I use that for a year, then replace it and switch to using the other...

Quick update: I have the two rear chocks mounted. It seems to have worked well. I started on the forward chocks today. I found a surprise. The Boat deck has a plywood sandwich. I was expecting this on the forward chocks as well. However, the first hole I drilled I ran into a honeycomb core...

I was using thickened epoxy. I may have misspoke. I used 404 thickener. However, it wasn't super thick. I may have done better if I had used a bit more of the 404 to make it thicker. I ended up cleaning the amine as Commodave suggested and the result was good. So far I have the two aft...

Mine is set at water under keel. I have a sticker on the sounder display reminding me of that. - In the Salish Sea, most of the time we have lots of water. For those times when it is shallow, I want to know how much between the bottom and my keel. - Water under the keel doesn't depend on...

Welcome from another former sailor (my little sailing dinghy doesn't count). When you get back out there after checking all the systems, I would offer one other little word of advice. Avoid big wind against the current. The trawler is not a sailboat and doesn't handle rough weather nearly as...

It is a long and old thread so your confusion is understandable. No acceptable (to my wife) access to the underside of the deck. I wanted to be able to use bolts screwed into the deck to mount the hardware. I considered, and rejected, using a drill and tap method, in favor of the casting...

Thanks Dave, I didn't know that. I will do that.

I used 4200 and some aluminum angle brackets to mount my panel. It has worked well and is still solidly attacked to my pilothouse roof. The old thread is here. Post in thread 'More solar questions....' More solar questions....

Very late follow-up. Life has derailed this project along with most other things boating. I am finally getting around to doing this. So far it is going ok but I have had a lot of drp in the level of the epoxy in some of the holes. I think there may be some voids in the e plywood. This time I...

I have been using this for a number of years. For US Salish Sea is it great to check on current direction and speed for various times of day. That information is vital for planning and Deep zoom is easy and convenient.

I'd be interested in hearing how it works out. If the carabineer does actually pass through the large ring well on recovery. The other issue to watch for is that it could get caught and wedged into "V"s if rocks on the shore.

I made this to hold the spool of line that I bought. It is nothing more than some PVC pipe. It is then just popped into a rod holder that happens to be in the aft cockpit. It is a length of pipe with and end cap that you can see in the photo. The pipe runs though the spool, the a 90° angle...

I use 400' of Sampson 3/8" Floatline in bright yellow. I bought. 600' spool, used about 200' for some painters etc... and left the 400' on the spool for my stern tie. I made a holder for the spool. I found and that 400' was plenty for us for stern ties in the Desolation Sound area.

I do something similar. I connect the hose with the seacock open. I then turn on the hose. Then start the engine and then close the seacock. When the water in the hose is first turned on, I do get bubbles in the strainer. These are are bubbles in the hose. One reason for turning on the water...

FWIW..... I have a Cummins QSB engine. From painful experience, I can attest that electronic engines don't like having anything else connected to their engines batteries. Sometimes things work out great, other times they don't. When they don't work out well, it can be very, very bad.

I installed an oil pan heater on my engine. It was an awkward process as you are doing it blind without much clearance. I got a glass mirror tile and set in under the oil pan so I could see what I was doing, or more accurately what I was going to do and what I did. It is on 24/7 except in the...

I do what David does only I first turn on the dock water with the raw water seacock open. This then causes fresh water to backflow out the seacock. Then I start the engine and then close the seacock. Run 5-10 minutes then shut off the water and engine. I have a **** off valve in the hose I use...