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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?

I’ve only taken the boat out twice this year. Both times have been problematic. This time was miner. Anchored out in the harbor with my daughters families to give them all a little boat time. When I brought the anchor up, the after roller lost the port side screw that kept it in place...

I have 3 snap studs missing on the boat. I need to replace them. What would you use to bed them in the fiberglass? Butyl tape, 4200, something else?

So my wife and have have been in Port Orchard for a couple days at the marina. Nice spot. Today as I was sitting in the boat reading, I hear a LOT of electric thruster activity. Turns out an older gentleman was coming in his his new Ranger 29. He wanted to side tie at the end of the long...

This evening was a bit of a problem. We came to Poulsbo in Liberty Bay. We were hoping to get a slip at the dock but they had quit taking reservations so we figured we would take our chances. Nice afternoon and as typical with nice summer afternoons in Liberty Bay we had a 10-12 knot breeze...

I have used the distance tables on that website for years. Tried to check it today and got an error message. Anyone know what happened to it, or where a similar resource could be found?

I’ve had problems with my depth sounder being intermittent. It finally crapped out on my entirely last summer. Eventually I was able to pin the problem down to a bad transducer. I got the transducer and scheduled a haulout to have the yard change it. I hauled out the morning of Monday the...

Someone asked me about the holding tank bubbler that I made for the boat. I thought I would describe it here. The concept is simple, for someone simple minded like me. The basic idea is to add oxygen in the holding tank to promote the growth of aerobic bacteria and reduce the population of...

Senior moment... What do you call the aft extension of the keel that runs below the prop shaft and supports the bottom of the rudder?

I’m looking to replace my current RIB. I know exactly what I want. Highfield CL310 with a FCT-7 console rigged with a 20hp Tahatsu motor with electric tilt and start. Also want it rigged with SeaWise attachments to go with my SeaWise davits. I want the total package to be about 400lb. The...

Hi folks, haven't been on a long time. Been busy. I am going to mount some chocks on my boat deck for the RIB. The area of the deck is reinforced I believe with a plywood sandwich for strength. The issue is that aft chocks will be in an area that my wife will not allow me to through bolt...

This is silly on many levels but I need to find someone to pay to troubleshoot and fix my depth sounder. I have a RM electronics package that came with the boat when it was built in 2012. The Depth Sounder has been intermittent for a while and now is mostly non-functional. Usually it isn't a...

This last weekend I had my first taste of a shredded impeller in the cooling system. Impeller was just shy of 2 years old. For only the 2nd time in my boating life I left the dock with the raw water seacock closed. Shortly after leaving the dock my wife mentioned a different exhaust note...

I need to temporarily remove the retardant canister on my Sea-Fire system in the engine room. Can I just unplug the electrical connection or am I going to set off the system or screw it up somehow?

I have seen several mentions of rangefinders. ASD received one from his fish catching wife and said he liked it. Others have also mentioned them. I think at times it would be very useful. Yes, I know that when under way I can use a watch, sighting compass and chart to determine distance from...

I’m still farting around with trying to come up with a system for storing my dinghy on the boat deck. I think I’ll end up with using Weaver removable swivel chocks. Expensive, but relatively easy to install (I think) and can be used for both my RIB and my hard shell rowing/sailing dingy. I’m...

I often forget which fuel tank I am drawing from. Easy to check if I climb down into the aft part of the ER, but since I can check the filters and vacuum gauge without doing that, I usually don’t. I created a spliced loop that will fit around my fuel gauge. So now I only need to glance at...

A while back, one of our TF members described how they created a Burgee rail mount flag pole out of PVC pipe and fittings. Try as I might, I can’t find the thread, nor apparently can I remember who posted it because searches based on poster name has failed me as well. Anyone recall the thread...

I think I may be doing something wrong and would like any suggestions. I have notice this past year that when I am traveling up or down Colvos Passage (1-1.4nm wide channel running North and South in Puget Sound) that often I end up on an exact reciprocal course with other boats. That isn’t...

This year is different. As is often the case with almost 40 year marriages, (or maybe long marriages are the result?) I am doing what my wife and adult kids want rather than what I would choose to do. Rather than heading North into BC, we are staying in Puget Sound for the 2 weeks of my...

I have looked but have not been able to find any information on maintenance items on the Tecma Silence head. I've got the Owners and Installation manual, but it has no maintenance information. Any ideas?

This weekend my thruster/windlass battery bank died while raising my anchor. Fortunately, we were anchored in shallow water. Since I've owned the boat the 2 Lifeline 8D batteries that power the windlass and thrusters has been charged using a Balmar Duo Charge. This is a DC/DC charger that...

On the way to McMicken Is to spend the night.

On Wednesday I left Gig Harbor to go to the Olympia Yacht Club as I had a couple days of meetings at the Capitol. Leaving Wednesday morning I found the boat iced in. The head of the harbor had frozen over. It wasn't that thick so with a lot of time, patience, use of thrusters and prop to stir...

I am going to be replacing my holding tank monitor and I currently have a Tank watch 4. I want to remove the sensors, replace the cap with a blank cap, and them eventually cut a hole in that to install a dyi aeration system. Anyone know where to get a blank cap? Is it a typical 3" ismpection...