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Fans of Peter Knowles might enjoy our latest episode of The Boat Geeks. We had so much fun talking and getting to know him better (and doing a special "Beer of the Podcast" at the end!). He's a pretty cool guy:

If you're at all intrigued with the R2AK, our third episode of The Boat Geeks features Jesse Wiegel, the Race Boss. He's a cool guy running a crazy race!

Thought some of you might get a kick out of that. Or resemble that remark... :lol: Seriously, we have used Kanberra products all over the boat for more than 10 years. It is one of three products my wife always states as "must haves" for comfortably living aboard. And we have it at the house, too.

Hey everyone - If you've been wanting to purchase an ULTRA Anchor, we have 15% off now through Black Friday/Cyber Monday (offer ends midnight Nov. 27). Yes, these beautiful, stainless steel high-performance anchors are not cheap! But, for example, you would save $412.35 on the 60-pound model...

Howdy! We have a collection of gift items that celebrate "Capt. Dad" and spell out "BEST DAD" with nautical flags. Up to 20% off now through Father's Day. https://www.pacificnwboatertested.com/collections/fathers-day

We've had our boat almost 10 years and put more than 4,000 miles under the keel. We steer 90% of the time in the pilothouse. In all that time, the upper steering has always been "looser" and had less resistance than the lower helm. Until a week ago... Now the lower station feels like the upper...

Manufacturer: Fellows and Stewart Year, Model, Length: 1954 US Army Tug, 65' Price: $275K Location: Port Ludlow, WA Owner: Dan Fischer (a friend of ours) Contact: https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1954/tugboat-us-army-harbor-tug-conversion-3906035 My apologies if you already saw this, as I...

Yes, this time it's for real. My friend Bob Bitchin, who has been thinking about retiring for many years now, sold the venerable publication a couple weeks ago to Erik Kyle of Kyle Media (publishers of Great Lakes Scuttlebutt magazine). Bob will stay on for a year or two as Publisher Emeritus...

OK, this is a very technical boating question. What is a good vacuum cleaner for a boat???? Seriously, for years we had an older Kenmore upright with a removable/extendable handle that made it nice and compact for storage. Unfortunately, it bit the dust. No pun intended. It was a pretty decent...

Hi all and Peggie - (I hope you see this, Peggie!) After 9+ years of pretty much trouble-free use, the fwd head has become an issue. Pump will not shut off, but water stays in the bowl, which indicates a vacuum leak. At this point I have replaced all 4 duck bills, new bellows and o-rings, and...

Everything was going pretty straightforward until I tried to remove the pulley on the fresh water pump. Removed the 4 bolts, but the pulley will not come off (which makes the 4 bolts holding the pump on the block harder to access...). Am I missing something? It seems like it should pop off at...

There are some pretty nice photographs here, but number 6 of 27 is a beautiful sunrise image on Sucia Island by Carl on Delfin: https://www.passagemaker.com/lifestyle/the-year-in-photos Great shot, Carl!

Thought I'd start a new thread about this issue (leaking bleed screw was the other topic). I ordered new bleed screws with copper washers from ADC. Turns out they were for the secondary fuel filter bleed screws. Called and spoke to Brian (what a nice guy!) and he said as the bleed screws were...

Well this is a new one for us... For the last eight years, about 15% of the time on start-up, I have had to bleed the starboard engine's fourth bleed screw. Usually just takes a couple manual pumps on the fuel pump lever and all was good. Had to do it today for the first time in months. Went...

Had to post a couple photos, since we don't see Cheoy Lee 46's together too often. Mark and Penny aboard MV Island Sunset moored across from us in Port Ludlow yesterday. I went out in the dinghy to take a "two-fer". Then as they left this morning, snapped another image. Mark and I LOVE the...

Not a big listener of podcasts (even though I'm developing one with a partner!), but this might be interesting to fellow TFers... https://www.passagemaker.com/trawlertalk

So I have emptied and refilled the coolant in my port engine for the second time. The reason was because I was getting overflow out the cap (along with some odd coolant boogers). I had been getting some coolant collecting under the engine, and thought it was from the overflow tube (I haven't...

Looking for advice. I have some cracks in the teak cap rails. The PO had filled them years ago, but the repairs are failing and leaks are starting. I don't know what material he used, but I am digging what's left out of the cracks so I can refill. Question is, what do I use to fill the cracks...

This past Wednesday morning is one my wife and I will never forget: https://48north.com/news/theres-a-fire-in-the-marina/ Spoiler alert - all's well that ends well...

A friend and I recently tried to rebuild a 5850-0001 raw water pump for our FL120. Got stymied, so ended up taking it to a shop that rebuilds them to finish the job. Picked it up the next day, installed it and it worked fine for two pump out trips, about 75 minutes total run time. Started out...

Looking for feedback on a rebrand we are going to do. And as we're all boaters here - our only audience - what you think matters! Our online store is currently known as "Pacific NW Boater Tested". Which, a few years ago, made sense as our core business is Pacific NW Boater. However, we have...

The recent thread on the demise of Sea magazine reminded me that we have made the last 4 digital issues of Latitudes & Attitudes free to everyone. Normally you have to subscribe to the online version, but in light of the "situation"...

I've wanted to better understand how this new generator replacement technology from Integrel works. Nigel does a good job of explaining it here: https://youtu.be/0uTNjfb3MNQ

G’day! We recently had our hull painted with Interlux Brightsides Sapphire Blue (final coat was applied two weeks ago). We’re back in the water and needing to wash off two months of boat yard dust/dirt, but are concerned about affecting the new paint. Somewhere in the reaches of my mind I...

Tried a search on this topic, but it’s not easy on my phone. So here goes a new thread on the subject... Last year we took our steel rudders/struts down to bare metal and had a local boat yard company prime/bottom paint them. Hauled out this year to paint the hull and discovered the...