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Thanks Tim, My question is how do you know that the folks at Drop Box are secure? Active Captain found that several of the VPN providers they investagated were questionable as to how secure they were. Some were in Eastern Block Countries which are a bit shady at times. I would think that...

I agree. In fact on my last boat both heads had a sign above them that said "If it didn't go into your mouth and through your body it doesn't go into this head". As to Marin's statement about TP. Dissolve or not if the tank gets full the first thing that goes up the vent is TP. Now this may...

Folks need to be careful with the cost factor on an injector rebuild. I had the four injectors rebuilt on my sailboat engine several years ago. The dealer that did the rebuilt is a well known diesel repair shop in New Bern NC. When they got done they sent me a bill that was twice as much as...

The product in your link is great for cleaning the outside but we are talking the inside. It is cleaning dust dirt and grease not Algae. The other product that Larry suggested is 65% Phosphoric Acid. I'm going with Cl. So far no one has died of Cl poison on my dock and there still enough metal...

As in the twin engine or type of anchor discussions there are many views. All I can speak from is my personal experience and that is for the last twelve years I have had boats in salt water. They have all have had A/C and I have used chlorine tabs in them for cleaning of the coils. I have...

What security do you have? You aren't worried at all? BTW I use Boating Suite which is an App. for my iPad. It had Logs for Trips, Mantianance, To Do List, Fuel Costs and more. Everything is saved on iCloud by way of the iPad.

Either Chlorine or Bromine from the swimming pool store work well in the A/C. Not all of the time but a couple of tablets in the seawater strainer let it set for an hour or two and start the A/C. It will clean dirt and Algae out with out any harm to your unit. i just did the same to my Gen...

A life time warranty and the warranty on a boat are two different things. But at this point in time even if they were still in business it would be a "Goodwill" gesture not warranty.

Why would you believe that anything on a 2006 boat would still be under warranty?

Well Mainship, Luhrs, Silverton, Ovation and Hunter Sailboats were all part of the Luhrs Group bankruptcy this past spring. It was taken over from the bankruptcy court by Marlow Marine a builder of 55-100' high end boats based in Sarasota FL. The Marlow Group has stated that their first...

Tom, That engine comes in at several HP ratings from 315 up to 400+. Basically all the sane engine. Mine is a Yanmar 6LYA -STP 370 HP Serial #56784. Transmission is a ZF marine reduction gear model 80-1, rated at 2.5:1 turning a Shaft 2" Stainless Steel and a Prop: 26x20x4. We weigh about...

You may have a set of the duck bills in backward. Take the ducks out and see if the unit runs more than a couple of pumps.

I believe that the dark colors are frowned upon buy both builders and painters due to a couple of reasons. Back in the 80's I wanted a new sail boat done in black and the builder, a friend, refused. The reason was that with only one mold it was a PIA to clean the mold so the next white boat...

Great picture form the Bean.

The red light and the buzzer probably only come on with the lack of all oil pressure. So some pressure would keep them from coming on. That is why they are not accurate. Low pressure at 1,500 rpm can be hell on bearings but the light may not come on because it had 3 lbs positive pressure and...

I have been to a Mack Boring engine class and in that class it was stated that Yanmar wants a 30 micron first stage filter for all of their engines and then the factory final 2 micron. My guess is that the factory knows best so why not comply. It really doesn't cost anymore to do it their way.

Company looks liget. But web sites do that for folks.

This may be a case of combined stories. If a fire extinguisher is used to stop a run away engine the contents may score the cylinder walls of the engine. Of course that is cheaper to fix than if a rod comes loose and goes through the bottom of the boat and sinks it. I'm not sure this is all...

A/C, Did you just go with the Ultra for the little cost difference?

Art, I agree with one minor exception. Number one should read "A Reasonable Starting Price". With the other three in place the Reasonable Number is attainable. Now there are times when Reasonable and low are the same number but that is a market effect. Things like what one owes, or what I...

My guess and it is just that a guess, is that a couple of other things are at work here as well. One is a boat that ols will be very hard to insure due to age and secondly it will take a cash buyer no matter what the price, also due to age and the first problem.:nonono:

Some classy boater. It takes all kinds.

They make two different repair kits. One is the tube of glue that sells for $20+ the other is a two part mix that sells for $60+. Care to guess which one works. It does work but it is a PIA. My dink is a 10 year old PVC Zodiac and the repairs with the two part are holding fine. Trick seems to...

Yep that him and Bess all ready for Pirate fest in Beaufort.