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Yes I'm with you guys , very disappointed. Had a great relationship with my local store here in Tarpon Springs where I'm currently undertaking a extensive refit and upgrades. Now looks like I'm on the internet for my stuff. And they will lose the thousands I spend a month and only gain a few...

If it's really bad use 3M super duty rubbing compound, and a 3M compounding pad, has to be done by machine. In my yards we used 3M products extensively and found this the best for heavy oxidized gel coat. You can follow up with a restorer/ wax after and then you'll be good for a few years, just...

I think Ciivilitas has the answer to locate the whine area and where it's coming from first to diagnose the problem. My problem was strange with the belts when the belt is new one belt can just handle it but any minute slackening or heating of the belt when the engine room heated up, started...

Where is the wine from Pump, Gyro, etc. Also had a similar squeal /whine from the fan belt. A single fan belt is not enough for Naiads, they really need a double belt drive. I converted mine on my last boat to a direct drive from the front pulley , solved all my problems. Craig at Stabilized...

Would not be without my stabilizers. My current boat (under refit) had Naiads and they are 1981 'ish. I have just had extensive work done on them including new bearings , seals, shaft's and top plates inside, also rams, The list is long, total price was 16K. I might add that the stabilizers had...

Trusty old engines easy to repair yourself. Simple, efficient. Parts are available for a realistic price. After service from American diesel is excellent advice is free and parts are reasonable. Pulled my own engines changed oil pumps. Also pulled engines and changed camshaft and followers. In...

Prior to the Marion Bermuda race some years ago I used to take out the various crews and organize a demo so everyone was used to handling and firing flares. We did notice however that the older flares worked better than the newer ones. Whereas I replace my flares I keep the old ones as reserved.

Not much more to say except always gone for the Trojans in the last 3 boats. 14xL16's in the C&L 65, Folowed by 10T105plus in the Cheoy Lee 50. And currently fitting 10 L16's into the new Cheoy Lee 67 I'm refitting. One thing I do like with Trojan is the depth of the electrolyte over the...

Years ago we used to use fine toothpaste

Thanks for the comments Chris One of the reasons for this is I can do all my 7 tanks for less than 1k including digital guages. Or go wema ($150-$190)and Cruzpro ($235 Each) for over 3K. I can easily build a chart in excel % in tanks to galls. This is all part of fetching my boat into this...

One of the reasons I want the 0-100% digital guages is I carry 5x500gall tanks. Wema make the usual analog 1/4 , 1/2 full etc . I can profile my tanks to read within 1 % using digital. Thus much easier to rganise moving fuel down into my double bottom day tank. I used cruzpro, and a wema/Kus...

There has never been guages or senders installed before, the boat was set up with a dipstick since it was built in 81. I have a source for 0-190 ohm senders at about 30% of the US cost and the Digital meters for 20% of the cost of Cruz pro. I had cruz pro on my last boat, but going that route...

I'm looking to install guages in my fuel ands water tank etc 7 in total 5 fuel 1 holding and 1 water. I've found the ones for a decent price etc but the ohms are slightly adrift. What I have is "0-190" ohm senders working with a 10-180 ohm gauges. 2 questions a) what will the effect be? b)...

Keep it non US if your not a US resident. Lots of little empires as quoted above. For instance you cannot sail into the USVI without enetring and obtaining your 90 day visa by official scheduled air or ship. (Not Yacht). If you stay more than 90 days in US waters the fines are impressive. Stay...

Invest the $50-60 in a DC clamp on ammeter. Make sure its a DC one not AC. Then clamp on your battery cable start turning it on one breaker at a time, the discharge will show quite quickly.

Short handed Transatlantic in a ketch I built. Plus numerous ocean passages since.

I always prefer the wired, the ease of wifi sounds great , but always worried about interference with so much other stuff on board. So had wired https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GGM6KM8/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 on the last boat 7" in the engine room and stern. Now just...

The white plug is normally for a speedo unit when its removed and exchanged for a speedo unit to stop banacles etc. Also the unit installed has ab Arrow? probably marking direction of the bow etc.

Just google "Bermuda High" there's huge amount of info on line.

I would look into the seasonal variances of the Bermuda Azores high. It governs the NA weather in the calmest time of the year (summer). This with the other areas of reference will help you to start with a time frame of the best passage time/date . You may have to split it into 3 passages to...

I had 6 Marinaire units that I installed on my previuos Cheoy Lee, no problems for the 5 years I used them. And they got plenty of use every night in the Caribbean. I've just ripped out thecentral chilled awater system in my present Cheoy Lee and am in the throes of installing 5 Mainaire units...

Hi Seattleboat guy Just take a jumper wire and ground out the sensor.

could be you have 4 buzzers ie seperate oil,water temp, low water etc. Buzzers not normally the problem, normally sender units.

I'm on my 2nd Cheoy Lee, The first a cheoy Lee 50 (54LOA) Tricabin. Which we lost in Hurricane Irma. The second we purchased a few months back a 55LRC that had been extended to 67ft LOA. Like most boats they have the good and bad points. The first Cheoy Lee (Jon Cannon) give excellent help...

I got a quote to last June (2018) to move a Kong & Halverson from long beach. I had to deliver it to Ensanada. Quote from sevenseas as follows. Loading in Ensenada, MX to Port Everglades, FL loading 25-30 July Rate: $47,250 USD Water to water Includes: sea freight, loading from water at origin...