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    How often do you change Racor Filters

    Cleaning Racor 900 I changed my fuel filters (see photos below), and decided to give the Racor unit a clean too - for no particular reason. Have owned the boat for about 7 months now and put maybe 60 hours on the engines. 48 of those hours were non-stop from San Francisco to San Diego (480...
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    To Hawaii

    What a great adventure! Good luck, and safe passage.
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    My shiny new Insurance just got CANCELLED.

    Closing the loop With my Allstate boat insurance being cancelled, I searched around, and some of my findings were: - Geico are not interested, - Red Shield only insure in the Northwest (Oregon, Washington), - The Marsh Rep said they won't insure assets individually, and only write 'bundle...
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    Matching old port lights

    And here we are a decade later! I have the exact same portlights as Forkliftt on the new to me 1986 Ponderosa 47. Mine are serviceable, but need new gaskets. The gasket profile is square with a round hole in the middle making them hollow. The gasket sides are 3/16" in width. 10 years later...
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    GPH ford lehman 225

    We just did an 8 hour trip in the Sacramento Delta (ie: tidal rivers). With flat water and little wind we were averaging a tad over 3gph on each engine. Ford Lehman 225 turbo's running at 2,000 rpm. We averaged over 9 knots of boat speed in our 29,000lb Ponderosa 47. For what its worth...
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    AIPhone intercom phone system

    Old thread, but providing some information for others who may be searching for info on these old phone/intercom systems. This is the link to the PDF wiring and general instructions document: https://www.aiphone.com/wp-content/uploads/Digital_assets/Discontinued/TBF-Instr.pdf Mine are not...
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    My shiny new Insurance just got CANCELLED.

    Following Up with more info... Thanks for the thoughts/ideas/suggestions everyone. One member asked about the money trail, and I paid the premium, it was accepted, and apparently Allstate are issuing me a refund. Another asked about the Broker's take on this, and in all honesty he is almost...
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    My shiny new Insurance just got CANCELLED.

    The Letter from Allstate Not so good at this attaching business, but I believe I got it now... Here is the letter I received.
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    My shiny new Insurance just got CANCELLED.

    Hello Everybody, I'm an annoying Newbie and got my new to me Trawler insured with Allstate earlier this month when I bought the boat. Yesterday in the mail I received a lovely letter from Allstate stating they are now cancelling my insurance due to the age of the boat. I feel bad for the old...
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    Plastic Porlights - whoda thunk it?

    Bakers Dozen Yowser! 13 great responses, all relevant, no haters, just helpers! Thanks guys, appreciate y'all.
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    Plastic Porlights - whoda thunk it?

    Hey Guys, Got me a trawler, and it needs new gaskets for the windows/portlights. But.... what kinda portlights are they? They are plastic - which was a surprise to me :ermm:, and have been painted orange... If I knew the brand / model / dimensions I could research new rubber gaskets (the...
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