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Diesel container I just top up with transmission fluid. Burns well and cleans injectors.

One thing I discovered is that if your stove has a five inch diameter chimney, you can feed a Duravent double walled pipe right down inside. It’s a perfect fit. This keeps the chimney from cooling off above deck and as with any fuel burning stove, a warm chimney draws better. Our Dickinson...

Really stupid A late start resulted in arriving in the dark at the spot we were anchoring for the night. Coast Pilot specifies that it’s a poor anchorage anyway but we’ve done it several times. This time however our sonar had quit working so I was using the chart and previous experience to...

Our boat was named after a marine creature that sticks to rocks. I thought renaming was prudent.

Yes as far as I know. We bought the boat with about 3000 hours on the engine and there were no records of previous service

Recently decided to have injectors on my 6500 hour T364 Perkins checked. Sent to TransAtlantic Diesel to be "pop" tested. They checked them over, cleaned them and indicated the injectors were all good and functioning well. If they would have told me I needed all new injectors, I would not...

Dripless shaft Not intended to be helpful on reaching the unit but just a comment. This is one reason I prefer the old style packing. I’ve seen catastrophic failures with these things which can leave one in a precarious situation. Sometimes newer technology is not always the best. Again just...

Couldn’t pronounce When we bought our 38ft one off trawler it was named “ Anemone “. VHF calls to Harbor masters and other boats often met with a period of silence as they tried to figure out either what was said or if understood, how to pronounce the name of the boat. Once while out with a...