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I have a control board for a Wagner autopilot that needs repairs. Anyone know a company that does that?

I have the schematic but to me it is undecipherable as I am a retired millwright and know nothing about electronics. I replaced the cap because I could see it was fried. Due to the age of the unit, there is not another motherboard available. "Call the boat guy" is no help, they just want to sell...

I removed the autopilot pump to replace a leaking seal. When I re-installed the pump, two wires were crossed which caused a capacitor on the motherboard to blow. I replaced the faulty capacitor and now have a dead short when closing the autopilot breaker. Any ideas?

Our yacht club marina has a lot of Zona boats, but they must be kept up or face eviction.

I'm in a yacht club marina and happy to be here.

Here in San Diego, Safe Harbor is everywhere, both marinas and boat yards. Two of the marinas they've taken over would accept anything that floats, as long as the checks kept coming in, but not anymore. Now they're talking about an age limit on what boats they'll accept, and "sneaky liveaboards"...

We have air over oil steering which means releasing the air pressure in the system, opening the valves in the oil reservoir, and turning the steering wheel 24 turns in one direction, then 24 turns in the other direction. Ditto if you have two steering stations. Close the reservoir valves, pump...

We listed our boat with Yachtfinders at the usual 10% fee.

Thanks Ken, we are on C-6.

Called a broker we know to list our boat. He said his company only handles 6 figure boats and told us to call Yachtfinders. Anyone have experience with them?

We have a buyer but we are leery about the paperwork. Is it possible to hire a boat broker just to handle the paperwork? We are in California.

On a Fourth of July week-end, we anchored, fore and aft, (as required) in the only "all weather" anchorage on Catalina Island, Cat Harbor. On the third day, we broke loose and wound up against another boat, whose crew helped us. We recovered both anchors and headed back to the mainland, as the...

Some years ago we had a guest slip at Dana Point, California. Comes the morning and no shore power, so I cranked up the gen set. Later on I talked to the maintenance guy replacing a receptacle. He could not understand why he was always replacing receptacles. I showed him a boat that had bare...

Noticed an AC voltage drop on the boat, and it was the shore power plug. The shore power cord came with the boat 24 years ago and it should have been replaced earlier.

He was the captain and did not have anyone on watch. He was the first one to leave the burning vessel. Federal investigators deeply critical of the captain's conduct during the fire, with US Attorney Martin Estrada saying he displayed "unpardonable cowardice" that led to the deaths of 34 people.

The captain of the dive boat that burned to the waterline before dawn on Labor Day in 2019, leaving 34 people dead, has been sentenced to four years in Federal prison. Jerry Boylan, 70, was convicted in November 2023 of one count of misconduct or neglect after the dive ship Conception caught...

Here in San Diego the Navy ships have their anchors ready to deploy. My son is a chief engineer in the Merchant Marine. When his ship is in the harbor, an engineering officer and a deck officer must be on the bow ready to release the anchor...it's company policy.

No negotiations are required for a salvage operation...no, the boat does not have to be abandoned, but it must be in danger.

Sounds good. Them foil things don't work for me.

My 34 year old Wagner pump looks exactly like the Comnav pump. Could the parts be interchangeable?

I'm 88 and still do all my own work on the boat. As a millwright (retired 33 years) I can still turn a wrench, but short on endurance and strength. Limited to one task at a time, four hours at the most. Can still dock the boat in one shot (no thruster) to the envy of my much younger dock mates...

We brought a piece of the rail to Lowes and the paint guy mixed up the exact color using Sherwin Williams Evershield Exterior Semi Gloss as a base. A year later, and still looking good.

A tanker carries crude oil, an oiler carries refined products.

We went over to paint.

In today's world, you could be abetting a crime.