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As a professional land based wire runner, sorter and organizer it is beyond me why Marine electricians so often insist in hard strapping long wire runs with tywraps? There are different plans and ideas contained in this string to not screw into the bulkheads... good, no doubt! But clinching...

She spent her life sitting, hooked to the grid...... Galvanic Isolator..... Does she have one, is it hooked up properly and working with corrosion free terminations. Still more, have it checked by a marine electrician for leakage (balance) to ground. How about your zinks? The pencil zinks in...

Though I never owned one, a close friend has. First.... That 8.2 is ok.... initially see to it is healthy, after that, maintain it, put fresh oil coolers on both the borg warner trans and engine, keep the others for spares. Check your heat exchanger and elbow. Gonna be in BFE then also pull...

. More than one set of lines is a very good way to go. For your rig I suspect a 3/4 in 8 brait would be a very nice set for your cruising lines, pliable, easy on the hands, just so easy to work with. For your rig I would guess 4 @ 65’ to 75’ would work just fine. I have a 40’ boat and 50’...

Tractor engines other industrial engines...fork lifts and so on....match Total displacement to all things Perkins. That is how I uncovered that I had an L3A Mitsubishi. It was a struggle even then but I finally got what I needed at 1/3 the price that Westerbeke offered for repackaged parts...

. Westerbeke used a Perkins 4-91. IF Westerbeke follows their established business model, engine parts from Westerbeke will cost you 3-4 times what you can source them from a Perkins source. I Figger you are well aware of that factoid but still worth mentioning. I reallllllly despise the...

I saw a small aluminum box with a few electrical components in it, figure it out and Allied Ellectronics could sell u the parts for likely less $10. The Volvo folks wanted $750. Truly the Westerbeke of Sweden!

Good point.

Run, run, run. Get a Genset from a non predatory company. Suggest one with a Kabota engine. Tractor parts are cheap. Westy head gasket $211 but if you can find a Mitsubishi correct part $49.00. Valve $23 vs $73. And so on. There is no cross reference I could find. Do the search option on...

You are lucky that is all it did. Think about this. You have a computer, tablet or phone worth hundreds of $ with perhaps invaluable information on it and you plug it into a cheap uncertified POS? Do not buy your chargers of unknown quality at the Dollar Store! Apple is written on every...

What he said.

Matthew was bearing down on Fort Pierce. Absentee owner left eisenglass and canvas up, 3/4in braid, doubled up, ready in advance. Dockmates, including me, stripped it and put it in his cabin. Across the pier, a floating roach hotel, tied up with rotted dental floss. I had moved my home...

I am in Fort Pierce, FL. With a high pressure North of me I would be afraid, very afraid. Sandy and Irma and others had no HP North. Had there been a HP North, I would head toward the FL waterway and got behind a lock.. if lucky I would have gotten a slip, at one of the few Marinas available...

Wire Tracer & Circuit Tester with RJ-11 Plug and Alligator Clips (Tone and Probe Kit) by PTE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ADHQCIO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_e5vNBb0YW6T79 Well spent $20. Handy on a boat.

The above is dead on and be prepared for all because once you hit the domino they just keep on and it is pretty much all ahead full with no reverse....There ain’t no turning back.

The name was to honor Charlie Present, an individual that was instrumental in developing the Taiwan Trawler industry. It was my understanding that there was a guy at the end of “Trawler Street” in Taiwan that popped hulls off a mold. Sold them to various companies down the block and the...

I have a Village Marine 12volt unit here in classified as a running takeout. 8-9 gallons an hour. 17amps@12v

Most engine failures are due to fuel issues, so if one goes down, both go. But there are those times when the extra brings you home. Docking with a thruster is not a problem once you know your boat. In the middle of the Abacos a twin gives some added security. For costal cruising there is...

I have a 38 Monk design Present. New Webasco. 90 degree water with over 90 outside and she will freeze you out when the v Berth is closed. 48 degrees at the vent. Boat poorly insulated. Will cool whole boat at hottest time of day with fan help. The new one supports 3/4 water lines the old...

Yep, and donot forget lower rpm torque.

The Great Harbor TT35 uses outboards @ 60-70 hp each. Easy to get to and service. Cost new what $7k? Good for 3500hrs, at least. For that cost you could keep a spare around.

Marina and all public showers...... WEAR SOME KIND OF SHOES. Never ever had nail fungus.... Do now, fighting it. I shower on my boat now that I am infected. Too damn late.

My hat is off to Menzies and his goose transport story...EXCELLENTLY DONE

I am using PEX as needed. Love the stuff. Replumed a 34 Mainship MK1. Great stuff. Now on my current boat, as needed. Cannot or should not be used as sanitary hose.

Look in the the classified on here. I have a 9+ gallon per hour 12 volt Little Wonder unit there.