I am NOT repowering - well, not until the diesel electric thing is sorted out - but I'm curious about one aspect of the process. I assume that when Mr. Hargrave, who seemed to know what he was doing, designed most (all?) of the boats we discuss on this forum, the weight of the drive train planned...

My original port tach (lower station, 1972, mechanical) stopped recording engine hours at exactly 2,000. It seemed like one gear did not want to register that even reading and they all stopped. RPM indication remains correct and my Glendenning synchronizer works properly. Any ideas about what the...

Where do you guys get your water to flush? I am presently using water from the lake to flush. I am thinking of changing over to use My fresh water holding tank water. I am told that the smell from the holding tank will be less and the bowl water will not stink after setting for a week. I don't...

A plastic bag covered the AC raw water intake (when I moved the boat we saw it float away) and the AC stopped blowing cool air. The fan runs full blast but does not get cold. The stateroom AC works fine. How do I start to trouble shoot this problem ? Thank you, Greg

We just purchased our dream boat a 58' YachtFisher 1972 model. I am having tons of problems with air in the fuel lines. Can bleed the air out and she runs fine. But let her set for a week and will run for 10 min and quits. Changed fuel pumps, check valves, pressured the systems to 60 psi to try to...

So now my stabilizers on my '78 53MY have suddenly begun to "jiggle" or vibrate noticably at speeds of 13-15knots. Occasionally even at around 10 knots. What's unusual is I've been running with only minimal sea conditions, mabe 2 1/2 ft. max on my port quarter or directly on my beam. The...

I have a 36 Sedan Series II which is in Exuma. On my last trip to the boat I noticed that the starboard rudder stuffing box was leaking. Does anybody have any experience with this. I would like to at least fix it temporarily until I return home to Sarasota next year.

Can anyone let me know if there were ever sling markings on a Hatt 34c

A mechanic I know and trust recommended RYDLYME (rydlyme.com) to descale (clean) the salt water side of engine cooling systems. He suggested it as a preventive procedure. Anybody have firsthand experience or knowledge of this product? According to him, there is little need to disassemble engine...

Anybody know any about these IOTA Charger they are on Ebay Item # 4627842502. They sound like a lot for the money almost to good to be true :rolleyes: . Or is it true a friend is looking at them for a 38' charging two AGM 8ds.