Just an academic question here, since I don't have them, but I saw some mention earlier about NAIADs perhaps not being usable in rough conditions. I'm not sure I got it right. Is that true? Are there limitations on when you'd want to use them? Also, at what speed do they become useful? I...

http://www.break.com/index/fireboat.html A fireman setting fire to a boat....... Am guessing he failed the test !!!!!

I've been looking for a good used genny for a bit and think I may have gotten one that may work for my situation. Its a 4.5KW Westerbeke gas generator, about 1989, with 1000hrs from someone on the board here. Its been in freshwater its entire life and is FWC as well. The owner said it even has...

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.