Starting new thread regarding help while on a cruise. Why not post your cruise plans on this site and get a list of owners that will be in the area, try to meet up with them if not for help with the boat of with lifting heavy objects like beer, one arm curls.

Just acquired a 58' 1972 yf----can anyone tell me the size of the water tank and the forward/mid/and aft fuel tanks? thanks---Big Bill

I own a 70 foot CPY and want to replace ladder to bridge. I have seen this done to make it easier to acess the brige.This could be stairs with hand rail, spiral stairs, or power lift. Please advise of solution and who is capable of installing these. My boat is a 1991. I am also replaceing a 16 foot...

I would like to purchase a new 4 passenger inflatable and about a 10 HP.4 stroke I think maybe less HP.. The past threads did not cover this size. I want it so I can go from the boat to shore and back without making dozens of trips. I also would like to store it someplace besides on the transom....

I have no doubt this will solicit a host of different opinions..... Have you guys seen this Wally Boat? http://www.wally.com/jumpch.asp?idChannel=44&idUser=0&attivo=2-6

I am trying to find a tune up kit for my 8v92s so that my mechanic can do some work. He had all his tools stolen and we are having trouble finding a Tune up Kit with all the J tools in it. The part number from Detroit is j-24790d. Florida Detroit Diesel does not have one and said it will take a...

I stumbled across an August 1976 DD publication, "DETROIT DIESEL ENGINES for marine pleasure craft models" . Here a few excerpts of interest: "...No effort is spared to make a Detroit Diesel one of the smoothest engines you can install in your boat. There is, first, the inherent smoothness of...

I'd like to install an auxiliary set of gauges in the engine rooms of a vessel that I’m taking delivery of in a week or so. The engines are 8V92TI’s. Does anyone know where I might be able to locate such a gauges set?

Has anyone ever had trouble with the vibration damper (coupler) between the engine and trans? I have a 60 sport fish with 12V71ti's and twin discs. I have vibration on the starboard engine only between 1400 and 1700, the shafts, props, alignment, engines, rudders, etc. have all been gone through....

1979 43C with 6v92s. Port engine quit sending RPM to both lower and upper tachs. Sender is a flexible mechanical tang that comes out the aft end of the oil pump. The tang is a 4 sided male that fits the female end of a mechanical to electrical converter that feeds Glendinning synchronizer and tach....