Recent content by first230sl

Hey everyone. I was just under the galley in the gen space refilling my batteries in my 1971 58 yachtfish. That space has insulation on the ceiling which is made of fiberglass (about 1 inch thick) with a thin white fabric coating on the exposed side. The thin white fabric looks like it is some...

Hey there. We have a 58YF which has three fuel tanks as well as a livewell (the latter in the lazarrette). We don't use the livewell at all, and could live with only two fuel tanks instead of three - but we need more holding tank space (I am sure a number of jokes come to mind right now)...

I thought I recalled a "rule of thumb" battery test (measured by observing cranking RPM when cranking for some number of seconds) posted by Karl some time ago - but after a lot of searching, I could not find it. So my sincere apologies if this is still available and I am asking it unnecessarily...

Hey there. I suspect I know the answer to the following question - but just a quick check before I start work on the installation .... I am replacing my Raritan Crown head with a Vacuflush in the forward stateroom (I know some of you will disagree with this - but I have my reasons). I am just...

Hey there. Every once in a while, the CO detector in the foreward V-berth on our 58YF goes off. Usually at night. Each time I bring another CO detector in to verify - and indeed - both show a reading. It usually seems to be seeping up from the bildge area under the floor as the reading is higher...

Has anyone had any experience with composting toilets for marine use? The toilet in the forward head gave up the ghost. It is a Raritan Crown (I rebuilt one just like it in the mid head last year). I had decided that to make the holding tank last longer, I would try a Vacuflush this time. But...

Hey everyone. I have been asked to host the appetizer part of a progressive dinner on the boat (1971 58 YachtFish). There would be 30 people in total. I am wondering if this exceeds the load limit for the boat. I figure 30 people - 5,000 - 6,000 lbs on a 63,000lb boat. Could be signifincant...

Hey there. I typically run at 1500RPM (8V71TI's), but once every couple runs I take it up to WOT for about 10 minutes to clean things out. When I do this, I go to the engine rooms to look around and take temps with the I/R thermometer. Last time I did this, all else was well, but I noticed that...

Hi everyone. Just came back from two weeks on the boat. Every day was sunny and 80 degrees. Could not have been better. One thing I had on my to-do list for the trip was to replace the screens in the sliding windows on either side of the salon (this is a 58 YF). The windows in question have...

We were just leaving the marina on the way back from an 8-day trip when after 10 minutes of running at idle, the stbd engine quit. Was able to make it run (at idle) if I kept the fuel prime pump running. After some diagnosis I decided it was the fuel pump (8V71TI by the way). Got a new pump and...

Hi everyone. On my 58 yachtfish I have a swim platform mounted to the transom on 4 mounting struts. The struts are bolted to the transom - each has two bolts above the waterline and two below. On the two outside struts, access to the nuts inside the lazarrette is fine. I can remove and replace...

Hi there. In taking out my rudders, I had to remove a collar from each shaft. The collar has a lock screw (with allen key head) to hold the collar in place on the shaft. The collars are bronze. One one rudder, the lock screw was bronze. It came out OK, but since it is so soft, it was...

Maybe I am having a brain freeze - but I do not know what this is (circled inthe image). Is is attached (normally - I have it apart now doing the rudder port) between the hynautic steering cylinder and the rudder arm. Is it some kind of autopilot actuator? My autopilot has a hydraulic pump in...

I was looking through my bottom pictures, educating myself in preparation for the rudder port I have to do, when I noticed that I have some pitting in my propellers. I don't have enough experience to tell whether this is normal, minor, or extensive in terms of corrosion, so I was hoping someone...

My port rudder post area was leaking, so I tightened up the stuffing box and now the top part is dry. Unfortunately, it appears that the stuffing box was not the only leak. I still seem to have a bit of a leak coming from the area between the hull and the bottom flange of the stuffing box/rudder...