Recent content by Play'N Hooky Too

The marinas that I've been in charge by the foot for your boat but also have a minimum charge for certain size slips. It could likely have been a situation where they only had the bigger slip available when he showed up and they let him have it for the footage rate of his boat. If he wants to...

Thanks guys.

That is kinda what I'm thinking. The props look solid, or at least they did as of last fall when I was under there changing the zincs. He kept talking about the amount of hydrolysis that would have occurred over 50 years, but I've noticed no real visible evidence of that. The minor damage to...

So, is it unusual to still be running the original props that came with the boat? Mine have date stamps that indicate that they were manufactured in 1975. The prop shop guy I spoke with seemed quite amused that I was wanting to have him recondition props that were that old. He said he didn't...

I was planning to do a haul-out in the next couple of weeks. One of the items on my list is getting my starboard prop looked at and repaired. It has a small chunk missing from one of the flukes and probably also needs to be retuned. Does anybody have any recommendations for a good prop shop...

On a budget....

So for my winter project we decided to finally get around to replacing the floor in the salon. The old floor was sagging a little in some places and generally had a little more flex than it should. The substructure viewed from the engine room is a hodgepodge of supplemental support, poorly...

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I'm afraid that one doesn't pass the "mayday test".

It could also be the centrifugal switch.

Yep, it was Iron Butterfly. I just wish I had those brain cells back. I could really use them about now...:confused:

Alright, this is probably a googan question but just try to humor me for a second...a common practice when we are out on overnight trips is to cut the engines and drift for a few hours to try to let the majority of the crew get some rest. Invariably though, it seems that without propulsion, the...

I have been considering installing a dedicated battery bank for my flybridge electronics and was exploring the possibility of going with one or more marine lithium batteries. Ideally, I was considering constructing a compartment on the flybridge to house them. My main concern (other than them...

Don't forget about the 20 foot metal slide that by recess time in August was the same temperature as the griddle at the Waffle House.

Well, after 2 weeks I finally go the results of the fuel sample back. According to the fuel lab guy it's not really showing much in the way of issues with the fuel quality other than the particle count being a little high. He said there doesn't appear to be any indications of engine oil in the...