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That's a question I (we) have asked since we have had our 53. The dryer IS a 240VAC unit so even though it's small, it should be able to dry a load in a reasonable time. If you throw a load of towels in it, it takes 90+ minutes and MAY not be dry even then. Well, today I decided to look into...

But it didn't have to! Yesterday I was pulling elec wire for our 53MY's new galley oven (GE Advantium). I chose to run the cable through one of the galley cabinets and, in doing so, decided to open an access panel at the back of the cabinetto see if I could use some existing space behind the...

Yesterday, in St Michael's harbor, the primary depthfinder quit finding. System is a pair of Networked 3010Cs, a Garmin GSD 21 sounder box, and a Garmin (Airmar) through-hull transducer. System worked normally at the slip and on ride down to St Michaels. After a few minutes maneuvering to...

Two days ago an acquaintance told me about a cleaner/lubricant called Ballstol that he swears is the greatest stuff ever made! I had never heard of it. http://www.ballistol.com/ The claims/testimonials make it sound like something just short of magic - or maybe ACTUAL magic! I was wondering...

I replaced most of the white stuff last year with Parker Armada hose EXCEPT that PITA section that runs under the passageway to the starboard eng room. Today I noticed a faint whiff of waste and, sure enough, that white hose has gone the way of the rest of the white hose...permeated. In a...

From what I can tell, it seems that all series one 58's have DD '92 engines. Is this correct? Call this a first investigative step in very early consideration of a possible purchase. Yes, Eric, I know what you told me but the Admiral has expressed an interest and when the Admiral expresses an...

I'm sure someone has added more lighting to the bow stateroom of a 53MY - I want more light in general but specifically want good illumination over the cabinet top on the port side. What's the best way to do that? I don't really want to mess with the headliner if I don't have to. Also...if...

Stove's out and sitting on dock. Took about an hour to pull it out from wall, disassemble and carry it out. Here it is pulled out from the wall and here in pieces on the dock

I'm finally getting around to replacing the oem Modern Maid stove/oven combo with something current. Before I start seriously ripping things apart, does this thing easily disassemble in to manageable sections? I looks to me like it was installed in one piece originally and the galley then...

IGNORING any political/labor issues involved, I have to say that I have found some Chinese articles to be excellent quality lately. I'm beginning to think that the same thing that happened to "made in Japan" is happening in China. Years ago "Made in Japan" items in the US were a joke - total...

Never did get a call back from the CC tech expert re triggers/box failures. I just (a few minutes ago) replaced a bad CC box for the guest stateroom with a new CC box. The old box would not activate the SW pump/compressor, just the air handler. Obviously the circuitry controlling the relays...

My forward ac unit is acting up. I have the FX1 controllers and the ac systems has been working fine. However, suddenly (this happened last year but I've been away from the boat since then) the control box for the bow/galley ac has no control over the compressor. Any time the circuit breaker...

One of my block heaters (immersion type) suddenly is tripping the GFI for ships service #2 at the master panel at the helm. It worked fine this morning for about 2 hours, then tripped the circuit. All subsequent resets/switching on the heater results in an immediate GFI trip The actual circuit...

I started a new post so as to not radically hijack the retirement post... "The Lectra/San is legal in most navigable and coastline areas where salt water is available and a tidal flow in and out exists. " As you noted, it all depends on whether you are in a NDZ or not. If you are, you...

The landlord of the house we live in here in Mexico City had some upgrades done to the water system over the past few days. Houses here use a cistern in the ground and water storage tanks on the roof and they were installing some automatic pumps that would trigger as the water dropped below a...

I haven't laughed so hard in a while...but YMMV Caution - some harsh language... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRmZ9zH-mYM

I know this topic has been well covered in the past and there have been a lot of comments re bad "new" (rebuilt) injectors. But I was wondering what the most current view is re where/what "brand" of injectors to buy. I want to install "new" N90s (8V71Tis) but would like to have the best chance...

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A large car fire per their "headline." It's neither a large car or a large fire. Oh well http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17319054

I had never seen a rugby match - just knew of the sport and knew a couple of guys at work years ago who played it. They always showed up at work with bruises, black eyes, casts on their arms/legs, etc. But I never went to a match. Yesterday my wife and I watched a rugby match on TV and both...