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Was walking down the dock and heard a faint, low rumbling noise. It seemed to be coming from a new 55' Fleming that came to the marina recently. I thought it might have been the generator running for some reason so I walked over near the boat. Then it started backing out of the slip. THe low...

Looked at a newly for-sale 53MY here at the marina a few days ago. At some point in its past the wood was all glossy-finished and once again we (Admiral and I) both commented on how much we like the look. Of course the work involved has put us off in the past and still does to a great extent...

I hope this catches you before you rush down the the US Army (or other service) recruiter to take advantage of that great pay as opposed to what "normal" people make. As you quite correctly noted in the Somali Pirate thread, the allowances (if you are eligible) can add considerably to the...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_0bae626e-ef5d-11e0-8765-001a4bcf6878.html Next thing you know, Snap On will be moving to Vietnam... :(

Those Hatt electrical guys were tricky! Yesterday, while working on the waste system I accidentally grounded the hot side of one of the oem waste level sensors. Big snap/spark and then no power. "No problem," I thought, "I'll just reset the breaker." But there wasn't one in any of the DC...

I have posted here many times that IMO Pascoe has the best info around re boat maint, etc and that his view of stuff was pretty much in the "can't go wrong doing what he says" category. I have pretty much done whatever he says to do about any particular boat issue. But in reading an article of...

With my increasing zinc use lately - zincs in 2-3 months instead of 6 as previously, I did a stray current check today with equipment I borrowed from the marina. I followed all the directions and found .543 VDC; this is very high - the instructions state that anything over 1100Mv indicates a...

I know some folks have installed different fitting on the holding tanks than oem. Basically, I want to install larger fittings than the fairly small oem fittings to dump waste in the tanks. What is the best way to do this? I would assume that some sort of plate (of what material?) would be...

I've been keeping them, figuring that they will work just fine if I need them but it's starting to get stupid - I've got more flares than the Titanic! Hmmm - didn't help them much. So do folks just throw them in the dumpster? It would be more fun to use them as junior fireworks but since...

I am about to hit the "send" button on an order for a Raritan head and have a question for folks (Sky?) with the Raritan Atlantes or Freedom. I might have even asked this question before but I couldn't find it. I'm purchasing one for the master to eliminate the noise of the GM and reduce water...

This was referred to in another thread but I thought I post it in a new thread rather than hijack that one. Yesterday on the dock we were talking about our DD motors and the fact that most of us now run at hull speed instead of the speed that the boats/engines were designed to run...

I have a VDO rudder indicator at the lower helm that was installed when the boat was new but I want one on the upper as well. Appears to me that a repeater is not possible with the current one so I guess I need to add a second complete system. Anybody like any particular model? No need for...

Dove the boat yesterday - zincs were nearly gone in only 2+ months (we won't even talk about the barnacles and my 10.5K top speed two days prior). So I'm doing some research re galvanic corrosion. The Hatt manual, in relation to the "Shoreline Transformers" that came with our 1980 53 MY boat...

Suddenly (this morning) the bow/galley ac unit control, a Coastal climate FX1, is completely dead - no display, buttons don't function. It acts as if there is no power to the unit. However, voltage checks show power to the main control box in the eng room and power to the FX1 circuit box...

Thought I'd post this to either be helpful or demonstrate my lack of understanding re filter symptoms... NL Genny had always started/ran perfectly. Recently it would take 2-3 attempts to start. It would start immediately, run for a few seconds, then stop. After the second/third restart it...

In all the line arranging/re-arranging re irene I got to wondering...why do we cross lines? IOW, if a boat has two cleats on the side the forward cleat is usually attached to a spring line some distance behind it on the dock; the aft cleat is attached to the dock some distance in front so that...

THis morning I was changing the fuel filters on my NL M844k Genny - figured since the last time I did it was in '05, it was probably time! Anyway, I noticed a drip from the RW pump seal. So I need a kit for the pump. It's a Jabsco pump but I can't find any number on it to determine which...

Yesterday, in prep for losing power at the marina at noon today, I fired up the genny to check everything. For the first time in our nearly 7 year history, the NL 16KW genny didn't instantly start/run. It started, ran a few seconds and died. Started again, ran a few seconds and died. Started...

Had an earthquake about 30 minutes ago. Pilings dancing all around. Pretty cool. I'm thinking of commissioning some T-shirts saying "I survived the Piney Narrows Quake." Probably make a ton of money off the marina folks. ;)

"Pentagon to reconsider landing Chinooks in battle zones" From this article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/08/2350660/pentagon-to-reconsider-landing.html#ixzz1UTvwUaSp I was in the 101st in Vietnam (twice). We learned that lesson 40+ years ago. Chinooks ("Hooks") were NEVER used for...