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Schaefer Marine, Ideal Windlass company in MA did a great job when I sent my vertical windlass in for overhaul. It came back brand new, all new parts with a newly manufactured gear case. My bearings and seals were bad. When I had a rough time getting the windlass out of the boat due to 5200...

Hi All. I have been chasing a water leak and am pretty sure at this point it’s coming from the shaft log on the port engine. It fills up in the void between the mid cabin bunks and then drains into the engine bilge via limber hole. See the attached drawing mark up. Also the external pic from...

Hi. Are there standpipes in the fuel tanks on the MY and YF models that keep the generators from pulling all of the fuel from tanks when the quantities get low? My AFT gen feeds from the AFT tank, FWD from FWD. I’m curious if they’d shutdown like on newer boats - or run until tanks are dry.

Hello, has anyone with the 53MY or 58YF hull measured the actual max beam at the waterline while hauled out? I have been looking at boathouses and will need to know... The specs for my 58YF say a 15'10" Beam. Measuring through the pilothouse doors I come up with 16.0' at the top of the toe...

Hi. This short pipe is leaking from the underside, pretty well corroded through. I’m going to need two, not sure what to ask for when calling. It is coolant, not raw water. This is the short tube with the flange on one end, hose clamps on the other. Goes into the exhaust manifold. What is it and...

Hi - I have the aft main tank in the lazarette that gravity fills the header tank in the guest stateroom, under the bunk. I do have the drawings for the fresh water system. My question is: When filling the water tank, once the aft tank is full I quit when I hear the vent stop chugging and the...

Had the MaxPower Thruster shear a pin last summer in the driveleg. Finally was able to haul it out and replace it. I forgot how big these boats are, very cool! 62000 lbs. Had to cut off the old blades, not too bad and the lower unit came out with the help of leverage and a 2x4. Cleaned the...

Hello, Well the rains are back in force in the great NW, the YF has developed a leak I assume from the flybridge hold down screws into coring, and its coming out of the port side pilothouse door extrior light. Real ugly brown/red stains. Is the fix to rebed all of the screws? Is there a...

Hello - My question for the 53 MY and 58 YF crowd is for the covering/finish of these wetbars? I think I have the original cabinet judging by the shape and size, but a prior owner covered it with Formica or similar. Both the exterior and countertop. I'm ready to go after it and try to bring...

Hi - I need to get hauled to replace the bow thruster, my manual says 49,000 lbs dry estimated. That's got to be pretty low. Anyone have a realistic ball park number? Thx-

Hello, The headliner in my master cabin was replaced by a PO with padded plywood sections that are too heavy for heavy duty velcro they used to hold them up, they sag and fall down. Not cool. I'd like to go back to the original headliner material but wondered how it is fitted around the short...

Hello, The engine room pop-out panels in the passage way on my 58 YF have the original pins and plastic snaps which aren't up to the task any longer. The wood has split so some of the pins aren't held tight. Has anyone replaced this system with regular latches, or a better way? Pics please -...

Hello - My port engine has a coolant leak I am trying to track down. I've a pressure testing kit to pump up the reservoir tank, 10 psi or so and let it sit to see if I can see an external leak. My question is - if the leak is internal from the heat exchanger to the raw water side, how is...

Hello all- This spring I could not arrange for or, do a decent detail job before we took off for the summer so I had to live with the fender rub marks and streaking. The last three days have been spent cleaning and polishing the hull and applying a ceramic coating to protect her. I am...

So what should I switch to for my 3500 hr 871TI’s?

So I have a couple of questions. This is how the water system has been plumbed since I have had the boat. I've only been using the 32v pump as the 120v was leaking out of the diaphragm when I took the boat. I replaced the 120v pump and it immediately blew out and leaked again from the...

On my 871TI's I replaced one of the block heaters a couple of years ago with the same brand (Hotstart, 1000w) and it has worked well. This last PNW cold snap had the other engines unknown brand or rated heater fail and I replaced it with another Hotstart system as I had bought a spare when the...

Hi- I have a Ideal APC 35 vertical windlass that has been a problem as long as I've owned the boat. The chain (3/8") doesn't cleanly strip off the wildcat and intermittently jams on the 'stripper' instead of falling into the chain locker. It of course does this at the most in-opportune time...

Hello - Our boat is as built, still having the 32v and 120v lighting in each space. I've done the easy LED upgrades on the majority of the 120v circuits most of which are run off of the inverter when away from shore power, an Outback 3200w inverter/charger. I have not gone through replacing...

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