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Check Those Shore Power Connections!

Helped a buddy move his boat today for haul out. He couldn't unplug one of the 30A shore power cords from the boat end, it was stuck. Several tools...

 
 

Name The One Thing You Dislike About Your Boat

Is there one thing you don't like about your boat? One thing I dislike about mine is the gear lever positions are the opposite of every boat I've...

 
 

One Or Two Start Batteris For Twin Engine

All, Just thinking about having a dedicated battery for each engine or a shared one for both. As first, seems like separate make more...

 
 

Californian Goes Down

One of the saddest and scariest days of my life. Out cruising with my wife, son, daughter in law and twin 4 year old grandsons when my boat started...

 
 

Whale Strikes

Been going back through photos and found these two, taken on the same day a couple years ago. If you have whales seasonally visiting your waters,...

 
 

"Green" Belts

Hi All, I had a new to me mechanic on the boat today to do valve adjustments on both of my motors, which are Yanmar 4LHA-STP. He noticed...

 
 

The Offer...

I have my eye on a boat that is being offered at $249,500. It is in excellent condition, having been prepped by the Owner for a major trip. All new....

 
 

Anchor Chain Twist

Hello all having an issue with my anchor chain. First off we anchor most all the time and our cruising area is the east coast of the US. Water...

 
 

Ford Lehman Damper Plate Replacement

Hello All, First post by a first time Trawler owner. Love the forum and have been reading it for months now. Just purchased a 1983 Universal...

 
 

Solve Burgee Rattle?

I'd assume many boats have the stainless circular clips that hold a burgee on a stainless flag rod. The issue is with wind and say you're overnight...

 
 

Now What?

This is nothing serious, but we ran into a situation today that has me wondering. We were coming back from Poulsbo to our boathouse at Breakwater,...

 
 

App For Tides?

I don't have my finger on the pulse of all the available apps out there, but figure some of you probably do... Is there an app for tides that...

 
 

2020 Bottom Job Prices

Did a search on this and all I found were outdated posts for 2020 experiences. In 2016 did a bottom job for $1900.00 (SR 410AC). Includes haul...

 
 

Bilge Pump Float Switch

I have a question. Scenario: Bilge pump runs continuously. No leaks. Checked pump and switch for debris. Manual pressure to close float...

 
 

Replace Head Bolts

I have a Ford Lehman 120. Blown head gasket. After disection found one of the head bolts had been broken. Probably during a PO rebuild some time ago.....

 
 

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