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Generator Woes - Low Compression Across All Cylinders

The patient - a KiloPak 12kW genset powered by an Isuzu 3LD1 3 cylinder diesel engine. 450 hours run time. All was working well on our last summer...

 
 

Collision And Demasting

A sailboat story. But if it had been a trawler etc the top of the boat would have been ripped off. It was Dec 30, 2023. 8:30pm with a West wind of...

 
 

New OR Members Planning Great Loop Adventure

Thanks very much to the Trawler Forum for being such a valuable resource! We are a newly-retired couple with many years of small boat experience,...

 
 

Caulk Gun

Is a cordless gun worth it or is a professional gun easy enough to push?

 
 

Is The Max 9 A Max 8 With A New Name?

Most on here will remember this five year old lengthy thread about the 737 Max 8. ...

 
 

Can I Use Barnacle Buster To Flush An Outboard?

First up the mea culpa: I have not been very diligent in flushing the outboard with fresh water after operating it in the ocean. So the tell-tale...

 
 

Voltage Leak To Bonding System

Hello. This relates to my 36-foot Island Gypsy trawler, 1984 vintage. She is experiencing a stray voltage leak in the bonding system. Measuring it...

 
 

Hatch Rubber Seal Worn

The rubber layer on the base is worn out a bit in the corner. How to replace that? It is the hatch in the v-berth of a Marine Trader sundeck model....

 
 

Washington State Ferry Video

Washington State Ferries decided yesterday was as good as any to move the Issaquah from Bainbridge to Anacortes. Gale wind warning in the strait...

 
 

New Solution For Lithium/Solar?

I already use one of Anker's smaller 2000 Watt "solar generators" for our Airstream trailer and very...

 
 

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