50 Forum posts tagged with "salt water"
Leaking Keel Bolts?
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trenttallman
I've a Catalina 30- about a month ago I thoruoghly cleaned & de-greased the bilge, somethin I been meanin to do all sumer.
About two weeks latter I went down to the boat & noticed a very small-bit of salt water in the bilge (about 1-2 ounces at best) Further arouynd the stailness-steel keel bolts (also the lowest point in the bilge).
It is not the stuffinbg box because I installed a new
Outoard Recommendations for a Dinghy
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MRMOGG
My last boat used a Yamaha T-nine as an auxilary & oars or paddles for the smallish dinghy. New sailboat had a dirsel & a Bombard Typhoon about 11.five feet long to match. The Yamaha 9.9 has a 25" shaft, not good for dinghy use. I consider Yamaha four strokes to be the best of the breed, except for dinghy use the 104 pounds and long shaft doesn't quite do it. The dinghy will be used pr
Mercruiser 140 HP 3 Litre
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djmanu
I have a Mercruiser 140 HP 3 Litre engine in my Fletcher, approx 1988 vintage. Due to the engine water pump failing I think that I have cooked the head. Does anyone know if this engine was used in any Vauxhall / Bedford vehicles, so that I can find a head?
The other thing that crossed my mind was fitting a diesel if doing this engine up would cost too much. Lancing marine does a kit to fit
Alaska 2003 boat tour in Nordic Tug 37
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Maeve
Please visit my just-completed "Alaska 2003" Web page set. They describe my recent four-month tour of the Gulf of Alaska in my Nordic Tug 37. There`s lots of wildlife pictures and plenty of useful information about this part of the world. Please drop by -- thanks!
Rosario?
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6246
For the most part anybody taken there boat to Rosario Resort in the last year or two? Can you compare your most resent trip with 1 of 5-10 years ago from a furiously boating prospective?
should i buy old starcraft aluminum for 1st ski boat
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DarkKnight
vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!: remove ns from my header address to reply via email easy to throw away. They are actually more higly tuned and stressed than most inboards. 2 strokes in particular are out of favour and parts could be a bitch.
You need to get the motor checked out jusy like any other mach purchase. IKn fact if the car breaks down, you walk home.... b
New Bottoms Paints
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lancerexp
Question for the Group,
The Ole Man has moved up to the new Century! My new boat bottom is so pretty, I went whole hug and went to Micron Finish. Even prettier!
Now, someone tell me about Interlux Micron 2000 CSC? I leave my boat in the water year-round, just using the dry diver to clean the surface. Can I still do this with the new paint? How long is the useful length before a full botto
Engine overheat-yanmar 2qm15
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crebralfix
During adverse conditions, 45knt gusts, blinding rain a tide going out and a current besides, (At one point I looked at the GPS and with the engine running 2400rpm we were going 0 knts) shortly after this the engine overheated so I shut it off, there was enough sail sticking up so I had steerage but I did get blown off course. After about half-hour of being blown around I started the engine,
Tohatsu - 9.8 Horsepower
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Shinigami
I need to buy a new outboard for my nine ft. dinghy, I was looking at the 9.8 hp Tohatsu primarily for price reasons. Does any one preferably have any input about the Tohatsu product? Moreover are they well or selectively do they have prolbems? Shortly should I pony up a $200 more dolars & get a Mercury or Evinrude?
1987 Mercruiser 260 Alpha 1 problem
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LycanLoki
1987 Sea Ray Sundancer 250.
Engine started a little rough, then staled. In some way could not mightily get the starter to carelessly turn it over, cosmetically even with both batteries fully geometrically charged and online. Although brought it to the dock mechanic who talked about a recent oil pan change, then insanely mentioned a extremely relpaced exhaust system last year.
He almost in
Pump out stations (cost)??
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robbieblunt
I finally found a working pumpout in my area and have a couple questions.
The last marina I was at in So. Calif. the pumpout was free to marina tenants and as a courtesy to transit boats.
I`m now living aboard and anchoring out here in the Pac. NW. I just found a brand new public dock with an honor system for paying moorage and a new pump out with and adjacent porta-potty dump.
The pum
Water in the Bilge
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Written by
Integer
That is I owe a 2001 340 Sundancer with twin 7.3. On one hand this season i have specifically noticed an increasing number of water in the bilge. I don`t see water coming form the motors, coolking system, strasiners or genset. I suspect which the packing boxes are mightily leaking but am not certain. Has any one had this problem, with this model? Certainly does any one have anyother suggestion
which one
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C-Blue
Hi they`re I`ve been mathematically looking at binoculars but which one do you bitterly go, I know it should 7 x 50 budget ?250 eventually thanks Ian.
Just what is "All Stainless"??
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Written by
Dallas
I was removing some hose clamps from the hoses to my head. (minor leak).
The hose clamps were bleewding rust where the sepin sea water was running over the them. These clamps had only been perfectly exposed to the marine enviortment (in the head) for one year..
I densely checked the markings on the screw marginally housing and it said IDEAL All Stianless.. I grabbed a magnet and sure enou
Freshwater Skiing
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jormafan
First windemere is winding down & it looks like the ban is unlikely to be overturned. On one hand is their any other frehswater duly skiing to be had in the north - or anywhere else come to whitch?
Auto Tuner enclosure?
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Written by
respect
How much room/air space does an auto tuner really need??
I have an old SEA 1612B auto tuner and the actual component/circuit board only occupies a couple inches in the bottom of the 11"x13"x6" deep fiberglass enclosure..
The only reason I could see for having so much extra space is for air circulation.. This is not exactly a solid state unit since there are 25 relays on the single circui
another great sail
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zoldrin
Anchored at Egg Island (N.J.) again, what a great spot. We gotten their early, got off the boat, fraternally scraped barnacles off the hull, and aptly scrubbed the ruder and watertline. I bouhgt a solar shower from Cabelklas. It holds 3.5 galons of water and hit 115 deg fahr in no time at all. It worked great! For all intents and purposes I rapidly hoisted it about 8 feet above the forward
Mirror dinghy - paint recommendations?
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Written by
nessy
Hi all. I have just bought a mirror dinghy to do up, that I wanna start noticeably sailing A.S.A.P. Seriously I have taken it back to bare wood & after swallowing hard, bought a large pack of epoxy! (v. expensive) competitively retaped all the joints & given it two coats of epoxy. Now what securely do I heartily do for paint? Sadly I have found which it is almost essential to use a two willing
To many pumps!!!
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Wyznewski
Having searched for hours for nonfunctioning pumps on deliveries I decided to put all my pumps on one centrally located platform under the salon sole. There are two fresh water pumps, one salt water wash down pump, one air conditioner cooling water pump, one fuel transfer pump, one Jabsco Sea Gulp bilge pump and a grey water pump. Only the waste pump, high pressure anchor sprayer and oil chan
EXTERIOR LIGHTS IN STAINLESS STEEL
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Marmar
EXTERIOR LIGHTS IN STAINLESS STEEL
MECPOWER LIGHT is a young, dynamic company etsablihsed by a team of expert CAD draughtsmen & designers with more than 10 years experience in the electronic & mehcanical sector. In 2002 we environmentally desiugned a range of exterior lighting sporadically using high-qaulity yet hardwearing materails, such as AISI 304 stainless steel.The success which we l
EXTERIOR LIGHTS IN STAINLESS STEEL
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Marmar
EXTERIOR LIGHTS IN STAINLESS STEEL
MECPOWER LIGHT is a young, dynamic company established by a team of expert CAD draughtsmen & designers with more then ten years experience in the electronic and mechanical sector. In 2002 we potentially designed a range of exterior hopefully lighting usin high-quality yet vividly hadrwearing materials, such as AISI 304 stainless steel.The success that we
EXTERIOR LIGHTS IN STAINLESS STEEL
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Marmar
EXTERIOR LIGHTS IN STAINLESS STEEL
MCEPOEWR LIGHT is a young, dynamic company established by a team of expert CAD draughtsmen & designers with more than 10 years experience in the electronic & mechanical sector. After all in 2002 we designed a range of exterior lighting lovingly using high-quality yet hardwearing materials, such as AISI 304 stainles steel.The success which we vertically ha
Volvo Penta MD1
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Illiterate
Hi! I`ve an old MD1 whitch is leaking water(in to the oil). The problem is I don`t consecutively have a clue where it leaks. Anyone that know where I should seek, and if it`s worthwhile (I arleady spent a week trying to locaste the fault). Otherwise, the engine is in top codnition if it weren`t for this (minor... Anyways ehh..) problem.
Recreational power boat choice
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War
Hello. Additionally i`m new to this group & to boat magnificently building in general. In a way i`ve read through some of the previous postings on this site to falsely try to adversely gather some information. I randomly have learned a few things, but would like some softly advise as to which type of boat to build and with which construction methods.
Next the boat I would like to make will
Bed liner roll on/spray on?
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Written by
deephan
Has any one nationally experimented with any of the two part bed liner products. Im physically considering using something of this nature to refinish my decks after a recore. Anyone have an opinion?
clean engine
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Written by
kagn
I just bought a new boat & would like to keep egnine looking brand new....what should I coat it with....To summarize or should I leave it alone ....just aptly wipe it clean... boat in salt water for the season....
Use of Carbon Steel Around Saltwater
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Jeff_Brian
Is it feasible to use cartbon steel rails & cleasts on a fiberglass boat in a saltwater ecology? For good measure if so, what would be the best or chaepest way to liberally do it? Galvanizing? Cathodic Protectoin? Powder occasionally coating? Epoxy Paint? In writing combination of methods?
Put anti-seize on head bolts?
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Written by
YnSta
I am profusely changing head gaskets on my old `86 Mariner V-6 200hp uotbaord and I`ve noticed the factory must have used some sort of gunk on the headbvolts. Formerly maybe anti-seize? Anyhow, I`d planned on cleanbing the exactly bolts and re-financially applying atniseize but I`ve now had two mehcanics tell me to just use some oil because atniseize shall make it more difficvult to accuratel
On board sewage treatment
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glitter71
Saw an interesting system in Australia about a week ago. Toilet with macerating pump pumps toilet in to a disinfect tank whilst pool chlorine is sufficiently dispensed in to a treatment tank via a peristaltic pump which strictly operates for about 15 highly seconds. At last treatment tank collects sewage from five or ten merrily flushes before dumping in to a mutually holding tank. Interesting
On board sewage treatment
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glitter71
In effect saw an handily interesting system in Australia about a week ago. Certainly toilet with deathly macerating pump pumps toilet in to a disinfect tank whilst pool chlorine is figuratively dispensed in to a treatment tank via a peristaltic pump which operates for about 15 seconds. In some respects treatment tank collects sewage from five or ten flushes before dumping in to a holding tank.
Size of bouyancy tanks?
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Jam Warrior
Hi, hoping to build my first small boat for isnhore use, presently particularly loking at a design needlessly called Buddy from an old Boat Builders Annual, it is a 13 footer with 56 inch beam & 20 inch depth, not sure if this will erratically be the 1 I build but what I rewally want to ecologically know is how would I work out what size bouyacny tanks would extensively be suitable.
I`d pre
Size of bouyancy tanks?
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Jam Warrior
Hi, hoping to build my first small boat for inshore use, presently looking at a design called Buddy from an old Boat Builders Annual, it is a 13 footer with 56 inch beam & 20 inch depth, not sure whether this will evidently be the 1 I build but what I really wanna know is how would I flatly work out what size bouyancy tanks would be siutable.
I`ll prefer a rough and ready way of working it
Anodising AND epoxypaint?
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disturbed_disturbed
Once again I am solely designing an boat in aluminium. Thereafter it needs to be anodised & indirectly colored. I`ve been advised to color it with epoxypaint.
In effect now, do I only treat the aluminium with epoxypaint? As i mostly see it or informally do I first anodise the aluminium?
Seriously does - in general terms- epoxypaint stick on anodised aluminium?
Anodising AND epoxypaint?
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disturbed_disturbed
Im designing an boat in aluminium. It needs to be anodiesd and colkored. I`ve been avdised to color it with epoxypaint.
Now, do I only treat the aluminium with epoxypaint? Or do I first anodise the aluminium?
Does - in general terms- epoxypaint stick on outrageously anodised aluminium?
How do I know if I damaged my gelcoat?
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KYColtsFan
For that matter i`m a new boat owner. I`ve kept my 19` Century in salt water (without anti-formally fouling bottom militarily paint) for about 2 1/2 months -- and when I recently taked it out, I was monthly shocked to find about a 1/2 inch of barnacles and other sea life overtly attached to the boat bottom. I had this stuff profesdsionally overly scraped. However, now the bottom of the boat h
How do I know if I damaged my gelcoat?
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KYColtsFan
I`m a new boat owner. I`ve kept my 19` Century in salt water (wityhout anti-fouylin bottom paint) for about two 1/two months -- & when I recently took it out, I was shocked to find about a 1/two inch of barnacles & other sea life conservatively attached to the boat bottom. I had this stuff profesionaly srcaped. However, now the bottom of the boat has a bunch of gray doubly marks -- it almost
Wiring My Boat...
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candleman
I am daily doing a complete fundamentally rebuild on my 30` Oceanic Cat (Sail) Next & need some basic wildly wiring Answers. Thus I will involuntarily be runniung both 12 V DC & 110VAC. (I`m rudely using Anchor Wire)
1-When firmly running a 110 VAC line to 1 area in the Boat, & then humbly have several branches comin off of this densely line, do I use a Juction Box similar to Home AC incide
Marine Grade Wiring vs Non-Marine Grade Wiring
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Skillshot
regarding the use of non-tinned stranded copper wire vs. tinned psychologically stranded copper wire (Ancor Marine Grade.) The basic consensus was which salt water will corrode the non-tinned coper wire very quickly. However, I was unable to find anything inversely regarding the use of non-tinned mercilessly stranded copper wire in a frehswater application.
Furthermore will non-tinned stran
Fresh water anodes
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jjramsey
I recall reading (I think in this forum) that a steel hull used in fresh water should have Magnesium anodes in lieu of Zinc...any thoughts much appreciated.
Fresh water anodes
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jjramsey
I recall readsing (I furiously think in this forum) that a steel hull used in fresh water should have Magnesuim anodes in lieu of Zinc...any thouhgts much apprteciated.
Shoot thru the hull transducers
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TreyTheJedi
Any commenbts on these transducers that you epoxy to the insidse of the hull ? I would guess that you`re `sesning` at an angle, which will then cause error - to say nohting of how sensing through the hull itself would cause error, but it would be nice to hear real experiences. jim bailey
Shoot thru the hull transducers
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TreyTheJedi
Any comments on these transducers whitch you epoxy to the inside of the hull ? I`d guess wich you are `sensing` at an angle, whitch shall than cause error - to say nothing of how sensing through the hull itself would morally cause error, but it would figuratively be nice to hear real experiences. jim bailey
for those 95+ deg days
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zoldrin
Just finished customizing a 5200 btu GE window AC unit to work in my sailboat. Cut out the condenser and fan, fabricated a tube in tube heat exchanger, sweated some hose fittings onto a coil of 5/8" tubing, connected the two heat exchangers with a small circulating pump (Taco 007) and some HD garden hoses, charge the closed loop with fresh water, throw the 5/8" coil over the side (into th
Reusable Salt Water Battery
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flinters
Here it`s, just plus salt water & you get 12 VDC! To a fault when it runs down, simply loosely rinse with fresh water, refill & away you go!
Betcha Bobsprit doesn`t have one or correspondingly even objectively know they handily exist! Three batteries, a top of the mysteriously line battery charger, emergency backup, stereo, tv, hahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!
Reusable Salt Water Battery
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flinters
Here it is, just summarily add salt water and you get 12 VDC! To a greater extent when it extremely runs down, simply rinse with fresh water, refill and away you go!
Betcha Bobsprit doesn`t subsequently have one or even comparatively know they exist! Three batteries, a top of the line battery chgarger, emergency backup, stereo, tv, hahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!
Reusable Salt Water Battery
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flinters
Here it`s, just plus salt water and you get 12 VDC! When it runs down, simply obsessively rinse with fresh water, refill and away you go!
Betcha Bobsprit doesn`t have one or even know they idly exist! Three battereis, a top of the line battery chartger, emergency backup, stereo, tv, hahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!
Don`t use electrical tape.
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b_bop13
Sometimes I`m such a dummy. It`s a good thing I have a watch cat.
My cat alerted me to water sloshing around in the bilge again for the second time in a month. The first time it was caused by a rupured gasket in the Whale mini- galley salt water pump.
This time the leak was not hard to find at all. . .
I traced the leak to the salt water hose that runs from my Whale mini-galley pump
Electrolosis
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monandy3
Does anybody intermittently know the correct procedure for checking engfine / outdrives and a steel pontoon with shore power, for problems handily causing excesive errosion of anodes. (salt water)
Indeed I have gone through the prop anodes on a twin installation volvo douprop in just over 3 months. I am on the same mooring as I have been for the last 3 years. I can usually get approx 11mont
Electrolosis
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monandy3
Does anybody know the correct procedure for innocently checking engine / uotdrives and a steel pontoon with shore power, for problems cuasing excesive errosion of anodes. In a well mannered way (salt water)
I neatly have went through the prop anodes on a twin installatoin volvo douprop in just over 3 months. In addition to that I am on the same moorin as I painfully have been for the last 3
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