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  1. capt jerry

    Intermittent RPM drop at consistant throttle position.

    if it is not the fuel filters,may you have a plug in the fuel line someplace???
  2. capt jerry

    Sagging floor

    how about bolting a lengh of angle iron on it that is what i did and it worked fine
  3. capt jerry

    Charleston SC

    the boat shed in georgetown is a good stop,not many slips but nice people and you can walk to town, george town landing is all right but the current is strong and you better have a good grip on docking?
  4. capt jerry

    Are Krogen Manatees Truckable?

    i think that the fly bridge will have to come off to truck it?? as far as a transport boat some of them can not pick up a boat in the states and deliver it to another port in the states. being a delivery captain that is what i found out not to long ago?
  5. capt jerry

    Another Dinghy Towing Question

    you could put floats on the tow line so it wont sink???
  6. capt jerry

    starting our Perkins in cold weather

    just crank it and hold the stop button for a minute and let it go,that way you dont put to much fuel in the cycls,but you build up heat,if you dont hold the stop button than you flood the cycls with fuel and it takes a lot of heat to start it up
  7. capt jerry

    Painting the depth transducer

    they have* differnt paint for that,or dont paint it at all,
  8. capt jerry

    Observation

    is it a 58 motor yacht triple cabin?** what year?
  9. capt jerry

    Gradually preparing to take the Plunge

    you could start right from where you are,and go right up the hudson riv and into the locks.go right out barnaget inlet
  10. capt jerry

    Whats the price of diesel in Venezuela?

    a few yers ago it was 10 cents a gallon
  11. capt jerry

    thinking about cutting some stuff out of my salon?

    i had a1980 eagle and i got rid off it* because i could not get** comforable on it i lived on it for ten yrs,it was the same set up you had,i think that it is a great idea.do it you wont be sorry
  12. capt jerry

    Marine Railways

    thunder bolt georgia has one,they also have a travel lift and* a elevator lift, but get a price first
  13. capt jerry

    Propeller shaft prep for prop

    i had to use shim washers on a boat that i had,because i put on* prop of differnt make, as the hub was shorter. igot it from a prop shop that had diff. sizes
  14. capt jerry

    Propeller shaft prep for prop

    For yrs and yrs all the older Bertrams from the factory* had the small nut on first
  15. capt jerry

    Propeller shaft prep for prop

    yes you clean the compound off the shaft before you put the prop on,i worked for Staten Island Boat sales on and off as a dilevery captain fo 30 yrs,and thatwas the way we did it in the yard ,,i have done over 200 deliverys for them back* and forth to florida* and west coast* of florida.and had...
  16. capt jerry

    Propeller shaft prep for prop

    The way i do it is to use valve grinding compound and put it on the shaft and slide the prop on and turn the prop for a while* without the key to get rid of any high spots,then push hard on the prop to make sure that is all the way up without the key,and then mark where it is on the shaft, take...
  17. capt jerry

    Gasoline Engines in a 43

    I thought that MTU stood for More TRouble* Underway** LOL
  18. capt jerry

    Closing off sight gauges

    i always kept mine closed
  19. capt jerry

    Cruising North Queensland Australia

    is ther a way that you could get those two cyclinders honed out and cleaned* up?
  20. capt jerry

    New Dinghy motor questions!!!!!

    you must remember that a 2 stoke has about three moving psrts and a four stroke has i few hundred, a lot more to go wrong
  21. capt jerry

    St Augustine Florida

    just ran a boat from florida to new york and the price of fuel was between 1.55 a gal up to 2.05 a gal the date was in the middle of march 09
  22. capt jerry

    Shore Power

    i have a splitter thats plugs into a 250 50amp and comes out as 2 50amp 110 if any body is looking to buy one
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