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I know this is a long shot. I am working in Torrance CA for a few months. My company will reimburse us up to $135 a day for lodging. That comes out to a little over $4K a month. I have been here since February 18th and am getting real tired of living in a hotel. It does not need to run, don't...

Thanks, and I don't want to know either, but my obsession with numbers makes me. One thing I find interesting is a lot of people talk about boat maintenance like it is so much worse than that of a dirt house. I don't agree with that. If you buy a 40 year old house (the age of my boat) you will...

If it was me I would move the engine. I don't see any way the hull strength would not be compromised. I am not saying that it would not have adequate strength, but I would not buy or want a boat that this has been done to. I would also do both tanks at the same time.

This is an interesting and somewhat amuzing thread to me. To the op. Unless you buy a total piece of junk I think your buget is more than you will need. Is it possible that the engine, generator, windless, and fridge will all die in the same year? Yes, but not likely. I would kill for that kind...

As with almost all things boating, one person will find something useless while another cannot live without it. I can see great value in the ops cooler. I would not use it for drinks, but put a block of ice (not a bag) and your frozen meat and you will probably keep your meat for a week or...

Perhaps that is why we now know better.

Thanks, I did not know that.

We have had a Honda 2000 for 2 1/2 years now and have a little over 1200 hours on it and it still runs like the day we bought it.

You might give Bomac Marine a call. They buy them.

I have often wondered why someone has not produced a diesel outboard. Might be nice to have 15 horse that you could take off the dink and use as a get home motor. They make small diesels now for quads, why not outboards? I don't care for the idea of a converted gas engine. GM did that in the...

MS, Just because it is gas does not mean that it will be horribly uneconomical. A friend of mine has a 28 Marinette with a 318 V8. My brother took it out with his kids and ran it at 12 to 15 mph pulling them on tubes and just playing around. Total distance traveled was 21 miles, it took 21...

+1 My wife and I had planned on buying a bigger boat before we left to go cruising (we owned a 25' sailboat). But we had property that would not sell, this was in 2010. So when our projected take off time drew near we decided to go small and go now rather than wait. We cruised and lived aboard...

I realize this, but with 850 ah of batts I think they can take alot more than 40% output (16 amps). I wonder if having the start bank which is fully charged almost 100% of the time is messing with the (smart) charger. If I was to fully charge the batteries with the TrueCharge2 40 it takes...

Speaking of battery chargers, does anyone know of a charger that will charge 3 banks and have an adjustable charge rate? We have a TrueCharge2 40 amp charger and two house banks of 4 Trojan T 105s each and a start bank of 2 group 27s. The problem is that when we have 3 or 4 overcast days in a...

This is a link to a post on our blog of the temporary rudder extension that I made. It worked out so well that at the next haul out we had a permanent extension installed. The temporary one cost me about $90 to make and just clamped onto the rudder. I just used snorkel gear and an allen wrench...

When we had a dog we used a crate. The dog loved it. People would come over and say "how can you put her in there". They couldn't fathom that the dog likes it and to her it was her doghouse.

We ordered single lever controls for our trawler from HopCar but have not had time to install them yet.

Absolutely beautiful. Think he would trade for a tired old Taiwanese bucket?

I have bought a couple of tanks from tank-depot.com and been pleased with them. The last one I bought was a 68 gallon water tank. In reality it holds 63 gallons. I think they figure the capacity by using the outside measurements. Other than that I like the tank. Good and fast service.

I laugh about that all the time. We have been in the Keys for three years now. I would much rather be down here in the summer than most places up north and I was born and raised in Indiana.

Mr. Clean "Magic Eraser" worked on ours.

You might check that your crankcase vent is not clogged. This could facilitate pressure build up in the crankcase and exacerbate a leak due to a failed pan gasket. It would not however have anything to do with the 60 psi oil pressure. I would guess that is either the sending unit or gauge.

I can't see any way high oil pressure could cause a leak from the pan gasket. I think that is a coincidence. Replace the oil sending unit and see if that fixes the problem. They are cheap and available from AD or Bomac.

Not much running lately. It's been 8 years now.

I would think that if Volvo decided to go to the expense of replacing the engine that they were 99% sure that is what needs to be done unless you are a mafia leader and they just don't want to p#ss you off. Companies don't go to that trouble and expense unless they feel they have to.