John, while in the BVI I have experienced seals broken on new oil containers. Trying to return the possibly contaminated…
Hi Martine, Good idea. As you say, better new, but in a pinch…
Copper washers can be annealed. You heat them to cherry red then quench in water. After that they are soft…
Hi Jordan, Sure, you can use a dry exhaust, but in most sailboats that will require a water jacket which…
Hi Larry, This is obviously a concern, but I don’t have any expertise that Rig-Pro would not have, in fact…
Hi John, I’m in contact on a boat with 67 foot Carbon mast made by Nordic Mast in 2003. In…
The engine won’t flood so long as the water injection point for the wet exhaust is above the waterline, or…
A handheld tach is also useful to check your speeds and feeds if you do any machining or drilling.
Some funnels come with plastic or wire strainers. But I suspect the person who changed the oil knew the paper…
G’day Wilson. I used the same solution after drowning our engine on our Najad. I was lucky to discover the…
Hi Hervé, Sorry I don’t know any sources, other than the ones already listed in Colin’s article. Anyone else have…
Hi Arron, Sure you could do that, but it would slow things down a lot and be messy, so I…
Thanks for the quick reply Eric, and fair enough regarding accuracy. As someone else noted- there appear to be phone…
Hi Michael, The way that digital tachs work, they are relatively unlikely to be out of calibration although it is…
Or keep a stack of paint filter funnels handy. Though it is yet more waste, I’d say, given the alternative,…
I’ve almost bought a cheap digital tach several times to check our installed gauge. Here’s my problem though- unless I…
On my SeaStream43 Mk1, the steering system is a Cobra one, with inner helm station. Very difficult to find appropriate…
Great comment Stein – lots of truths in there. The pilots among us are likely all nodding their heads and…
Hi Ben, That’s a very good point, and yet I must admit I had never thought about it that way.…
Hi Bob, How nice to hear from you! That’s scary, given I’m sure they were not that careful about it.…