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Engine: Yanmar 6LPA-STP2 Hours: 800-850 Age: I'm contemplating tackling a couple of jobs and considering doing them myself. Here are some of my thoughts on why I think I need to move in this direction. I bought the boat about 8 years ago. At the time I had the engine surveyed. Everything...

1999 MAinship 350 Trawler (Dual Helm) 2011~2012 Yanmar 6LPA-STP2 Sunday, the tachs stopped working while underway. At first I noticed the one at the upper helm was bouncing, then it died. The tach at the lower helm also died. The volt meter showed I was at 14.4 Volts, so the alternator was...

What is considered high hours for these engines.....roughly. (I acknowledge that a lot depends on usage, service and maintenance. For now, let's assume standard recreational use and normal service and maintenance). Is 4,000 hrs high? Are these engines rebuildable? If so, what do you think a...

I completed some upgrades to the 12V system at the end this last season. 1 x 4d Starting Battery (Lifeline AGM) 2 x 8D (parallel) Houses Bank (Lifeline AGM). Each battery bank has a dedicated BlueSeas remote battery shutoff. There is a Blue Seas ACR tying the two banks together. The...

I'm in the process of completing a battery upgrade. I originally had 1 8D starting batt. and 1 8D house batt. I've added a new starting battery so that I could combine the 2 8D's into a single large house bank (I replaced the 8D's with new as part of this project). Starting Batt.: 4D (AGM)...

I had a soft sided sound shield fabricated for my Kohler 8 Kw generator. The sound shield has a large fan installed. I'm trying to figure out where to connect the power for the fan. I was thinking about tying it to the Pos./Grnd to the fuel pump. My thought is the generator starts and closes...

We have the Princess 3-Burner Electric Range/Oven (fixed mount). The stove burners have worked poorly at best. I woke up this morning and went to cook breakfast and the stove top appears to given up the ghost. The oven still works, however we rarely use it. I'm looking for a direct...

We decided to buy a Boston Whaler 130 and start towing it. Anyone out their towing there dinghy have any advice, tips and tricks. We have a slip, though we're usually only in it May - June and Sept-Oct. From Late June to the week after Labor Day, we're out on anchor and moorings. Juggling...

Is anyone familiar with the overall quality of Brig? I'm shopping for a new dinghy. I've seen a few around, but never up close. I'm considering a 4+ hr drive to go look at one. Before I spend what will more than likely be 9 hours round trip I'm a little curious about the brand.

I've been anchored in my current location for about 2 1/2 weeks. I tend to use the "Windy" app. The screenshot at the bottom of the post is what Windy is showing for Thursday into Friday. However here are other reports: The Weather Channel: Thursday (night): Wind SSW 20...

We finally moved onto the boat!!! This has been a dream of ours for years. My wife was laid off in late January (Corporate Restructuring, pre-covid). We realized we didn't need to live 2-2.5 hours from the boat any longer (I work from home). So, we sold the house in NH, and decided to buy a...

I commissioned my boat (FINALLY) this weekend. While flushing the anti-freeze from the water lines, I started to get a lot of brown water from the hot side when I switched the off the water heater bypass. The sediment clogged the strainers in my sinks. I removed the water heater, flushed out...

So it looks like my 8Kw Diesel Kohler generator is about to be condemned. The Kohler shop has even called in Kohler techs who are about to give up on this 20 year old unit. As I'm looking to potentially repower, I'm looking for suggestions. Another Kohler, or another brand? Thoughts??

35lb Genuine CQR Anchor (Galvanized) $200.00 Will ship anywhere in the U.S. (Shipping not included). Pickup in New Hampshire, US.

I'm in the process of upgrading my Jabsco electric flush head to a vacuflush. The discharge on the electric flush is 1". The discharge on the vacuflush in 1.5". This presents what appears to be a problem on the holding tank side. I need a 1.5" barb on the holding tank where the 1" is...

I need to replace my dripless shaft seal. I have no idea what is on there now or how long it has been there. I suspect it might be original (1999). It looks like it uses a piece of exhaust hose rather than a bellows. The hose itself seems pliable and there doesn't appear to be any...

I titled this for lack of a better way to refer to the issue. This issue has been going on since I bough the boat 3 years ago. I have 2 150 gallon aluminum fuel tanks and a single Yanmar 6 cyclinder. The engine draws from both tanks. There are two fuel feeds and two returns and the valves...

I've been in the middle of a bit of an Electronics migration. Upper Helm: Raymarine C97 Transducer: Airmar C1225 I recently bought the Raymarine C127 which is the big brother of my C97. I moved the C97 down to my lower helm (where there was no electronics), then installed the C127 at the...

We've decided to tackle replacing the isinglass on the flybridge ourselves. We've watched numerous videos on You Tube and the sailrite site. My wife is a quilter and more than knows her way around a sewing machine. We plan on buying a sailrite sewing machine. We'll be replacing the isinglass...

Engine: Single Yanmar Generator: Koehler 8k Charger: Charles 50a 3-bank Current Battery Bank: -------------------------------------------------- Starting Battery: 1 x 8D Deep Cycle AGM (Lifeline) House Battery: 1 x 8D Deep Cycle AGM (Lifeline) Generator: 1 x Group 24(?) Starting batt. FLA...

I have a sidepower bow thruster. I recently noticed it is unusually quiet. So much so I can barely hear on the bridge with the engine running. It also is suddenly less effective than it used to be. I'm not sure where to start with something like this. I won't be hauling the boat until...

I saw this twice last weekend and it's getting a bit frustrating. In two different places fishermen decided to drop a lobster pot in the middle of a channel. This is in between a series of red/green buoys. They were different colors so, it was two different licenses involved. One was coming...

I have Dual Racor 1000's. (Single Yanmar 6LPA-STP2). The previous owner left a 2 Micron filter in a parts box. I can't even find a 2 micron 1000 filter anywhere and will need to order them online. This has me thinking. 2 micron seems extremely restrictive and the racor 1000 seems like...

I pulled my windlass to replace the motor and gearbox. I was surprised to find that when they installed the windlass, they never sealed the balsa cored deck after hole sawing the hole for the windlass and the deck hawse. I was able to hog out a bunch of mush and get to the decent wood. I...

Is anyone familiar with mooring or anchoring in Nantucket (MA) harbor? I found an ordinance from 1985 that references the dumping of graywater as being prohibited. https://www.nantucket-ma.gov/documentcenter/view/631 I don't know of any navigating coastal waters with graywater tanks. I've...