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Just a follow-up to let you know after a 5-hr (10-hr return) to Friday Harbor last week, the autopilot performed flawlessly. I think swapping out the brush sockets was key. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Ancora - the pump motor is a British FRACMO 12vDC motor (FRACMO is still in business). The pump has a ComNav sticker but could be a third-party manufacturer. My guess is that this motor was new in 2001.

FoxtrotCharlie - thank you for the offer but I think I have the issue solved, for now. Smoke tested yesterday and there was no hesitation in the pump motor responding. I used alcohol on the cotton swabs and took a ton of carbon out. Also spent a fair bit of time with 320 grit paper polishing the...

I was able to remove the brushes with some rubber mallet tapping and a stronger tug. There is plenty of brush left. I was able to swab out the brush sockets and also polish the contacts on the end of the springs. Smoke test tomorrow (need two people).

Thanks very much for the suggestions. I will "fold" myself into the lazarette this afternoon, take another run at the brushes and if that fails, try to remove the end of the motor (visible in the brush photo). Stay tuned . . . .

For a few months, I have been experiencing an intermittent problem with my ComNav autopilot. When the pump sits for a while - a few days or more - it "freezes". I can hear the motor engaging but it does not run. A few whacks with a rubber mallet frees it, and then it runs normally. The electric...

We generally don't use the autopilot for the first and last five minutes of our cruise. The Rest of the time, we are on AP. Went one summer without the AP and it was terrible. Wandered around for three months . . . .

Steve 1. in Gardner Canal, you will lose VHF to the Coast Guard and cell, so be sure to have some type of satellite communication for emergencies. 2. Read Cecil Paul's "Stories from the Magic Canoe". Cecil was one of the last Xenaksiala speakers and born in the Kitlope. Cecil was the champion...

Harald When you Zoom in and click on a red dot, a little window should open, allowing you to click on "Click to View Photo" link that will open a Flickr page. This is working OK in Google Chrome this morning - don't know about other browsers. There are tens of thousand of photos that are free to...

If you would like to "fly" the shoreline of Portland Canal, you can do so at the ShoreZone site here: https://www.shorezone.org/interactive-shorezone-maps/ Zoom in to an area of interest and when you see the flight track, click on a red dot to choose either video or photos and click along. I...

One thing I did not catch in the thread so far is communicating with the Coast Guard and the casualty on 16, or if requested by CG, on another CG-monitored channel. These channels are typically recorded and provide an external documentation of the rescue. It also keeps CG apprised of the...

We log: RPM, engine temp, oil pressure, DC voltage, water temp (from transducer thermocouple), and stuffing box temp (using a remote temperature gauge strapped to the stuffing box. Also vessel speed. It gives the helm something to do and requires the them to look at the gauges. From this we...

On my previous vessel, I had the same problem. I was able to shave the standard zinc collar on a lathe to leave enough room (sadly, I have lost the photos). You should leave enough room for movement of the shaft.

One "pro" not mentioned is the social aspect. We find friends widely dispersed around the BC coast, whether with the Marine Traffic app (lots of cell and AIS holes on our coast) or with our onboard AIS. Without AIS, we would have missed them, even if 1/2 mile away. This summer, while...

I can't answer your original question but sounds like TC "sort of did." But from a Search and Rescue perspective, I am a huge believer in the DSC. On RCMSAR call outs, we hardly ever are given an accurate position for the causality, so each mission starts with a search. If you are a mile off...

STB I had to Zoom in to see it but now I do. Looks rusted in place (LOL) but I will add safety wire to prevent opening as per your recommendation. One of the cheaper repairs I can do. Thanks again for the help with this!

STB and Others, I looked for possible issues with the cable sheathing and found something else. The bracket that holds the throttle cable and fuel shut-off solenoid was loose (see photo) - bolts not even finger tight. I tightened these and and now have an idle right around 600 rpm, which I am...

STB Really good point. I will check the throttle cable at the engine end for repositioning relative to the sheath. I am single screw, no bow thruster, so sometimes have to come in quite hot and then to reverse to put her on the dock. I would REALLY miss reverse. Thanks again for helping me...

Here's the adjustment - at the end of the throttle cable. Lock nut and adjustment nut. Oops, photo is rotated counterclockwise.

Thanks STB! Just got a note from my mechanic saying the same. I will wait until I have a warm engine and try this. Not 100% what made it change other than crawling around to install new house batteries - very near the throttle cable . . . . thanks again.

My Lehman 135 lowest idle is 750rpm whereas it used to be around 450 rpm. Not sure if recent injector servicing would cause this or if I knocked the throttle cable while recently installing new house batteries. The manual was no help. Is there a way to adjust the idle speed?

Just bought this bad boy. 30 mi range and up to 20 mph. Simple and easy to carry on board. I feel 20 years younger.

I have an InterPhase forward looking sonar on my Krogen 42 (note InterPhase was bought by Garmin and then discontinued). I rarely use it for forward-looking because I don't trust it. Returns are not very strong and are often scattered. What I do use A LOT is my Humminbird side-scan sonar, which...

Here's a couple photos of the Lizzie M during the filming of Ancient Sea Gardens. In 2003, this was the first High Def video camera in Canada - $250k - now your phone takes higher resolution video. These photos are from around Echo Bay, Gilford Island, BC

Mr. Miller Not sure if this is Mr Miller Junior or Senior but I bought the Lizzie M from you in 2003 and sold it in 2011. We had a ton of adventures in the Lizzie M, mostly in the Broughton Islands. Lizzie M was featured in the National Geographic movie Ancient Sea Gardens, which has a lot to do...