Recent content by alfamike

Not sure when your leaving from, possibly Grays harbor entrance to Columbia River light ship --44 miles or leave from Columbia River light ship @ outer entrance to Tillamook - 40 miles Tillamook entrance to Newport entrance - 55 miles Newport entrance to Coos Bay entrance -- 77 miles Coos...

Blue smoke is always oil. Black smoke is unburnt fuel The white smoke looks like steam

c-map - received in good shape - thanks. c-map - received in good shape - thanks. Alfa Mike :)

c-maps - C-MAP NT+ NA-C601.09 Santa Cruz, MX to Cape Mendocino California Interested in one west coast c-map. Please post picture of west coast item, as only saw east coast c-maps ? BTW - what size is the 1 west coast c-map chip ?, is it same as the east coast ones you show in the picture...

Raft I have a taker on the life raft. so unless I post that it does not fit his boat, it is spoken for. Aprox. size is 3' foot by 3' foot & 2 & 1/2' thick. weighs about 120 pounds. Thanks, Alfa Mike

Free. located in Ventura County - Southern California 8 man hard canister style inflatable life raft. Pick up required. Had for many years in dry storage. Weights about 100 pounds. it was repacked many years ago, however, never used it - good news is that it has been stored in my...

Torqeedo electric motor Torqeedo electric motor. Is it a long shaft ? Thanks.

GB door latch assemblies I could have sold 100 of these latches. Unfortunately I had only 6 & all those have been sold. So sorry I could not be of help. I will keep my eye open to see if any of my buddies have an extra one in their spares that they are willing to part with. Good Luck, Alfa...

Down & Up from Panama Canal. For the trip down & through the Panama Canal & back up, the book Captain's John & Pat Rains published is the best book on this subject. Good luck. Alfa Mike

east to west Here is a couple reference material info to assist you with info on the idea of the Panama Canal trip. :dance: https://www.landfallnavigation.com/c...rican-rte.html https://www.landfallnavigation.com/m...ing-guide.html check out these for a start. Thanks, Alfa Mike

East to west trip YES, Richard did this exact trip. His boat is a Kadey-Krogen 42 - single engine, Full displacement & ballasted Trawler design. Key item is it was a full-displacement boat designed to do this exact type of trip. Not a GB-42. Takes a lot of time to do this trip & very...

propeller - offer Good to have a spare. How about $ 300.00 shipped to me ? :) Let me know. thanks, Alfa mike

Shipping cost ? I would think if you boxed it up in a crate you could get UPS ground or FED-EX ground to deliver it if it is under 70 pounds. Is it under that weight ? Any idea what the cost would be to ship it to 93010. thanks. alfa mike

By bpassing after cooler Well the fuel injection pump is calibrated for both the turbos & after coolers,. So the engines will run rich and if throttled up much past low mid throttle & will make a lot of black smoke which will deposit on your transom, not to mention throwing away fuel at todays...

My experience is with John Deere My experience is with John Deere. But lots of Yanmar's out there. Both will last a long time. The John Deere's I have worked with have lasted tens of thousands of hours running generators & farm equipment as well as boats. Key items that are very...