Recent content by Bob Hudspeth

ctbarbarian, I very seldom get a chuckle our of answers, but your initial sentence was damn funny! I used two tanks worth of fuel this year from two busy marinas and had more than our share of rough water to mix it up, no water or sediment found in the bowl and no rust on the top of the fuel...

I have a 1972 Rawson that has multiple thru-hull valves. They are all bonded and functional, but I am concerned about the age. I am the fourth owner with no old maintenance records to look upon. My question to you is whether or not a person could determine an actual need or not regarding...

My wife and I recently returned from the Gulf Islands of BC to WA State and were met with a threat of $10,000.00 dollar fine and our boat confiscated for "not checking in with customs immediately upon return from a foreign country" from the US customs agent at Friday Harbor. Obviously there is...

Des Moines marina in WA has diesel for 1.89 a gallon.

My twin helm boat with a single cat diesel has a functioning tachometer on the fly bridge and a non-functioning one in the cabin. I replaced the cabin tach yesterday and had no success in fixing the problem. This is an older boat with wires going everywhere ( I cannot tell which wire is...

How much was the custom rail bid? I am in need of new railing and would like to pick up the Three inches lost to my walkway by using the toe rail to anchor the railing to.

New to to us boats are so interesting to have and to hear about. Did the trip home taking 4 days include problems or was it a planned slow go? It seems like that is a long time for those miles, even for a trawler.

Thanks for the information. The Port of Poulsbo operates a grid. It costs $50.00 for non-tenants. It sounds l like it may be something I want to try. If nothing else, it is another tool in the tool box.

Up here In The Pacific Northwest we have tides that allow for a tidal grid to be used at some marinas for hull inspections and minor maintenance in place of lifts and their associated costs. No bottom cleaning or painting allowed. I have a need to do one minute check-up of a zincs that I am...

Thank you all for the information so far, it seems that we can find what we are looking for, if we look for it. Being new to the trawler world has it's opportunities and limitations much like yacht clubs, so just as we waited and picked the right boat for us, we need to do the same with a club...

The Admiral and I attended the Seattle Boat Show yesterday and talked to some very nice folks from a local yacht club. We have been looking for a club to join but do not know what others have used to decided if a particular club is right for them. I would appreciate any information out there...

That looks like what I expect to find. Was your issue a catastrophic failure or did you know you had a problem?

The rattle/gear lash is not new, I believe it happened due to a hard reverse shift by me when a sailboat left a fuel dock without seeing us, putting his bow sprit into mine before I got out of his way. I think he forgot he was not under sail, or he dined and dashed after feeding his fuel tank...

In our out of gear does not matter. The rattle/ grinding rock noise is isolated to the the V drive not the engine. We were thinking flex plate all the way but the injectors, and cylinder compression were suspected to be causing some of the issues so he changed the injectors and checked...

I have not attended their seminars but I do use the fishing reports quite often.