Recent content by HTurner

I have a Lavac head. Simple. Power boater's don't appreciate them as they are not usually installed in power boats. Amongst sail boaters the are well known.

Welcome! Where are you keeping your boat?

Very well said....

15 years ago was about the last time I had a Lavac head issue. I needed new seat seals and I ordered from them.

Lavac heads are great. I have one on my current boat and have had another two on different other boats. Yes they are studs. Try here for parts: https://www.sbimailservice.com/mobile/lavac.htm

Thanks Slim Pickens...

Don't forget dock fees and insurance. I like my little boat.

Is the beer still iced? Is grill still working? Wife ashore? Tomorrow is another day...

Should not your regular daily diet provide all the minerals you need -- not counting water? Vegetables, fruit, and protein -- meat, fish, eggs, etc. not enough for mineral intake?

https://www.amazon.com/Zinc-Sulfate-Monohydrate-35-5-Pound/dp/B00T6I1SKS

Here is the MSDS: https://www.happycampersworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/MSDS.pdf You will find it lacking as 99% is Monohydrate with an instruction to call them.

A duck for sale... https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/2001-diesel-duck-mcnalley-build-8594323/

One can get the same in Las Vegas, Miami, and a host of other cities around the world... with the benefit of not being confined in a floating Petri dish. Not to be harsh, but those cruise ships would make fine fishing reefs.

I am a firm believer in having a at least one manual bilge pump that can be operated from within the boat (with all hatches closed, meaning not located in the cockpit or having to reach outside in any way.) This is, of course in addition to those DC operated pumps. This is what I have...

More grist for the mill: https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-8/District-Units/Sector-Houston-Galveston/Units/VTS-Port-Arthur/AIS/