Recent content by Offshore1

The impeller is definitely a suspect here. It's time to put a new one in anyway. The water was fresh - not salt so hopefully that is a positive. Two days until the truck picks us up to bring us to step the mast. I'll change the oil and filter again after our 20 mile trip up to our mooring. There...

Thanks for all the info guys. Hydrolock has been rectified. Took out the injectors and hand turned motor one revolution and a bunch of water came out. Then bumped the starter a few times to clear the balance. Siphoned almost a gallon of water out of the oil along with 4 quarts of old oil...

Well then. I thought had about that possibility. I've been using this method for years with zero issues on this boat and others. Would there be another reason this may have happened? When we started it a couple weeks ago and it ran fine, but the Oil Pressure gauge was pinned all the way up...

Ericson 39B with Perkins 4.108 engine stared and ran fine 2 weeks ago after winter layup. Today I connected a garden hose to the raw water intake hose to start the engine again and noticed water in the air intake under the air filter. The water filled right to the top of the intake. I suctioned...

I saw Bruce King at our Maine Ericson Rendezvous party a couple years ago, and I was having the same questions about a soft deck repair around the starboard stanchions. He thought about it for a bit, and told me to go out and find a nice cedar 4x4 post with tight grain. Cut 1/2 inch slices and...

Hi - I replaced the genoa sheets on our 39B 2 years ago with the new Yale Cordage Ph.D Racer rope. It is a very light sheet and makes tacking and gybing easier. It is "sticky" on the winch drums and its bulky diameter is fuzzy and soft until loaded. I love my Genoa sheets! 1/2 inch is the...