Recent content by Thalassa

Glad to contribute Sean!

Thanks to all for the important feedback. First fighting off Covid and then rolling up the sleeves.

Thank you all for the great tips, feeling better now.

I'm looking at replacing an old reef line that runs inside the boom. Using the old line to pull the new one through the boom I'm wondering how to connect both without getting stuck (or separate) inside the boom?

Great suggestion on the endoscope, just ordered one on Amazon too.

As it turns out my engine died as well (lacking fuel symptoms). The cause was a clogged/stalled fuel pump, likely due to dirty fuel/fuel tank sludge (see picture). I replaced the pump and decided to have the fuel polished (by mistake, had added twice the recommended fuel stabilizer amount) and...

All excellent points! Thank you all and feeling much better to tackle the project. Ps. I’m planning to replace the old signet transducer with the new one at the same location. It looks like the new one requires just a 1” larger hole so, after some grinding, that should work I think.

Thanks Kenneth, the only problem with that is the lack of accessibility on a 32’ one.

I'm in the process of replacing my old Signet depth finder/transducer with a new Airmar transducer P7 (part of the Raymarine i40 package). The transducer is designed for a 12º hull curvature where the transducer is mounted (they also have a transducer for a 0º and 20º hull curvature). Now...

Thanks Ray for the insight. Pardon my ignorance but was is a PSS product. Lastly when you say not to trust it for offshore was that for the clay solution? If so why? Thanks again. Peter

Very interesting, thank you Pete! So far the maximum temperature of the stuffing box, after running 30' at 2k RPM, was 115 (a steady rise). At that point I throttled down, coasting back to my slip. Based on what you found I appears that I just could keep going. I was under the impression that...

Is it Ok if the shaft packing gland doesn't drip? The system however is the 'wet one' type but the boat repair shop (in Redondo Beach) claims that it's OK as long as the system doesn't overheat...

Done! Thank you Sean for a great and most useful blog.

Got it! Thanks again Christian.

Thank you Christian for the detailed, step by step, repair procedure! Any idea how long the entire repair took you? Thanks again. Peter