blues

Atomic 4 was purring like a kitten. Then just stopped. No sputtering or smoke or anything. Mechanic looked at it and couldn't find anything obviously wrong, except maybe ethanol + humidity gummed up rubber tip of the fuel valve needle. Cleaned it (and replaced fuel filter - even though that...

It has come that time of the year when most of us have tucked our boats away for the winter and are already craving to be out sailing again. A year ago I started to look around for ways to feed my sailing addiction and stumbled across the crazy world of virtual racing. I was very surprised at...

My E-33 has been hauled for a bottom job. A P/O previously had a barrier coat put on, but they apparently used crappy epoxy that aborbs water....exactly what it is supposed to prevent! So, there were ~200 blisters to grind & fill. They quoted me ~10 hours labor @ $75/hr. I told them to do it...

Well... here is the update on the Repower Blues. Had a local diesel rebuilder tear the ole 90' Universal M4-30 down for an estimate and what do you think we found ? The PO overcranked it with the raw water valve open a few to many times and sea water had entered the crankcase. The guts are...

Good morning all, Well, my partners and I pulled "Voice of Reason" from the water last thursday. We bought her in February and we're doing some upgrading to make her a little more competitive in racing. We've got a new Kevlar #1 genny from Ullman, upgraded the running rigging and bought...

I've logged on this web site at least 10 times in the last two days and have seen no new posts. I guess the big winter storm in the rest of the country is keeping everyone away from their boats. i thought I would post this just so I could see a yellow light bulb! Jim of the Doldrums