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I spent Friday the 24th bombing up I-5 toward the Bay area. At one point I passed a truck hauling the biggest palm tree I've ever seen on a highway. Just in front was another semi with what might have been a Catalina 30 on the trailer. I decided the whole shebang was some rich guy trying to...

Hi all! I am a new E-29 owner with a nice, but old Atomic 4. Works great, starts great, hums along, but... When I shift into forward with the clutch, I get a satisfying, lite "thump" but when I do the same in reverse, I get no such sound from the clutch. I checked my cables, all seems...

Anyone out there ever encounter this, or know of a way to fix: My E39 was repowered by a previous owner back in the late 1980s, converted from an Atomic 4 gas engine to a Universal M40 Diesel. The installation looks like it was professionally done EXCEPT that, on the pedestal, you must pull...

Reverse Polarity on main shore power panel is lit even when main breaker is off. If main breaker is on, if I try closing any circuit - for example battery charger or outlets - Reverse Polarity will flash to bright red and instantly trip out the main. Is this indicative of a short? Would the...

Hello all, I installed a new Blue Sea systems AC panel in my boat in the spring All was well until I arrived at my boat last weekend and the AC power was off. It seems the female shore power plug on the marina side of things was worn and burnt, taking my extension cord with it. Fine...

I'm into the 26th season on Mel's Angel, hull #49 of the first production run of Ericson 38. A well worn but much beloved boat. After more than 2 decades of facing upwards, the reverse transom really has had it -- I can see areas of spotted under-coat/fiberglass beginning to show through. The...

OK, a call for opinions backed by data if possible - this should be fun, as there are never any opinons offered up here.....:devil: Here's the scoop. Emerald has a 3 bladed bucket for a propeller. I couldn't care less at this point about the virtues of feathering/folding/2 versus 3 blade...