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My '83 E28+ inboard diesel engine (original, but apparently serviced extensively a few years ago) started running very hot toward the end of the summer... getting up to 220 after only 10-20 minutes with little throttle... added antifreeze and it helped tremendously... the motor would run at...

This was the first 24 hours of the week-long shakedown cruise before she goes for the record currently held by Jessie Martin: Youngest solo, non-stop and unassisted. http://youngestround.blogspot.com/2009/09/leaving-home-and-sunshine-coast.html There are no details at all yet (that I have...

I'm trying to clean up the hose runs and cockpit scuppers on the 35-2 in rehab and wondering where the hoses connect. The P.O had everything connected to 1.25" drain close to the keel just behind door that accesses under the cockpit. Can you kind folks offer some clues as to how the 4...

Oops, 48' Sailboat runs aground near Olympia, WA. This note came from a friend of mine who sails in Puget Sound. Ahoy, Crew mates over the years with us. * As many of you MAY recall...among Cap'n Carl's Rules of Safe Sailing is "No*alcohol until after we're tied up or at anchor."*...

My fresh water pump (ShurFlo, late 80's model) runs continuously if the breaker is on. It seems to have air on the pressure side, but I have bled at least 10 gallons of water through all the taps, and yet the air is still in there. I checked the intake strainer today, and saw that it had a...

Did y'all see this in the LA Times today? Should be online for free for a few days more. Unfortunately the online article does not have the photo that was published in the Calfornia section of today's print edition. The 90-foot sailing vessel hits a sandbar in heavy surf while approaching...