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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 15-01-2024, 08:31
Replies: 39
Views: 3,150
Posted By lrclough
Re: Best material for water tank

I repaired leaks due to weld corrosion in my 30 year old stainless 50 gallon steel water tanks about 4 years ago using West System G-Flex thickened with West #406 adhesive filler.

No leaks after...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 09-10-2023, 04:52
Replies: 6
Views: 796
Posted By lrclough
Unhappy Garmin - Raymarine Wind Instruments - Bird Problems

The wind vane for the wired 2013 Garmin wind instrument at the top of my mast has disappeared twice apparently due to be a young osprey in the neighborhood that likes to attempt to perch on it. I...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-12-2022, 07:17
Replies: 49
Views: 10,235
Posted By lrclough
Re: Has anyone here used an epoxy/whatever product to repair pitted aluminum diesel t

I used West System G Flex Epoxy to repair leaking 30 year old 55 gallon aluminum water tanks on my sailboat in the Caribbean. Three years later everything is fine.

G Flex is a variation on...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-02-2020, 12:54
Replies: 20
Views: 6,359
Posted By lrclough
Re: Yacht Insurance in Caribbean (post Irma and Maria)

I likewise was just told by my broker that GEICO will not renew insurance on boats in the Caribbean.
Forum: Americas 03-01-2019, 08:02
Replies: 3
Views: 1,043
Posted By lrclough
Re: Google Fi

I have been in contact with the Google Form chat desk via a local wifi provider - no eplaonation of the outage, nor any real help. They keep running through their standard scripts based on on a...
Forum: Americas 02-01-2019, 06:36
Replies: 3
Views: 1,043
Posted By lrclough
Google Fi

Google Fi's cell coonection has now been down for 5 days in Martinique.

Are users in atany other islands experiencing the same outage?
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 26-10-2016, 11:55
Replies: 16
Views: 3,552
Posted By lrclough
Re: Looking for a Welder in or close to Grenada

I too have been unsuccessful in reaching Nick at Technicks for some time regarding some work I asked him to quote on and do this past May.
Forum: Marine Electronics 25-08-2014, 10:29
Replies: 45
Views: 31,762
Posted By lrclough
Re: Garmin vs Raymarine

I had a 5 year old Garmin 4208 chart plotter that had been to the Caribbean and back for one winter plus 4-5 months of sailing during other years on my sailboat.

When I called about the paint...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-06-2014, 16:34
Replies: 9
Views: 2,281
Posted By lrclough
Re: Perkins 4.236

When anti freeze showed up in the oil, it was the 2-3 month delay on getting parts for my 23 year old Westbeke 58 that finally lead to a new Beta.
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 25-06-2014, 15:45
Replies: 5
Views: 4,172
Posted By lrclough
Re: Garmin (Airmar) DST 800Triducer Failure

I've contacted Airmar but no response.

I have ordered a new DT 800 (no S) through Ebay since Garmin does not seem to offer a new DT 800 with less than a high amount of deadrise.

We'll see...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 23-06-2014, 02:49
Replies: 5
Views: 4,172
Posted By lrclough
Garmin (Airmar) DST 800Triducer Failure

After replacing my 23 year old Datamarine instruments a little over a year ago with a Garmin instrument package, the Garmin (Airmar) DST 800Triducer is failing. It works about 60-70% of the time but...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-06-2014, 15:01
Replies: 5
Views: 1,791
Posted By lrclough
Re: Spartan Seacocks

Get the Spartan Seacock grease - by far the best thing that ever happened for servicing tapered cone seacocks - much better than lanolin or waterproof bearing grease.
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 16-01-2014, 16:59
Replies: 11
Views: 6,246
Posted By lrclough
Re: TASCO stoves

We installed our 3 burner model in 2009 from Defender as a replacement for a foreign build stove that no longer had parts available.

Zero problems since then, including trips to the Caribbean,...
Forum: Navigation 28-06-2013, 02:49
Replies: 17
Views: 5,522
Posted By lrclough
Re: Nova Scotia currents

For your information Peter Loveridge (Cruising Guide to Nova Scotia (https://cruisingguidetons.blogspot.com/)) has a new edition of a Cruising Guide to Nova Scotia on CD for $65.

He can be...
Forum: Classifieds Archive 08-06-2013, 10:01
Replies: 0
Views: 1,546
Posted By lrclough
Westerbeke 58 Diesel

1990 Westerbeke 58 diesel with approximately 2,300 hours, in working condition. Head gasket, injectors, pump and starter all rebuilt 2011 with 125 amp alternator & Workshop manuals. Replaced with...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 13-04-2013, 03:12
Replies: 88
Views: 11,022
Posted By lrclough
Re: Tough question...I'm replacing my engine, an older Yanmar...

Just finishing up on a repower of my Cambria 44, replacing a 23 year old Westerbeke 58 (a marinized Perkins) with a Beta 60. The primary problem with the Westerbeke was diminishing reliability,...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 31-01-2013, 16:46
Replies: 8
Views: 6,308
Posted By lrclough
Re: Good Anchorage in Savannah, GA?

Go into Thunderbolt and take the bus into Savannah. Much cheaper and easier than docking in Savannah which is more oriented to big boat commercial traffic. Savannah is a great place to visit on...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-07-2012, 17:20
Replies: 37
Views: 40,040
Posted By lrclough
Re: Yanmar 4JH4-TE owners

I am also evaluating a repower of the Westerbeke 58, a similar engine due to the increasing unavailablity of parts for that engine from Westerbeke.

The problem with the Yanmar is the 3" exhaust...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 29-05-2012, 07:57
Replies: 2
Views: 2,057
Posted By lrclough
Impeller Vanes for Sherwood Raw Water Pump

Every year when I inspect the impeller vanes on my Sherwood raw water pump (Westerbeke 58 engine using a Sherwood R30G-1 pump), about a third of the impeller vanes are gone.

I replaced the pump...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 18-05-2012, 03:57
Replies: 18
Views: 8,017
Posted By lrclough
Re: ICW and 65' Mast...

Just came up the Intracoastal Waterway from Fernandina Beach to Norfolk on my Cambria 44 with a mast height of 62’ 1.5” + 10” nav light = 62’ 11.5” to the top of the mast's fixed portion.
...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 16-05-2012, 15:36
Replies: 9
Views: 4,770
Posted By lrclough
Re: Bilge switch replacement with Attwood digital

I have had 3 successive Water Witch Bilge Switches fail during the last 6 months in the Caribbean and have given up. When they fail, the pump runs continuously.

You have to wipe off the contacts...
Forum: Marine Electronics 19-04-2012, 13:45
Replies: 36
Views: 8,363
Posted By lrclough
Re: Which AIS to Buy?

Speaking from many hours of frustration, in the end I gave up on an off brand AIS that was cheaper but after a couple of months of use would no longer communicate with my chartplotter. I spent a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-02-2012, 07:56
Replies: 10
Views: 5,172
Posted By lrclough
Re: Autopilot Disengages Intermittently for No Apparent Reason

The Raymarine autopilot replacement solenoid is now back in stock after being out of stock for some time. The hydraulic tech on St Martin says he sees a lot of bad solenoids.

The part comes...
Forum: Marine Electronics 21-02-2012, 07:45
Replies: 6
Views: 3,205
Posted By lrclough
Re: Replacing Hydraulic Ram and Pump

My Raymarine autopilot ram P/N E12207 failed after 4 seasons due to the solenoid mounted on the ram. The replacement part cost $400 and was out of stock for 6 weeks when I needed it most.

Now...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 06-02-2012, 08:59
Replies: 67
Views: 13,023
Posted By lrclough
Re: Martinique: Do you speak english?

We're currently at anchor in Ste Anne, around the corner from the Le Marin which is a much more scenic local than Le Marin. This is our fourth day here. A couple anchored nearby goes back and...
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