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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 04-04-2024, 09:41
Replies: 3
Views: 370
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Racor 200 Series rebuild question

Attaching photo to better show what I am seeing. This is closeup down the pump port from the top. You can see the black oring with what looks like washer that is pressed in on top of the washer and...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 04-04-2024, 06:55
Replies: 3
Views: 370
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Racor 200 Series rebuild question

Yep, that is what I am working with and the seal kit is what I have ordered. My existing filter has an 'extra' oring installed not shown in any of those diagrams. Extra oring seems to be inserted...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 03-04-2024, 11:29
Replies: 3
Views: 370
Posted By Fishzine
Racor 200 Series rebuild question

So my Racor 200 series diesel filter sprung a leak, so I am getting ready to rebuild it with the Racor rebuild kit (I ordered the kit and waiting for it to arrive) However I have disassemble the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2023, 09:01
Replies: 15
Views: 2,750
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Strange motion on sailboat?

My point was more specific the this boat and how the boat was tied up . How you tie up a boat at the dock matters greatly to how it moves and behaves at the dock. Short dockline with no stretch will...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2023, 07:39
Replies: 15
Views: 2,750
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Strange motion on sailboat?

First thing I thought of when reading this was "Jerky" and tied to dock. IN the right (or wrong) seastate any boat is going to be 'jerky' when there isn't much stretch in docklines. What were are...
Forum: Meets & Greets 07-11-2023, 08:49
Replies: 12
Views: 784
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Hello from Chesapeake bay!

I don't use the original watertank under the floor down the companion way stairs. Previous owner installed two stainless tanks, one under the v-birth and one under the aft starboard birth. With...
Forum: Meets & Greets 06-11-2023, 07:27
Replies: 12
Views: 784
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Hello from Chesapeake bay!

Have been to Hart Miller, it is just around the corner. Been there a couple time and spent some nights at anchor up by you.

Quirks and idiosyncracies..... Biggest one for me is the prop being...
Forum: Meets & Greets 05-11-2023, 18:53
Replies: 12
Views: 784
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Hello from Chesapeake bay!

Greetings. Sail a Columbia 36 out of Sparrow Point.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-09-2023, 15:29
Replies: 6
Views: 1,105
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Can I put bottom paint over West System Epoxy ?

FYI, They make a barrier coat additive for West Systems epoxy. I have used it for a barrier coat for small sections under the water line. I keep it on hand since I always have some West Sytems Epoxy...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 30-08-2023, 15:23
Replies: 12
Views: 1,644
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Newport Inflatable Dinghy - No attachment points for lifting?

I have the Newport Seascape, 9ft with air floor. Here is what I do. I lift, and tow if from the front. It has D-rings on port and starboard on the bow and a handle in the center. They tell you not to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-04-2023, 18:58
Replies: 13
Views: 798
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Manual Bilge Pump Hose

Is the thru-hull for the bildge pump exit above or below the waterline?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-01-2023, 18:32
Replies: 4
Views: 539
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Port Lights and freezing spray.

They are Lewmar, the New Standard Portlights as identified on this page.

https://www.lewmar.com/node/14691

So we are not talking dogs or bronze, They are plastic handles to close them, also no...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-01-2023, 12:07
Replies: 4
Views: 539
Posted By Fishzine
Port Lights and freezing spray.

So Question I don't really think has a good answer, but figured maybe someone has an idea I haven't thought of. Also not sure which forum this would best fit so went with General sailing

This is...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 08-09-2022, 11:45
Replies: 6
Views: 1,816
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Help me understand Chesapeake Bay Chop

Was just down in Saint Michaels for the Labor day weeked (went around Blood point not thru the narrows), had a great trip. So was in this exact area. Came back north Sunday morning, and washing...
Forum: Meets & Greets 24-08-2022, 18:26
Replies: 6
Views: 573
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Hello from Maryland

Welcome aboard.

Fellow Chesapeake Bay sailor, keep my boat just north of you in Sparrows Point.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 11-08-2022, 16:35
Replies: 321
Views: 57,384
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Lagoon bulkheads

Curious how many people who think we should be keeping boats longer look at boats >50 years old when they are boat shopping?

Don't forget the insurance problems that is hitting the older boat...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-08-2022, 16:22
Replies: 70
Views: 8,237
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Heading upwind to furl

I am firmly believe that furling the headsail without coming head to the wind is an important skill and I am in the ease and furl in small increments. But I do have a question for those in the...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 05-08-2022, 16:16
Replies: 10
Views: 794
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Water Spout/Tornado rips Smith Island,Chesapeake Bay

another vid, from someone basicly in path. Distruction is really pretty bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyyLGGFTt7M
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 05-08-2022, 16:10
Replies: 10
Views: 794
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Water Spout/Tornado rips Smith Island,Chesapeake Bay

Video is available on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGc_bjMOBIY
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 25-07-2022, 14:36
Replies: 7
Views: 1,071
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Security Question

There is no key? So if a key will make you feel safer, wire in a key.... Just replaced the key in my Yanmar panel this spring with a simple key I got off Amazon for under $25. No key is going to...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 15-07-2022, 17:08
Replies: 6
Views: 1,816
Posted By Fishzine
Help me understand Chesapeake Bay Chop

Coming up on two years now sailing the Chesapeake Bay and I can't still not figure out the waves conditions in the bay. Just got back home for 4 days out sailing the bay (I sail maily between...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 22-06-2022, 16:58
Replies: 2
Views: 443
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Flush mount through hull installation tips

Router with 45 deg chamfer bit. Quick and simple.
Forum: Marine Electronics 23-05-2022, 19:39
Replies: 68
Views: 12,405
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Internet at sea, now!

True statement, AFAIK too. Sure I look forward to the day I can stream Netflix from the middle of an ocean, but I can wait for that a little while longer. In the meantime, I want high speed...
Forum: Marine Electronics 23-05-2022, 18:21
Replies: 68
Views: 12,405
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Internet at sea, now!

Ordered 5 minutes after I saw it was available.... The RV service has some compromises but also has some perks that are nice.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 17-10-2021, 19:20
Replies: 55
Views: 5,229
Posted By Fishzine
Re: Distilled water not available in rural Honduras

In most places rain is going to have lower TDS (total dissolved solids), and is nature's distilled water. Spring water is going to usually pick up a bunch of dissolved stuff as it filters thru the...
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