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Forum: Marine Electronics 15-01-2023, 23:59
Replies: 37
Views: 4,269
Posted By japarker11
Re: Below Decks Autopilot selection - Input Requested

M84

"We learn by doing" , A very painful and expensive way to go with Raymarine Autopilots. We are in year 8 with our highly modified blue water cruiser.

Linear vs rotary drive - Rotary...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 18-05-2022, 15:01
Replies: 130
Views: 14,657
Posted By japarker11
Re: Need A Diesel Mechanic !!

Tortuga Bill,

Sorry, late to the thread. However, this past weekend was wandering boat yards in Central and Upstate NY which I haven't done in 50 years. It reminded me of the severity of the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 03-02-2022, 13:47
Replies: 159
Views: 17,577
Posted By japarker11
Re: Common Rail Diesels - Experience

What is the liquid is in the "common Rail" ? Answer - motor oil at continuous operating pressures less than 3000 psi. Hence, hoses and fittings are constructed to 3000 psi hydraulic standards.
...
Forum: Marine Electronics 11-01-2022, 15:58
Replies: 150
Views: 56,824
Posted By japarker11
Re: To SSB, or not to SSb...that is the question

OP,
First, congrats on the new boat, and the location!!
Sorry, for the runaway thread.

We were in year 7 of searching for the answer, last year, the ssb lost and was removed.

I read too...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 26-12-2021, 19:34
Replies: 71
Views: 10,589
Posted By japarker11
Re: husband needs captain, stuck in hampton, virginia.

OP, I think there is some confusion here with your husband's requirements. Some assumptions on my part (beware ASSUME), new to you vessel, limited experience with this class of boat, purchase...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-12-2021, 15:28
Replies: 138
Views: 14,337
Posted By japarker11
Re: Who Winter Sails Subzero?

Will be close, nightly lows at 1° F to 3°F. I realize the OP was in 0° C. It looks like the Puget Sound will be filled with warm, very moist air from the current SW blow, a perfect set up for the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2021, 16:20
Replies: 138
Views: 14,337
Posted By japarker11
Re: Who Winter Sails Subzero?

OP,
Sailing out of Bellingham for 35 years in all seasons.......BUT just checked Predict Wind and the models are calling for a Frasier River outflow setting in for early next week. In Bellingham,...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 14-12-2021, 16:49
Replies: 49
Views: 8,393
Posted By japarker11
Re: Yanmar 4JH3-HTE down on power - revs slowly drop off

Can't argue with success!! Could you do a comparison of fuel burn from the RPM before (lugging @ 2500 RPM, knots, gph) to repropped (2500 RPM, knots, gph). If you have any "before" data?

I, too,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 11-12-2021, 15:06
Replies: 20
Views: 4,872
Posted By japarker11
Re: Transiting US/CAN border @ Lake Champlain

It has been a while since I have done any research on this route. I do recall there were air draft concerns on the Chambly (29'). Been mostly dealing with left coast crossings of late. Your guess...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 25-11-2021, 22:40
Replies: 192
Views: 20,162
Posted By japarker11
Re: Coast Goard hovercraft hits unlit anchored sailboat with no radar reflector.

Having encountered the CCG's west coast Hc Fleet multiple times in the last seven years (+2,500 nm) of coastal BC cruising, hovercraft deployments were very limited to SAR locations involving tidal...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 18-11-2021, 15:43
Replies: 9
Views: 2,609
Posted By japarker11
Re: Engine vibration

This past season I made a concerted effort to get caught up on those Yanmar service intervals - injector service, valve adjustment, secondary fuel filters (still had the gray painted FF ). In...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 19-10-2021, 11:38
Replies: 80
Views: 16,447
Posted By japarker11
Re: Two people dead after sailboat capsized

It is very unfortunate for the Allen family, friends, fellow mariners, federal and state agencies (including the Coast Guard and the Corp of Engineers) there will not be a rigorous examination of...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 27-03-2021, 19:37
Replies: 2
Views: 777
Posted By japarker11
Re: Is this seacock missing a handle?

foojin,

No sense looking for the handle. The ball valve stem where the handle WAS has been sheared. The green surface corrosion seems tied to the elevation of the invert of the missing actuator...
Forum: Marine Electronics 31-08-2020, 15:11
Replies: 19
Views: 9,337
Posted By japarker11
Re: Updating MMSI and AIS information on Garmin VHF

Since this is a new to you vessel, it would be a good time to rip open the electrical cabinets and find out the configuration of your data busses (0183 & 2k) before you begin mods.

Garmin VHF....
Forum: Our Community 02-08-2020, 21:37
Replies: 18
Views: 3,715
Posted By japarker11
Re: Suggested east coast itinerary northbound cruise starting in Nov

First off, with four boys of those ages, someone will be going ashore EVERY day or there will be felonies involved. Second, I was told that north of the Cape Cod Canal, there were two things you...
Forum: Americas 02-08-2020, 20:24
Replies: 40
Views: 4,342
Posted By japarker11
Re: Broken down in Anacortes with cooling issue, help appreciated

Wow, that was a lot of work for a wayward plastic baggie or kelp! Guessing the exterior of the thru hull is the bronze sloping strainer type which often will grab a baggie or kelp and partially suck...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-08-2019, 23:11
Replies: 14
Views: 5,781
Posted By japarker11
Re: Swinomish Channel from Anacortes to Seattle

We have been through the Swinomish Channel several times in the last couple of years (during and after the last major dredging) with a 6'4" draft. The section north of Laconner is in good shape. ...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 26-02-2019, 15:05
Replies: 54
Views: 11,377
Posted By japarker11
Re: Would you keep the full cockpit enclosure?

With our enclosure, we have taken it from 46 North to 59N over five years. A couple of suggestions: Make it yours - the previous owners designed yours, perhaps with a different design objective. ...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-08-2018, 15:29
Replies: 58
Views: 15,158
Posted By japarker11
Re: Max Prop Issues -cavitation and poor performance

I can't resist.

I forgot to add:

"ALL IS NOT LOST". In my response.


John P
S/V Odyssey
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-08-2018, 13:58
Replies: 58
Views: 15,158
Posted By japarker11
Re: Max Prop Issues -cavitation and poor performance

E-man,

You bought a 35 yo classic, but are being bitten by previous owners progressive decision making. They often start with flawed objective and after a couple of owners attempts to modify you...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 15-02-2017, 16:53
Replies: 39
Views: 8,935
Posted By japarker11
Re: Cracked exhaust mixing elbow

Matt,

If you could call IMC and get a price on replacing the assembly to the output flange of the manifold, I think you would be time and maybe money ahead. This assumes the boat is in Fisherman...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 21-08-2016, 21:41
Replies: 40
Views: 11,525
Posted By japarker11
Re: Yanmar 2GM20C Starter Motor

All the advice on the installation alignment and quality of the replacement starters may be spot on. However, the structural calamities experienced ( ring gear failure, bearing support castings)...
Forum: Marinas 18-06-2016, 23:09
Replies: 18
Views: 6,504
Posted By japarker11
Re: Considering Seattle vs Bay Area

+1

Did you catch the fact that TS never got farther than 30 miles from Bell Harbor?

I can say that the concentration of interesting and noteworthy places and events does not diminish for 1400...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-04-2016, 13:15
Replies: 112
Views: 15,888
Posted By japarker11
Re: Ran aground during sea trial..

From both intentional and unintentional groundings in mud and sand over 30 years, observable structural GRP modifications are extremely unlikely to the point of a non issue in this case. As the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-03-2016, 22:02
Replies: 12
Views: 2,111
Posted By japarker11
Re: Surveyor for PNW

For the rod rigging I would listen to Matt's views and Dan or Lisa at Port Townsend Rigging. PTR, I believe, has the last mushroom maker in the Puget Sound. They reviewed the status of our newly...
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