Recent content by Iggy

Many sail boats have bow thrusters. But to each there own.... I do like mine. After getting "beat up" that strid the tank/s. That's why I mentioned polishing the fuel. Racor has a twin fuel filter setup. I never know they made one until I bought my boat. If the filter gets clogged, turn the...

Yanmar is a very good engine! Parts are easy to get, no spark plugs, low maintenance over gas, better MPG. The thing with diesels is, you must keep an eye on the primary and secondary filters. If the boat has been sitting for a year or two. You may want to polish the fuel first. You don't want...

Thats great!! When you have your sailboat ready, you can go to more places. Now you are on what is called the Great Loop. My boat has done the loop from a past owner. I have gone from Key West to Boston helping a friend bring has boat up. So the trip was on the fast side and I would like to it...

Coastal cruising is a great thing to do. After having many 19 to 29ft boats and finding we just can't carry what we really need. Now the 40ft'er comes along and opens up a new world. With the smaller boats, we only went about a 80 miles north and south of Boston. With planed stops that had fuel...

Well that sucks! Sorry to here all this. But I get it.

Sure you do! Use an ohms meter and see what you are reading. Disconnect one sending wire first just in case the guage adds any resistances.

I down loaded the manual on the Lowrance Fluid Level Sensor. Most likely, I would say yes. But I would do a temp install to see if it would work. "Compatible with most sending units that are calibrated between 33 and 240 ohm." Just make sure your sending unit will work within that range.

Great pics Sunset is a good time to take pics.

Yes, engine data only. But they do make NMEA2k fuel senders. Personally, I would not bother. To me, its the engine data I would want. If your really into it. I would remove all the gauges, and go with 2 MFD as large as I could fit. One screen as a chart plotter and the other for engine. Than...

I was not sure it could be done on your engine given the age. But glad to hear it looks good. Just an FYI for others. On my Sig 290 2011, just after the warrantee rain out. The RPM gauge stopped working on both engines. Now this was a $900 replacement cost. At the time, the gateway was a cost...

Yep, it passes salt water though a membrane at 800PSI to remove the salt. Along with 3 filters to remover anything else. To put it simply.

I would think, for a engine to be compatible it need to be completely computerized. I know that Volvo went that way around 2010. I bought a getaway from Yachts Devices https://www.yachtd.com/ for my 2011 Sig 290. It worked out great. I would talk to them and see what they can tell you. One...

Chain is key for a good anchor rode. For your back, I would buy a windless.

Yep, As I mentioned, a in line fuel sensor and the simrad unit should display GPH rate. AND with that I think it will tell you how much fuel is left.

"I don’t see adding baffles as a practical solution" Its not! But its true and a joke. You could add a sight glass. It is one of the best ways.