Recent content by bolbmw

That's excellent! I think I have a new winter project for my 30+ now...

I find that it can take several days of purposeful drying out with a heater on in my boat to get rid of the obvious moisture, not including unseen areas like under headliners. There has been 38 years of moisture in my boat, on every surface - you're going to find some mold in places. From what...

I recently re-did my exterior teak (no pictures right now) and after my slip neighbour saw me sanding away all the old teak he handed me a carbide scraper. I gave it a try and was amazed how quickly it removed the old varnish without damaging the underlaying wood. A quick sand later and I was...

I am happy with the sail plan on my 30+, with some exceptions. I have a 130% genoa which is on the furler almost all of the time, and I have a 95% high cut jib for when the going gets tough (25kn+ sustained.) My main is fully battened with two reefs, with traditional reefing hooks near the mast...

After a particularly rough night at anchor I learned that there are no baffles in my factory original water tanks, and got to enjoy the sound not only of water sloshing back and forth but it slapping against the sides of the tank with its own wave period. It was loud enough I thought our keel...

I used a generic kubota starter replacement when mine needed replacement. No issues whatsoever.

I used a cube 40185 when I replaced mine. An annoying point of note is that the manual states that the pump should be mounted at an angle for optimum performance. I followed that instruction and it makes hose routing slightly annoying. Then I remembered they use these pumps on airplanes and that...

My original anchor light has seen better days and is overdue for an LED replacement. Rather than just get an LED bulb I think the unit should be replaced, the plastic housing is cracked and opaque. This looks to be an old Perko navigation light, and according to Rigrite has a 2 3/8" round base...

I change the oil every winter regardless of how many hours are on the motor, that way it sits during its least used time with fresh oil in it. I put on 50-100 hours a year which happens to be right around the interval anyways. With a mityvac fluid extractor it's so easy I should actually change...

The jaws on my spinnaker pole were frozen after this winter. Immovable... but with the coercion of a hammer and pin punch I managed to get the pole off the boat, however the jaws weren't having any more. Lubrication... didn't work. PB blaster... didn't work. What did work was soaking the jaws...

All good advice, I will have to try the plunger and removing the hoses if its not resolved. I had my diver come out to clean my hull and replace my zincs and had him snake it from below the water line and a bunch of black organic gunk came out apparently - perhaps something swam up there and...

Yes, I haven't been able to remove the hose, but I have been able to get a water hose down its length (this is how I know if I stick a hose in the cockpit side and turn it on, that the sink will fill if the thru hull is closed.)

After washing my 30+ this weekend I discovered my port cockpit drain is not draining or flowing properly. This drain connects to a T at the thru hull which is shared by the galley sink. The galley sink is draining without issue, and if I close the thru hull, and blast water in there the sink...

Our 30+ has a 5416 and we have a three blade Osborne 13x11 prop. It seems to work really well for us, although there is a significant amount of prop walk in reverse.

That's the boat. Apparently the broker took it on trade towards a new Jeanneau. Good eye on those details Christian - you're right there are some strange details about the companionway. I believe the 86 was the first year of the 38 200 and Ericson must have made mid model changes - this 86 also...