Recent content by David Grimm

My 1986 38-200 always has water in the bilge. Weather it be on the hard or in the water. So my guess is it rains here too often. The keel has a line where it comes togeather that has not changed in the 6 years of ownership. The head door needs a nudge to close on the hard and a slightly...

Christian! YIKES! Gets me all full of nerves just reading about your situation there. My past marina was a NIGHTMARE! Looks like I had s bit more room to maneuver but not much. I have the 3 blade, I assume stock prop and I get a decent amout of propwalk. The old salt grumpy dockmaster...

Have you tried removing the v-belt? May be a bad alternator or water pump bearing causing the slow crank/no crank by hand.

FYI. Just be careful! https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2012/02/27/the-accident-that-started-it-all

I have one in my 38-200. I love it. Works great. Draws about 5 amps. I leave it on all season. Even when I'm not on the boat. Who wants to get to the boat for warm beer? It works best when left on all the time. This way it cycles less because the food and drinks are really cold.

Pockets! I've been sailing my boat now for 5 years and have always thought the PO sealed over vents! I was considering cutting them out to make it factory original. Now that I see that they are pockets, pockets for what? Who would trust a winch handle in there? Not me.

"A good deal of it was characterized by a sort of grim endurance and discomfort." HAAA. Grim. Leave off the last M for MAYDAY! I admit that there was a moment on my voyage to Bermuda when I screamed your name out loud! It wasn't pretty, I reckoned your video could sell a brick to a drowning...

Sorry to hear about your club. At least Thelonious is ok! Hope the best for a quick rebuild.

Christian, Thank you for the rapid responce. I personally never saw mine glitch before. I now feel somewhat reassured and will take it off the list of things to worry about!

Anyone encounter this notification on their Vesper Marine AIS Watchmate? The unit had been on for about 7 days straight and I was 25 miles off the coast of nyc at the time of this message. It appears to work normally. I tried calling Vesper to find out they were brought out by Garmin. I'm...

I have the Garmin 942xs with magnetic sd card door right above the compass. Anything close to the compass, phone, hand held vhf, binoculars, flashlight, will throw it off. When the alternator is cranking out some serious amps changing the batteries the autopilot shifts course as well...

I say go with radar and AIS. Radar especially if you plan on sailing anywhere north of the NY harbor. A few months ago we pulled out of Montauk in rout to Block Island in 35 knot winds, big seas and heavy fog. As we roumded the tip of Montauk the fog was getting really bad and I realized I...

V belt adjustment ok? Thats what turns the internal water pump for the coolant. I run a 160 thermostat. Never see her go over 165. Raw water impeller new? Check the elbo to the raw water strainer. Many times I would have to remove inlet hose to raw water pump and hook it to the dock hose...

I follow Capt.Q. Yacht Hunter. Here is an excerpt from an old pro Walter Schulz owner operator Shannon Yachts. Check out 24:00 I'll be keeping my stuffing box!

We have a winner! Wow, I am totally impressed with your dedication. May there always be wind upon arrival and no ground or air traffic!