Recent content by Ensenada Crab

Have been thinking of installing AIS, and maybe installing an AIS-specific antenna atop the mast. but when i started looking around the marina, every mast on every boat has a small antenna on it--including mine. so they aren't all for AIS, what are those small (2-3 foot) antennas for?

shorten jib to avoid entanglements? knowing almost nothing, it seems that on my 32-2 that when tacking, the jib overlaps the forward standing rigging. which means the jib has to be drawn across the forward stays. so i am thinking, with roller furling, why not just (start the tack), shorten the...

one bilge pump good two better? given that Rule bilge pumps are not regarded as the best of bilge pumps, it just so happens i have two of them. the first Rule bilge pump has been installed and working fine, but there are two 3/4" bilge tubes exiting thru stern, well above the water line. so i...

Gravity Is Your Friend, When Pumping Bilges so i recently had issues with the valves on the cockpit drains on my 32-2. on the port side, there just wasn't room to put in an elbow above the valve, so the mechanic installed a flexible hose instead. Sadly, the bit of flexible hose he installed...

One Bilge Pump Good, Two Must be Better? so on my e32-2 i have a 500 gph Rule bilge pump. and what i noticed today is that if i turn on the bilge pump at the panel, the bilge pump comes on immediately and stays on, despite the bilge being dry. so i wondered if the pump was defective. then i...

Bilge is an annoyance, and recording speed thanks so much for the article on repacking, realistically, that's all the boat requires (right now) though the first step would be to see if i can tighten that nut. so much for running off into the future. at this point, after 24 hours there is less...

the prop. . . . according to the last survey the vessel has a: 12” LH 2 blade bronze propeller (pitch not marked) i have to believe that the hull, engine and prop were designed to move the boat along at optimum speed at optimum rpm for that engine.

wobbly packing gland. . . urges caution i have not taken the engine past 1,500 rpm on the tack as the packing gland was not dripping; water was whipping off the spinning drive shaft in something of a cascade. and could have been my imagination but i thought i smelled friction. sitting in port...

So my e32-2 has a universal 5416 (16hp at 2,800 rpm) and a two bladed prop. but at just 1,000 rpm the boat moves along quite nicely at about 5 knots. it seems silly to run the engine at 80 percent of max rpm given the the boat is already moving right along. i understand that diesels like to run...

Dead Ryobi Battery Blues i too had a drill with a rusted chuck (from sitting about a sailboat), and after a few days in rust remover got the chuck working again. for a about a week, the drill was great. then i went to recharge the battery and all i got was flashing red lights on the charger. i...

Lies, damn lies and statistics. . . "The average difference between the asking prices and sale prices of the above Soldboats listings was 76.6%. " which actually tells you nothing. . . .it's a statistic. and like any average, tells you nothing about any specific sale.

great question. . . .all about looking good? Peter, i also wondered about this idea. why introduce two large thru hulls when there is no necessity. but alas, those beautiful curves would be ruined by a bunch of holes above the water line. or would they? one of the boats in the yard is a racing...

a newbie by any standard, i am curious how far a 32-2 will go with 15 gallons of fuel and a 5416 universal diesel--w/ two bladed prop. 1,000 rpm seems to move the boat along quite nicely at about 5+ knots). . .so while a few more rpm might increase the speed somewhat, at 1,000 rpms that engine...

i think its a 5416 problem. . . i have seen a picture of another e32-2 with gas engine, and there was plenty of room around the port valve and thru hull. so i think this problem is unique to the frame for the universal 5614 diesel. i agree that turning the thru hull from below (which would...

i am replacing both valves on the thru hulls draining the cockpit. no problem to starboard. But the port side is located so close to the engine frame (which has a cut-out for the valve) it is impossible to remove the (i think) 45 degree elbow below the valve. and given there is a union and an...