This girl needed a real new lease on life. It needed a new backbone..err mast compression post step. It needed a new sole. We could rebuild her... we do have the technology. She could be more than...
texlan 12-10-2019 10:40 PMEven though I'd stepped back, I did manage to, over a year or so, finish out the new sump and engine bay pretty nicely, and even got the nuisance pump (A whale 320 gulper with air pressure switch)...
texlan 12-10-2019 09:27 PMI was starting to feel pretty good about the sump situation,
but once you start cutting, it becomes an addiction. There was the Great Rotten Galley Removal of '17..
The delaminated...
So No Problem needed to come clean about it's past, and if I was ever to get my soon to be wife to come aboard, I had to fix the petrole-mold smell. Unfortunately, much of it was not visible...
texlan 12-10-2019 07:59 AMI guess it's time to introduce "No Problem," the ~1971 Ericson 29 Tall (double spreader model with inboard lowers) hull #8 I picked up two years ago and began to re(build)fit. There will be quite a...
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We never installed a CO detector on our boat, but we did have an annoying problem with blow by and engine fumes in the cabin. I eventually figured out
u079721 Today, 10:09 AM'Tis the season to be jolly so here's Terra Nova in her formal Christmas dress.
I wanted a CO detector on the boat, bought one. Got to the boat and the engine mechanic 2 years ago was working the engine over. I didn't want to get
Glenn McCarthy Today, 06:23 AMWow, now this is a nice addition to the "literature". PM incoming.
Geoff W. Today, 01:06 AMTin Kicker, Navman and I are good for:
Location: Annapolis
Date: January 18
Anyone else?
Mark Soule
I'm starting to re-wire the boat and for my own understanding needed to combine the various hull, engine, and mod wiring diagrams. The first one is combining
Tin Kicker Yesterday, 12:00 PMLinda and I are in for the 18th. Commng from upper bucks county, Pa.
Navman Yesterday, 05:47 AMI had a similar leak and, as Frank said, it was coming from the traveler area. However, the leaks (on both sides) were found to be from a small L bracket
bigd14 12-10-2019, 10:02 PMThis is what I have used to fix the zippers in the overhead. I have found #5 stainless pulls at Joann Fabrics which is a nationwide fabric chain so I
Tom Metzger 12-10-2019, 09:16 PM
An uplifting change!
I went ahead and glassed in the old engine controls panel hole and shifter/throttle hole, as they were located in prime leak water into the boat locations. There was also another hatch near the gas...
texlan Yesterday 11:17 PM